THE RAINFALL OF GUERNSEY FOR THE 

 YEAR 1914. 



BY MR. A. COLLENETTE, F.C.S. 



The year has proved abnormal in the distribution of its 

 rainfall. 



January began the year with a light fall of over a third 

 less than the normal. On an average of 3*74 inches there 

 was a deficit of 2*11 inches, but the dry conditions changed to 

 wet on the 6th of February and the wet weather prevailed 

 until the 29th of March, and these two months contributed 

 11*31 inches, nearly 27% of the total when the averages would 

 lead us to expect but 14%. The excesses were for February 

 2-70 and 3'22 for March. The first 10 days of April were 

 wet and 1*31 inches out of April's total of 1*41 inch were 

 collected. The extra 0*10 inch fell on the 29th and 30th, the 

 interval between the 10th and 29th being dry, and constituting 

 a drought of 18 days. 



April, May and June were months of light rainfall with 

 deficits of roughly 1 inch each. May had an interval of 

 eleven days without rain, and 10 days were wet, occurring in 

 broken intervals of one or two days each, which is rather 

 unusual. June had 12 wet days and these grouped themselves 

 in three intervals with three or four dry days between. The 

 rain fell between the 8th and 23rd, the beginning and end of 

 the month being dry. 



July was a wet month, the grouping of the wet days 

 being somewhat unusual. Five wet days occurred between the 

 1st and 14th, but only two of these were consecutive ; but 

 from the 14th to the 19th, and from the 22nd to the 27th, two 

 groups of 6 days each occurred. July's excess was small, 

 only 0*15 inch. 



