124 



THE RAINFALL OF GUERNSEY. 



The above table gives the monthly and annual totals and 

 the 54 year average, for comparison. There are a few items 

 of detail to which attention may be drawn. 



The agreement of Hauteville and Les Blanches stations 

 is most satisfactory, and proves that the west coast stations 

 are working well together. The station at Claire Mare is on 

 the low ground immediately before the elevated portion of 

 the island, and as our chief rainfall comes from the south-west, 

 the deficiency this station shows is evidently due to the effect 

 of the rise of the land. Cobo being further from high land 

 is less influenced by it and hence stands between the two 

 extremes. 



TABLE II. 



MEAN RAINFALL OF GUERNSEY FOR 1896 



As shown by averaging the four Stations. 



January 



Amount. 

 1T8 

 0-43 

 321 

 0-77 

 0-20 

 1-87 

 1-08 

 2T8 

 6-48 

 6-80 

 197 

 4-69 



Wet Days. 

 15 



8 

 24 

 11 



3 

 12 



7 

 13 

 26 

 27 

 14 

 28 



February 



March 



April 



May 



June 



July 



August 



September 



October 



November 



December 



The year ...... 



30-88 



190 



Both tables given above show that the rainfall fell below 

 the average, consequently the year is registered as a dry year. 

 The mean of the four stations give a lower reading than 

 Hauteville, and we shall probably find, if the comparisons can 

 be kept up that the rainfall of the island as a whole is less 

 than that of the town. 



