124 
The remaining months of 1869 had a deficient rainfall, 
especially March, June, and July, the latter month not 
having one third the average fall. 
The months in which rain fell upon the largest number 
of days were January, February, September, November, 
and December; September reaching the large number of 
twenty-six days. 
OLD TRAFFORD, MANCHESTER. 
Rain Gauge 3 feet above the ground, and 106 feet above the sea. 
Quarterly 
Periods. 
1869. 
Fall 
in 
Inches. 
Average 
of 76 
Years. 
Difference. 
No. of 
Days 
Rain- 
fall 
in 
1869. 
Quarterly 
Periods. 
Differ- 
ence. 
1868. 
1869. 
76 Years. 
Inches. 
1869. 
Inches. 
Days. 
Days. 
c 
Jan. ... 
2-686 
2-498 
■4-0-190 
21 
) 
57 
52 3 
Feb — 
4*436 
2-418 
4-2-018 
21 
[ 7-210 
8-392 
4-1-182 
l 
March. 
1-270 
2-296 
—1-026 
10 
) 
c 
April... 
2-096 
2-028 
4-0-068 
14 
) 
33 
40 3 
May . . . 
2-726 
2-336 
4-0-390 
17 
[ 7-191 
5-944 
—1-247 
l 
June .. 
1-122 
2-827 
—1-705 
9 
) 
c 
July... 
1-131 
3-550 
—2-419 
8 
■) 
30 
44 < 
August 
2633 
3-560 
—0-927 
10 
[ 10-381 
10-084 
—0-297 
l 
Sep 
6-320 
3-271 
4-3.049 
26 
) 
c 
Oct 
3119 
3-818 
—0-699 
19 
) 
68 
6! 
Nov.... 
4-284 
3-846 
4-0-798 
22 
> 10-621 
11*026 
-j-0-405 
( 
Dec. . . . 
3623 
3-317 
4-0-306 
20 
) 
188 
197 
35-446 
35-403 
4-0-043 
197 
35-403 
35-446 
4-0-043 
March 1st, 1870. 
E. W. Binney, F.R.S., F.G.S., President of the Section, 
in the Chair. 
“Results of Rain-gauge and Anemometer Observations 
made at Eccles, near Manchester, during Jhe year 1869,” by 
Thomas Mackereth, F.R.A.S., F.M.S. 
The following amounts of rainfall are obtained from two 
gauges 3 feet from the ground and 145 feet above mean 
