RAINFALL OF GUERNSEY. 249 



and that of the 8th : — 



Guernsey. SarTc. Herm. Alderney. 



0-79 in. ... 0-77 in. ... 0*74 in. ... 0-85 in. 

 This day's rainfall was deposited by a depression which 

 hovered about the English Channel for four days, from 

 the 6th to the 9th. 



December. — The dry weather just before Christmas was of 

 similar duration at Herm and at Alderney as at Les 

 Blanches. At Sark O'Ol in. fell on the 19th, technically 

 reducing the dry weather in that island from five to four 

 days. The heavy rainfall of Christmas night, when so 

 much snow fell over Great Britain owing to the lower 

 temperature there, was as follows in the Bailiwick of 

 Guernsey : — 



Guernsey. SarTc. Herm. Alderney. 



O-^^o in. ... 0-71 in. ... O'GO in. ... 0-38 in. 



It will be noticed that at Alderney the downpour was 

 considerably less than in the other islands, especially 

 than as measured at Les Blanches, Guernsey. 



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