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PARTIAL DROUGHTS IN 1910. 



A Partial Drought, as defined in British Rainfall, is a 

 "period of more than 28 consecutive days, the mean rainfall 

 of which does not exceed '01 in. per day." 



Sark. 



August 31 to September 30 = 31 days with a total 

 of 0*31 in. of rain which fell on 6 days. 



Alderney. 



August 29 to September 30 = 33 days with a total 

 of 0*33 in. of rain which fell on 7 days. 



LONGEST RAIN SPELL IN 1910. 



Inclusive dates giving the longest unbroken succession 

 of rain days for the year. 



Sark. 



January 8 to 21 =14 days with a total of 2*55 in. of 



rain. 



INCH RAINFALLS IN 1910. 



These have been tabulated on account of their unusually 

 large number. 



Sark. Alderney. Guernsey. 



(Probably incomplete.) Les Blanches. 



Oct. 11. ..Ml in. March 12. ..1-03 in. Oct. ll...l*23in. 



„ 13...1'84in. June 8...P08in. „ 13...P53in. 

 Nov. 16. ..1-07 in. Nov. 23...M4in. „ 27...1*07in. 



„ 24..,l-00in. „ 30...P02in. Nov. 16.. .1-43 in. 



,. 30...1-00in. „ 24...0-99in. „ 23...P00in. 

 In 1906 and also in 1907 Sark registered one one-inch 

 rainfall, none were recorded in 1908, but two in 1909. At 

 Alderney none were registered in 1906, two each in 1907 and 

 1909 and one in 1908. At Guernsey (Les Blanches) the 

 number and distribution of one-inch rainfalls for the four 

 years 1906-1909 is exactly the same as for Sark. 



[See next page for the Rainfall Table.] 



