THE RAINFALL OF OCTOBER 



(THE WETTEST MONTH OF THE YEAR). 

 BY MR. A. COLLENETTE, F.C.S., F.R. MET. SOC. 



It is not generally known that October is, in Guernsey, 

 the wettest month of the year. The object of the paper is to 

 place before the Society the figures on which the statement 

 is grounded. 



In commencing I draw attention to the fact that this 

 enquiry, extending over the period of forty-seven years, would 

 have been impossible except for the records accumulated by 

 the late Dr. Hoskins. These records give us the details of 

 forty years, and my own records complete the forty-seven 

 year period. 



Dr. Hoskins' records are complete as far as they go, but 

 to use them they have to be analysed, averaged and classified. 

 In this paper the work is undertaken as far as the rainfall of 

 October is concerned. 



I first draw your attention to the year just passed, and 

 ending with the 31st of October. The table here given will 

 shoAv that this month has, this year, been the wettest of the 

 twelve. 



Table 1. 



THE YEAR 1838-1S89. 





Inches. 



Month. |*j£ 



Month. |«X 



1 



l 

 Month. 



Rain- 

 fall. 



Month. 



Rain- 

 fall. 



November.. 6'56 

 December..! 2 '32 

 January ... 1*30 



February . . 



March 



April 



3*43 



2-08 

 1-80 



May 



June 



July 



2-41 

 1*76 

 2-39 



August .... 

 September. 

 October ... 



2'70 



0-92 



8*75 



