416 



THE RAINFALL OF GUERNSEY. 



I give the annual rainfall since 1880 for comparison: — 



TABLE VI. 

 ANNUAL FALLS FROM 1881 TO 1899 INCLUSIVE. 



Year. 



FaU. 



Year. 



Fall. 



1881 



36-78 



1891 



38-09 



1882 



47-81 



1892 



30-56 



1883 



38-00 



1893 



30-84 



1884 



35-78 



1894 



40-38 



1885 



34-57 



1895 



37-74 



1886 



44-76 



1896 



32-97 



1887 



28-82 



1897 



38-47 



1888 



36-03 



1898 



34-36 



1889 



33-28 



1899 



34-34 



1890 



34-33 







L'Ancresse on the 30th of June had no rain, while a 

 deluge fell on the town and southern portion of the island; 

 the figures were : — Town, 0*77 ; Claire Mare, 0*44 ; St. 

 Martin's, 0*6 1. On July 7th no rain was collected at these 

 stations, but L'Ancresse registered 0*56. The five last days 

 of September were very wet, with heavy rain in sudden 

 squalls, which were evidently very partial. The three 

 stations, Hauteville, Claire Mare and L'Ancresse, collected 

 during the five days, 2*22, 1*96, 2*19, respectively. These 

 quantities agree well, but the distribution in days differs 

 greatly, thus : — 



26 — Hauteville, 0-45 Claire Mare, - 36 L'Ancresse, 



27- 

 28— 

 29— 

 30— 



0-45. 

 39. 

 0-64. 

 0-29. 



0-53. 

 003. 

 0-71. 

 0-33. 



0-46. 



0-74. 

 025. 

 074. 



TABLE VII. 

 ABSOLUTE DROUGHTS. 



February 16th to March 5th 



„ 16th to „ 3rd.... 



16th to ,, 3rd.... 



May 27th to June 17th 



,, 27th to „ 17th 



,, 27th to „ 17th 



„ 27th to ,, 17th 



July 2nd to July 20th 



July 22nd to August 26th 



,, 22nd to ,, 26th 



„ 24th to ,, 26th 



„ 27th to ,, 26th 



November 10th to December 4th 



18 days 



16 





16 





22 



■>■> 



22 





22 





22 





19 





36 





36 





34 





31 





24 





At Hauteville. 

 ,, Claire Mare. 

 ,, L'Ancresse. 

 ,, Hauteville. 

 ,, Claire Mare. 

 ,, L'Ancresse. 

 ,, Les Blanches. 

 ,, Claire Mare. 

 ,, Claire Mare. 

 ,, L'Ancresse. 

 ,, Les Blanches. 

 ,, Hauteville. 

 ,, L'Ancresse. 



PARTIAL DROUGHTS. 



July 22nd to August 28th 

 „ 22nd to „ 28th 

 ,, 22nd to ,, 28th 

 „ 22nd to „ 28th 



38 days 



0-05 



38 „ 



0-04 



38 „ 



o-oi 



38 „ 



0-02 



At Hauteville. 

 ,, Les Blanches. 

 ,, Claire Mare. 

 „ L'Ancresse. 



