1918.] THE RAINFALL OF GUERNSEY. 147 



There was but one partial drought of 28 days and that 

 was recorded at Mont Saint only, but two complete droughts 

 were recorded : the first from all stations, the second from 

 four only. Their dates were as follows : 14 days, May the 

 10th to June the 9th, and one of 17 days, June the 22nd to 

 July the 8th. 



A new station has been started at Queen's Road, and from 

 the results of the last four months it is evident that this 

 position will prove to be within the area of maximum rainfall. 



Although the year was a dry one when the total fall only 

 is considered, the number of wet days have exceeded the 

 averages, because the average daily falls have been but 185 

 and the wet days this year number 215, hence the falls have 

 been more numerous but lighter. 



The publication of the rainfall of England in the Times 

 of the 20th of January enables me to compare our rainfall 

 with that of England. It is generally true that 

 England has experienced a wet year, but the statement is 

 not true when applied to all England, for there are districts 

 in the centre and the east which have collected less than their 

 average quantity. 



To illustrate this I extract a few representative stations. 

 The first column gives the falls in inches, the second the 

 percentage of the average. 



London 29*8 ... 118 St. Austell 47*6 ... 103 



Cardiff 47*8 .. 113 Stonyhurst 59'00. .. 126 



Margate 21*9 ... 91 Wellingborough... 22'9 ... 91 



These are mere illustrations of the variations which range 

 from 90 to 130 per cent, of the averages. Speaking generally 

 the west and south of England have had large excesses ; the 

 east in many districts have fallen below the average with a 

 deficit of from 90 to 97 per cent. In the Midlands there is 

 also a large area of deficient rainfall. Taking the whole of 

 England there is an excess of about 10%. 



Guernsey's deficit being 10%, the island is but a little 

 behind the driest parts of England. 



I drew attention in the Transactions of the year 1914 

 folio 173) to the fact that the six years 1909-1914, inclusive, 

 showed a regular oscillation, as follow : — 



1909 = 34-00 in. 1910 = 46*16 in. 



1911 = 37-11 1912 = 46-51 



1913 = 36-14 1914 = 42*87 



It is to be noticed that these years form a group which 

 taken together add a mean above the average, in fact they 



