RAIN IN CARLISLE AND THE NEIGHBOURHOOD. 



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Jan. 



Feb. 



March. 



April. 



May. 



June. 



July. 



Aug. 



Sept. 



Oct. 



Nov. 



Dec. 



Annual 

 quantity of 

 each year. 



1837 

 rmary, . 



2-278 



1-866 



•91 



•535 



1-0 



2-38 



5-537 



4-53 



2-28 



3-12 



3-17 



3-66 



30-972 



den in \ ■ 

 astle St., J 



1-59 



316 



1-02 



1-2 



1-13 



2-23 



4-37 



1-67 



•98 



2-9 



•82 



1-78 



22-85 



1838 

 rmary, . 



1-215 



•59 



2-436 



1-51 



1-49 



4-69 



3-195 



3-45 



2-28 



2-65 



2-47 



•78 



26-756 



den in ) 

 astle St., J 



1-05 



•09 



•976 



1-384 



1-69 



3-172 



1-85 



1-08 



1-035 



1-38 



1-4 



1-15 



16-257 



With regard to the difference that exists between the annual mean quantity 

 of rain of Mr Golding's and Mr Pitt's Journals, Mr Golding's being 44 inches 

 more than Mr Pitt's, I shall give you the explanation of the former gentleman 

 in his own words, contained in a letter written by him many years ago : — 



" I find that the annual quantity of rain, according to my diary, is somewhat 

 greater than that shewn by Mr Pitt's ; and this might naturally be expected 

 from the difference of situation, for my observations were chiefly made at 

 Aikbank, which borders on the hilly part of the country, — and it is well known 

 that in a hilly, and more especially in a mountainous district, there is much 

 more rain than in a level one. Besides, Carlisle has a further cause of exemp- 

 tion from rain :— It lies nearly in the direction of the Solway Firth, and when 

 storms come from off the Irish Sea, as they frequently do, the vapour on entering 

 the Firth is attracted either by the Scotch or the English mountains, which 

 will occasion more rain to fall on each side of the Firth, than in the direction 

 of the Firth itself." 



