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Table III. — Monthly Fall of Rain at Seathwaite, Borrowdale, 

 Cumberland, in the Years 1845—1853 inclusive. 



Month. 



1845. 



1846. 



1847. 



1848. 



1849. 



1850. 



1851. 



1852. 



1853. 



'■" 



Inches 



Inches 



Inches 



Inches 



Inches 



Inches 



Inches 



Inches 



Inches 



January, 



16-81 



17-07 



6-29 



9-67 



24-96 



7-34 



28-63 



27-65 



23-12 



February, . 



3-48 



11-51 



8-27 



30-55 



7-55 



22-58 



15-33 



20-05 



3-84 



March, . . 



13-21 



17-85 



2-53 



11-36 



5-51 



4-13 



9-36 



•98 



4-59 



April, . . 



10-57 



7-70 



6-81 



4-19 



3-88 



15-62 



6-08 



•74 



12-67 



May, . . . 



4-57 



4-40 



8-08 



3-05 



6-52 



7-14 



4-53 



11-59 



•89 



June, . . . 



8-25 



6-41 



7-27 



11-30 



3-97 



6-83 



11-63 



12-33 



4-07 



July, . . . 



8-65 



20-80 



3-32 



17-76 



16-64 



11-20 



14-47 



7-65 



19-67 



August, . . 



15-61 



10-58 



10-48 



1391 



9-92 



16-22 



13-16 



12-37 



10-47 



' September, . 



9-77 



4-60 



13-28 



7-00 



4-08 



5-85 



4-30 



4-64 



10-42 



October, . . 



1517 



25-43 



20-52 



17-32 



16-14 



12-94 



20-38 



8-44 



13-25 



November, . 



20-84 



10-46 



21-85 



14-07 



18-75 



22-60 



3-74 



17-47 



9-47 



December, . 



24-94 



6-70 



20-54 



20-71 



7-55 



11-51 



7-99 



32-83 



1-23 



At 10 inches 1 



labove ground, J 



At 22 inches, 



151-87 



143-51 



12924 



160-89 



125-47 



143-96 



139-60 



156-74 



113-69 







126-80 



157-22 



121-57 





135-86 



150-88 



111-61 



Whitehaven, 



49-20 



4913 



42-92 



47-34 



39-00 



40-47 



4312 



50-03 



37-40 



Greenwich, . 



22-30 



25-30 



17-80 



30-20 



23-90 



19-70 



21-60 



34-40 



29-00 



There are four rain -gauges stationed at and in the neighbourhood of Seathwaite,— one 

 at 10 inches, and the other at 22 inches, above the surface ; the former is planted in a 

 small garden, and the latter in a more exposed situation, in an adjacent field. A third 

 gauge is fixed on the " Stye »' or shoulder of " Sprinkling Fell," about a mile and a half 

 distant from Seathwaite, in a south-westerly direction, and 580 feet above it, or 948 feet 

 above the sea-level. Fall on " Sprinkling Fell," in 1850, 189*49 in. ; 1851, 169-62 in. ; 

 1852, 167-73 in. ; and in 1853, 124-91 inches. 



The fourth gauge is near the top of Seatollar Common, 1338 feet above the sea, or 

 970 feet above the hamlet, and about the same distance from it as the Stye, bearing 

 nearly due north. Depth of rain on Seatollar Common in 1850, 138*84 inches ; in 1851, 

 141-42 inches; in 1852, 156*59 inches; and in 1853, 111*45 inches. 



