RAINFALL OF GUERNSEY, 



195 



From the results given above we may judge that we are 

 likely to find l'Ancresse to prove intermediate in rainfall. It 

 is worthy of remark that between the wettest and driest 

 stations no less a difference than 7*48 inches has this year 

 been recorded. It follows, therefore, that (last year's differ- 

 ence between the same stations was 5' 11 inches) the long 

 series should no longer be quoted as the rainfall of Guernsey 

 but of St. Peter-Port, Guernsey. 



In order to show the influence of position in the island, 

 I give a table showing the mean of the four stations discussed 

 in 1896, and that of the four stations now under discussion for 

 1897, also the mean results of the two years in comparison 

 with the results obtained at Hauteville and with the fifty-five 

 years' average. 



The stations for 1896 are Hauteville, Les Blanches, 

 Claire Mare and Cobo. The stations for 1897 are Hauteville, 

 Les Blanches, Claire Mare and l'Ancresse. 



MEANS FOE THE YEARS 1896 AND 1897.- 

 TABLE IV. 



-FOUR STATIONS. 



Months. 



Mean of 



& Stations 



for 1896. 



Inches 



Mean of 



4 Stations 



for 1897. 



Inches 





Average of 

 i Stations 

 for both. 



Inches 





Average of 

 Beaulieu for 

 both years. 



Inches 





Average 



for 

 55 years. 



Inches 



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January . . 

 February 



March 



April 



May 



June 



July 



August . . 

 September 

 October . . 

 November 

 December 



1-18 

 0-43 

 3-21 

 0-77 

 0-20 



2-71 

 2-62 

 4-76 

 3-59 

 2-37 

 3-46 

 0-66 

 4-17 

 3-62 

 0-87 

 1-44 

 4-38 



23 



17 



24 



21 



12 



11 



6 



18 



16 



8 



9 



18 



1-95 

 1-52 

 4-00 

 219 

 1-29 

 2-66 

 0-87 

 3-17 

 5-05 

 3-80 

 1-70 

 4-53 



2-09 

 1-66 

 4-19 

 2-37 

 1-31 

 2-84 

 0-77 

 3-40 

 5-78 

 7-15 

 1-82 

 5-11 



•75 



•51 



•28 



•14 



•04 



•28 



•42 



3-19 



4-97 



4-52 



4-17 



The Year. 



30-88 190 



34-92 180 



32-90 183 



35-72 197 



i'95 178 



The above table is important and will increase in import- 

 ance year by year, for it will show the difference between the 

 mean rainfall of the island and that of the town, and enable 

 us to arrive at the true rainfall of the whole island. For 

 instance, the rainfall as shown by four stations for the years 

 1896 and 1897 is 32*90 inches, while that of Beaulieu for the 

 same period is 35*72 inches, a difference of 2*82 inches. This 

 applied to the results of the 55 years gives a plus error of 



