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DROUGHTS IN GUERNSEY. 

 TABLE II. 



<H 









O 03 





Cj bD 



f" S3 



Years 



11 



a§ 



(inclusive of the present year). 



5Q 



§1 





P 



£ Q 





Dys. 







15 



17 



1855, 56 (2), 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 65, 70 (2), 75 (2), 82, 83, 84, 89, 93. 



16 



9 



1857, 58 (2), 68, 70 (2), 87, 89, 91. 



17 



6 



1845, 48, 51, 52, 67, 72, 77. 



18 



5 



1846, 47, 54, 55, 63. 



19 



8 



1845, 54, 61, 70, 74, 76, 80, 84, 90. 



20 



6 



1850, 51, 65, 68 (2), 76. 



21 



6 



1844, 52, 53, 65, 69, 70. 



22 



4 



1850, 63, 64, 74. 



24 



3 



1849, 51, 71. 



25 



1 



1865. 



26 



2 



1852, 86. 



27 



1 



1864. 



30 



1 



1893. 



32 



2 



1854, 87. 



33 



1 



1880. 



35 



1 



1869, 93. 



Table II. shows how the droughts fell as regards their 

 durations. The table shows the droughts of the fifty years, 

 by which it will be seen that the longest is one of thirty-five 

 days. The drought of April last extended from the 18th of 

 March to the 22nd of April, also a period of thirty-five days, 

 hence it was equal to the longest absolute drought experienced 

 as far back as our records go. As regard March and April 

 droughts, Table III. will show that the droughts of these 

 months exceed the average both in duration and number, in 

 other words there is a tendency for the spring drought to fall 

 within these two months. The average duration of a drought 

 is nineteen days, whilst that of the March- April period proves 

 to be 20*5 days. The number that fell to these months was 

 sixteen, whilst according to the average of the fifty years they 

 should have given twelve only. The number of droughts 

 falling to May and June is twenty-eight, so that these months 

 are richer as regards the number, but the duration falls 

 slightly below, being 19*9 days against 20*5 for March- April. 

 The number of absolute droughts of twenty-eight days (a 

 lunar month) and over is but four. The only one of thirty- 

 five days occurred in June, 1869 (see Table I.) The present 

 drought has not broken the record, but has equalled this June 

 drought, hitherto the longest on record. 



It is worthy of remark that no duration greater than 

 nineteen days occurred between the years 1854 and 1863. 



