Smith : Rainfall Observations. 



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RAINFALL : 



BESULTS OF 25 YEARS' OBSER STATIONS ON THE BEVERLEY 

 ROAD, HULL. 



YEARLY FALL. 



ear. 



Fall in 

 Inches, 



ays. 



1858 



22-42 



135 



1859 



21-12 



170 



1860 



31-74 



205 



1861 



19-97 



163 



1862 



23-69 



174 j 



1863 



24-63 



155 



1864 



18-27 



152 



1865 



23 80 



170 : 



1866 



29-20 



202 ' 



1867 



24-10 



184 



1868 



26-54 



163 1 



1869 



28-29 



189 



1870 



25-81 



172 ! 



1871 



25-69 



170 



1872 



36-51 



221 



1873 



22-09 



180 



1874 



20-19 



176 



1875 



28-87 



178 



1876 



30-77 



191 



1877 



29-33 



222 



1878 



27-86 



212 



1879 



25-92 



189 



1880 



31-94 



172 



1881 



27-61 



194 



1882 



33-91 



205 





Inches. 



Days. 





26-42 



182 



Wettest Year— 1872 



36-51 



221 



Year with largest number 







ofDavs — 1877 



29.33 



222 



Driest Year— 1864 



18-27 



152 



Year with least number of 







Days— 1858 



22-42 



135 



AVERAGE 

 YEARLY FALL IN EACH, 

 FIVE YEARS. 



Years, 



1858 to 1862 

 1863 to 1867 

 1868 to 1872 

 1873 to 1877 

 1878 to 1882 



Inches, D ays. 



23- 79 



24- 00 



28- 57 

 26-25 



29- 44 



169 

 173 

 183 

 189 

 194 



^ Days— by " Days" is meant the number of days in wliich any rain was measured, 

 without any reierence to quantity. A Fall of One Inch of Kain is equal to 100 Tons per 

 Acre. 



Number of Days in 

 which 1 inch or more fell 

 in the 25 Years. 



AVERAGE RAINFALL FOR THE 20 

 YEARS 1860 to 1879. 



March 1 



April 3 



May 2 



July 8 



September 7 



At Hull 26-16 



„ Leeds 24-08 



„ Sheffield 31-97 

 „ Malton 27-95 

 ,, Manchester 34-66 

 „ Bolton ,, 46-38 

 „ Lincoln .,, 22-28 

 ,, Hunstanton 21-41 



At London 26-46 

 ,, Exeter 33 22 

 Penzance ... 44-15 

 „ Edinburgh 37-84 



„ Seathwaite, 



Cumberland 144-50 



Fall of Rain at the Stye Head of Borrow- 

 dale, in 1872, amounted to 243-98 inches. 



49 



Heaviest Fall in one dav 

 2-00 on August 21, 1858. 



HAROLD SMITH, F.M.S. 



Fulford House, Hull, January, 1883. 



