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RAINFALL OF GUERNSEY. 



The distribution of rainfall over the island" this year is 

 consistent with former results and shows that the west coast of 

 the island is from 3 to 4 inches, per annum, drier than the 

 east coast. 



Jersey, St. Helier's, is practically the same as our west 

 coast and had we other districts of that island, we would, I 

 think, find as much difference between the opposite coast as on 

 our own island. 



Alderney and Sark have smaller totals than any other 

 of the islands, but here again we have the results of single 

 stations only. 



We are thus accumulating evidence that the rainfall of 

 the islands is not, in any case, a fixed quantity, but varies 

 considerably with the position of the gauge. 



I am indebted to Mr. Eowswell for the totals and details 

 of Jersey, Alderney and Sark. 



TABLE I. 

 RAINFALL AT ST. MARTIN'S ROAD. 



Inches. 







Rainfall. 



Greatest 



Percentage 

 of 













fall in one 

 day. 



Monthly Falls 



to the 



year's total. 



Wet 



Days. 





Monthly Tls. 

















! 







Months. 







a <d G 



<D « C6 



■g 





. 





05 





1914. 





■S ! °'3 



2 

 o 



s 

 < 



(A 

 Q 



1914. 

 Norma 





e 



> 



< 





1 



2 



3 



4 



5 



6 7 



8 



9 



January . . 



1-63 



3-74 



— 2-11 



51 



6th 



3-8 ! 10-4 



16 



19 



February. . 



5-34 



2-64 



+ 2-70 



0-95 



4th 



12-6 7-2 



25 



16 



M^rch 



5-97 



2-65 



+ 3-22 



0-69 



11th 



14-0 7-2 



29 



16 



April 



1-41 



2-29 



— 0-88 



0-34 



4th 



3-3 i 6-2 



12 



14 



May 



1-09 



2-06 



— 0-97 



0-40 



22nd 



2 - 6 ; 5'5 



10 



11 



June 



0-97 



2-05 



— 1-08 



0-22 



14th 



2-3 5-5 



12 



11 



July 



2-30 



2-15 



+ 0-15 



0-85 



19th 



5-4 5-9 



18 



11 



August . . 



3*41 



2-45 



+ 0-96 



1-78 



14th 



8-0 6-7 



14 



14 



September 



4-10 



2-98 



+ 1-12 



1-10 



16th 



9-6 j 8-1 



17 



14 



October . . 



| 3-72 



4-93 



— 1-21 



0-56 



28th 



8-7 I 13-4 



15 



19 



November 



3-95 



4-47 



— 0-52 



1-19 



, 30th 



9-3 12-4 



20 



19 



December 



8-78 



4-23 



+ 4-55 



1-00 



6th 



20-4 11-5 



31 



19 



The Year. . 



42-67 



36-64 



+ 6-03 



1-78 



lAugll 



100-0 100-0 



219 



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