RAINFALL OF GUERNSEY. 247 



Heaviest daily rainfall of year : — 



Sark 1*16 inches June 28th. 



Herm I'OO „ „ 



Alderney... G-85 „ Nov. 8th. 



Wettest and driest months of year : — 



Sark 4-81 in., Nov. ; 0-74 in., Aug. 



Herm 4*78 in., Nov. ; 0'57 in., July. 



Alderney... 5*33 in., Jan. ; 0*50 in., Aug. 



At Sark and Herm November was the wettest month ; 

 at Alderney it was January. The driest month was: at Sark, 

 August; at Herm, tJuly ; at Alderney, August. Of the 

 three islands Alderney has the honour of having had both 

 the wettest and the driest month. 



MONTHLY NOTES ON THE YEAE, 



WITH WHICH ARE INCLUDED THE LES BLANCHES (GUERNSEY) 



OBSERVATIONS FOR THE SAKE OF COMPARISON. 



January. — A heavy cyclonic rainfall on the 12th was very 

 evenly distributed, as follows : — - 



Guernsey. SarJc. Herm. Alderney. 



0-69 in. ... 0-63 in. ... 0*66 in. ... 0*70 in. 



February. — The 22nd and 26th of this month show the 

 opposite state of things to that noted in January, viz. : 

 a great want of uniformity in the rainfall. 



Gruernsey . Sark. Herm. Alderney. 



22nd ... 0-2:) in. ... 0-17 in. ... 0*23 in. ... 0-51 in. 

 26th ... 0-64 „ ... 0-51 „ ... 0-35 „ ... 0-28 „ 



March and April. — The sohtary wet day (April 5th), 

 which broke into what was practically three weeks of 

 rain' ess weather (March 27th or 28th to April 16th) was 

 experienced in all the islands as follows : — 



Guernsey. Sark. Herm. Alderney. 



0-04 in. ... 0-03 in. ... ()'03 in. ... 0-06 in. 

 A thunderstorm at Alderney on the 11th April gave in 

 addition 0*12 in. of rain there ; the other islands escaped. 



May. — The thunderstorm of the 23rd was felt throughout 

 the Bailwick and gave the following rainfall : — 

 Guernsey. SarJc. Herm. Alderney. 



0-61 in. ... 0-52 in. ... 0*85 in ... 0-68 in. 



June. — The " absolute " drought at the beginning of June 

 gave 14 rainless days at Sark and 1') at Herm. At 

 Alderney, 0*04 in. fell on the 1st, limiting the number 

 of consecutive days in that island without rain to 13. 



