294 



DROUGHTS IN GUERNSEY. 



eight days to seventy-three, the latter having occurred this 

 year. The duration of the droughts are shown in 



Table IV. 



From this table it will be seen that the average daily 

 rainfall during the partial drought ranged from '001 inch to 

 010 inch, thus : — 



1 period of 41 days, 



1 period of 35 ,, 



2 periods of 29 and 43 days, 



1 period of 35 days, 



2 periods of 42 and 46 days, 

 1 period of 29 days, 



7 periods of 30 to 62 days, 

 6 periods of 28 to 40 days, 

 6 periods of 30 to 73 days, 

 1 period of 26 days, 



daily average 0001 inch. 

 0-002 

 0-003 

 004 

 0005 

 006 

 0-007 

 0-008 

 0-009 

 0010 



Table V. shows the number of partial droughts for each 

 period. 



TABLE V. 



Days. 



Droughts. 



Days. 



Droughts. 



28 



1 



42 



2 



29 



2 



43 



2 



30 



2 



44 





31 



1 



46 





32 



2 



53 





33 



2 



61 





35 



5 



62 





41 



2 



73 





