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RAINFALL OF GUERNSEY. 



RAINFALL AT BEAULIEU, HAUTEYILLE, FOR 1897. 

 TABLE n. 



RAINFALL. 



WET DAYS. 









Differs from 





|o5 



Differs from 



Months. 



Fall in 

 Inches. 



Average 



of 

 55 years. 



Average. 



No. of 

 Wet 

 Days. 





Average. 





1 













Above Below 





Above 



Below 



January 



291 



3-86 



— 



0-95 



27 



19 



8 







February .... 



2-90 



2-75 



0-33 



— 



19 



15 



4 



— 



March 



5-18 



2-51 



2-67 



— 



24 



15 



9 



— 



April 



3-94 



2-28 



1-66 



— 



22 



13 



9 



— 



May 



2-45 



2-14 



0-31 



— 



13 



11 



2 



— 



June 



3-66 



2-04 



1-62 



— 



13 



11 



2 



— 



Jnly 



0-47 



2-28 



— 



1-71 



7 



11 



— 



4 



August 



465 



2-42 



2-23 



— 



21 



12 



9 



— 



September .... 



4-11 



3-19 



0-92 



— 



17 



14 



3 



— 



October 



117 



4-97 



— 



3-80 



10 



19 



— 



9 



November .... 



1-61 



4-52 



— 



2-91 



12 



19 



— 



7 



December .... 



5-42 



4-17 



1-25 



— 



18 



19 



— 



1 



The Year.. 



38-47 



36-95 



1-52 



— 



203 



178 



25 



— 



The year is thus shown to be a wet year both as regards 

 the total fall and the number of wet days. Four months 

 proved too dry and eight too wet. The greatest departure 

 from the average was that of October. 



COMPARISON OF THE FOUR STATIONS GIVEN IN TABLE No. I 



FOR RAINFALL AND WET DAYS. 



TABLE III. 





HIGH LEVEL STATIONS. 



LOW 



LEVEL STATIONS. 





East Coast. 



West Coast. 



North Coast. 



Months. 



Beaulieu, 







Claire Mare, 



L'Ancresse. 





Haute ville, 

 St. Peter-Port. 



St. Martin's. 



St. Peter-in-the- 

 Wood. 



Royal Golf Club, 

 Vale. 





Fall in 



Wet 



Fall in 



Wet 



Fall in 



Wet 



Fall in 



Wet 





Inohes. 



Days. 



Inches. 



Days. 



Inches. 



Days. 



Inches. 



Days. 



January 



2-91 



27 



2-69 



26 



2-76 



19 



2-50 



19 



February . . 



2-90 



19 



2-67 



19 



2-14 



16 



2-76 



14 



March 



5-18 



24 



4-76 



26 



4-27 



22 



4-84 



22 



April 



3-94 



22 



3-85 



22 



3-31 



20 



3-27 



21 



May 



2-45 



13 



2-53 



13 



2-30 



11 



2-21 



11 



June 



3-66 



13 



3-75 



16 



2-84 



9 



3-58 



8 



July 



0-47 



7 



0-52 



8 



0-42 



6 



0-36 



3 



August 



4-65 



21 



4-46 



20 



3-82 



17 



3-76 



15 



September . . 



4-11 



17 



4-20 



19 



3-05 



15 



3-15 



14 



October .... 



117 



10 



116 



13 



0-71 



5 



0-43 



3 



November . . 



1-61 



12 



171 



10 



113 



9 



1-32 



6 



December . . 



5-42 



18 



4-97 



21 



4-24 



17 



4-77 



17 



The Year.. 



38-47 



203 



37.27 



213 



30-99 



166 



32-95 



153 



