RAINFALL AT SAEK AND ALDERNEY. 



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places on the south coast of England all of which show 

 a much smaller .November rainfall than was experienced at 

 Guernsey and Jersey. The reduction in the November 

 rainfall northward of Guernsey is well shown in the following 

 table which gives the totals for October and November at 

 the several places named. The October figures are included 

 merely on account of that month having been (though on a 

 smaller scale) a very wet period also. 



1910. Jersey. Guernsey. Sark. Alderney. wight. 



St. Aubiu's. Les Blanches. Totland. 



in. in. in. in. in. 



October 5.53 ... 7*59 ... 7*09 ? ... 5*05 



November 10*85 ... 11*13 ... 10*15 ... 8*79 ... 4*14 



Totals 16*38 ... 18*72 ... 17*24 ... ? ... 9*19 



HEAVIEST DAILY RAINFALL IN NOVEMBER. 



1910. Jersey. Guernsey. Sark. Alderney. wight. 



in. in. in. in. in. 



November ... 1*21 ... 1*43 ... 1*07 ... 1*14 ... 0*82 

 23rd 16th 16th 23rd 30th 



Jersey (St. Aubin's) had two one-inch rainfalls during 

 November; Guernsey (Les Blanches), two; Sark, three; 

 Alderney, two ; Isle of Wight (Totland), none. 



This month, probably more than any other in the five 

 year period (1906-1910) covered by the observations, was 

 rich in differences of daily rainfall over the Bailiwick. Some 

 of the more striking of these differences are tabulated below : 



Sark. Alderney. Guernsey. 



Les Blanches, 

 in. in. in. 



November 3rd 0*66 0*28 0*65 



„ 5th 0*01 0*05 0*49 



6th 0*78 0*12 0*65 



„ 15th 0*28 — 0*35 



16th 1*07 0*75 1*43 



„ 23rd 0*80 ...... 1*14 1*00 



„ 24th 1*00 0*99 0*69 



27th 0*16 0*63 0*17 



29th 0*64 0*49 0*78 



On the evening of Saturday, November 5th, when 

 thunder and lightning occurred here, Mr. Picot reported 

 " thunder, evening," at Alderney. The following day his 

 report ran : " S.W. gale, rain, thunder, lightning," and for 

 the 7th : " thunder, evening, and rain." At Guernsey thunder 



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