160 
With the exception of February, April, and October, every 
month had a rainfall below the average. The five months 
May to September had a fall in 1826 of 8’840in., whilst in 
1868 the same five months had a fall of only 5’954in., show- 
ing how much drier the summer season of 1868 was than 
that of 1826. 
Taking the quarterly periods of 1868, we have an ex- 
tremely irregular distribution of rainfall as compared with 
the average ; the first quarter had a rainfall below the ave- 
rage considerably, but one month, March, was greatly in 
excess ; the second quarter and also the third had a rain- 
fall greatly below the average, the second quarter particu- 
larly ; the fourth quarter was some 50 per cent above the 
average nearly. 
There appears to have been no year during the last 
seventy-five years possessing the extremely dry period ex- 
perienced from May to September inclusive, of the year 
1868. 
Old Trafford, Manchester. 
Rain Grauge 3 feet above the ground and 106 feet above the sea. 
Quarterly Periods. 
1868. 
Fall in 
Inches. 
Average 
of 
75 Years 
Differ- 
ence. 
No. of 
Days 
Rain 
fell in 
1868. 
Quarterly Periods. 
Differ- 
ence. 
1867, 
Days. 
1868. 
Days 
75 Years. 
Inches. 
1868. 
Inches. 
S 
i 
Jan. ... 
2-746 
2-494 
4-0-252 
21) 
42 
57 < 
Feb.... 
2114 
2-390 
—0-176 
18 £ 
7-194 
8-859 
4-1-665 
l 
March 
3-999 
2-310 
4-1-689 
18 ) 
c 
April.. 
1-676 
2-028 
—0-352 
16) 
47 
33 1 
May .. 
0-872 
2-332 
—1-460 
9 f 
7-209 
2-916 
—4-293 
l 
June .. 
0368 
2-849 
—2-481 
8 ) 
r 
July... 
0-454 
3-583 
—3-129 
6) 
50 
30 ) 
Aug, .. 
2-500 
3-572 
—1-072 
14 > 
10-385 
4-714 
—5-671 
( 
Sept. .. 
1-760 
3-230 
—1-470 
io 3 
c 
Oct ... 
4-505 
3-827 
-j-O-678 
24) 
49 
68 < 
Nov... 
3-108 
3-475 
—0367 
15 c 
10-615 
15-736 
4-5-121 
l 
Dec . . . 
8123 
3-313 
4-4-810 
29 ) 
188 
188 
32-225 
35-403 
—3-178188 
35-403 
32-225 
—3-178 
