THE RAINFALL OF GUERNSEY FOR THE 

 YEAR 1902. 



BY MR. A. COLLENETTE, F.C.S., F.R. MET. SOC. 



I am able through the kind co-operation of the undermentioned 

 gentlemen to give the rainfall at six stations this year. The 

 increase in the number of stations must be an advantage 

 because, as will be seen in the details of this paper, rainfall is 

 very erratic, and the correct figures are only obtainable by 

 digesting the reports from a number of stations. 



The stations, their positions and elevations, as well as the 

 observers, will be found detailed in the first table. 





TABLE I. 





Observer. 



Position. 



Elevation 



Carey, Dr. F 



Carey, Mr. J. J 



Collenette, Mr. A 



Villa Carey, Grange 



Feet. 



180 



Claire Mare, Perelle 



50 



( Beaulieu., Hauteville, 9 months 

 1 Brooklyn, Fort Road, 3 months 



Les Mielles, L'Ancresse 



St. George, Castel 



190 



Hocart, Mr. J 



Robertson, Mr. J 



300 



33 



160* 



Rowswell, Mr. B 



Les Blanches, St. Martin's .... 



300 



* The elevation of St. George's rain gauge is provisionally given as 160 feet, and 

 is obtained from the elevation of the cross roads (176'5), but levelling has not so far 

 been continued to the position of the gauge. 



As will be known to most of the members, my station has 

 been moved from Beaulieu, Hauteville, to Brooklyn, Fort 

 Road. The move occurred on September 30th, the rainfall of 

 that day being taken at Hauteville, and that of 1st October at 

 Fort Road. 



The comparisons of the last six years have proved that the 

 town rainfall, as taken at Hauteville, was larger than that of 

 the other stations. As the move is in the direction of Les 

 Blanches, it is a question as to whether the excess of Haute- 

 ville over Les Blanches will be sustained. As far as can be 

 judged Fort Road is still inside the area of greater rainfall, 

 for, as shown by the following table, the fall of the last three 

 months shows an excess for Fort Road over Les Blanches even 



