123 
The rainfall for the first quarter of the year was 1*248 
inches above the average; for the secQiid and third quarters 
the fall was 3*762 inches and 0*408 inches below the 
average ; and the last quarter 1*305 above the average. 
The dry weather of April, May, June, and July appears 
to have suited the grain crops, which were remarkably 
large, and were no doubt greatly favoured by the extra- 
ordinary weather during the two last weeks of April, the 
tempei’ature of which were 9*7° and 7*0° above the average 
25 years. 
Eain-gauge 3 Feet above the Ground and 106 feet above the 
Level of the Sea. 
Quarterly 
Periods. 
1874. 
Fall 
of 
Rain. 
Average 
of 
81 years. 
Differ- 
ence. 
No. of 
Days’ j Quarterly Periods. 
Rain- i 
1873. 
1874. 
fall in 1 
1874. |81 years.! 
1874. 
Diff. 
' inches. 
inches. ! 
inches. 
’ inches. 
inches. 1 
inches. 
c 
January. . . 
3-525 
2-556 
q-0-969 
18)1 
1 
i 
48 
471 
February . 
1-589 
2-376 
—0-787 
11 [ 7-233 
8-481 
+1-248 
( 
March 
3-367 
2-301 
-1-1-066 
18)! 
C 
April 
0-999 
2-030 
—1-031 
15) i 
43 
401 
May 
1-395 
2-285 
-0-890 
17 [ i 7*156 
3 - 394 ' 
—3*762 
( 
June 
1-000 
2-841 
—1-841 
8) i 
1 1 
c 
July 
1*771 
3-549 
—1-778 
14) i 
' 1 
1 1 
i 
64 
551 
August . . . . 
4-345 
3-520 
+0-825 
20 [ 10-383 
9-975 
—0*408 
c 
Sept’mber 
3-859 
3-314 
l+-0-o4o 
21); 
1 
1 
r 
October . . . 
i 3-758 
3-897 
-0-139 
25) 
43 
61] 
November 
4-851 
3-778 
i 1-073 
17 [ '10-940 
12-245 
+1*305 
i 
c 
December 
3-636 
3-265 
0-371 
19) i 
1 
198 
1 
203 
34-095 
35-712 
i— 1-617 
i 
203 35-712 
'34-095 
i 
—1-617 1 
“Results of Rain-gauge Observations, made at Eccles, 
near Manchester, during the, year 1874,” by Thomas 
Mackereth, F.R.A.S., F.M.S. 
The rain fall of 1874, though reaching about the average 
for this district, is exceptional in several ways. The rain- 
fall for the past three years has unusual characteristics, 
that of 1872 was remarkable for its excess, being one of the 
wettest years on record, that of 1873 was rather remarkable 
for its deficiency, and it may be said of the fall of last year 
that it vfas remarkable for both its deficiency and excess. 
