THE RAINFALL OF GUERNSEY. 

 TABLE I. 



283 



Ref. 

 No. 



Position 

 in Island. 



Address. 



Observer. 



Eleva- 

 tion. 



1 



S.E. 



" Brooklyn," Fort Road 



Mr. A. Collenette 



Feet. 

 300 



2 



S.E. 



" Les Blanches," St. Martin's . 



Mr. B. Rowswell.. 



300 



3 



E. 



" Yilla Carey," Grange 



Dr. F. Carey 



180 



4 



E. 



" Colborne Villa," Rohais 



Mr. J. Guilbert... 



145 



5 



E. 



" Caledonia Nursery," Couture 



Mr. J. De Putron 



100 



6 



N.E. 



"Richmond," St. Sampson's... 



Mr. A. Poat 



25 



7 



N.E. 



" Les Mielles," 1' Ancresse 



Mr. J. Hocart 



33 



8 



S.W. 



" Claire Mare," Perelle 



Mr. J. J.Carey... 



50 



9 



w. 



" Holme Isla," Cobo 



Miss Pringle ...... 



70 



It may be of interest to the Society to see in the tables 

 that the difference found to exist between the rainfall of 

 Hauteville and Les Blanches is still shown for 1903, there 

 being a surplus for Brooklyn over Les Blanches of 2*68 inches. 



This difference will be alluded to later on. 



The average rainfall, of what I shall now speak of as the 

 Hoskins-Collenette series, is now 36*62 inches. This is the 

 mean figure of 61 years' observations. Last year the average 

 was shown to be 36*52 for 60 years. The difference is due to 

 the greater rainfall of 1903. 



The observations at Brooklyn have yielded 40*88 inches. 

 This is the largest rainfall since 1886. 1886 exceeds this year 

 by 3*88 inches. 1894 exceeded 40 inches, but yielded just 

 half an inch less than 1903. The year has, therefore, proved 

 a wet one. February, May, November and December w r ere 

 dry months. August and October were very wet, these two 

 months giving together 11*90 inches against the average 

 quantity of 7*33 inches ; they are therefore practically respon- 

 sible for the excess of the year. The detail of Table II. 

 shows that the quarterly totals are in excess during the first 

 three quarters, but owing to the dryness of November and 

 December the fourth quarter shows a deficit. 



