10 
RAINFALL AT ECCLES, NEAR MANCHESTER, FOR 1864. 
By Thomas Mackeketh, F.R.A.S., M.B.M.S. 
Rain gauge 3 feet above the ground, 112 feet above the sea. 
Days 
of 
Rain 
Fall, 
1864. 
Fall of 
Rain in 
inches 
for 
1864. 
Average 
Fall of Rain 
for 4 years 
at Eccles. 
Average 
Fall of Rain 
for 71 years 
at 
Manchester 
Difference 
from 
4 years’ fall 
at Eccles. 
Difference 
from 
71 years’ fall 
at 
Manchester 
15 
1-725 
2196 
2-460 
— -471 
— -735 
January. 
13 
3 T 60 
1-887 
2-379 
+ 1-273 
+ -781 
February. 
15 
2-375 
3144 
2-310 
— -769 
+ -065 
March. 
12 
1-722 
1-977 
2-038 
— -255 
— -316 
April. 
11 
2-982 
2-325 
2-351 
+ -657 
+ -631 
May. 
20 
2-878 
3-390 
2-913 
— -512 
— -035 
June. 
10 
2-280 
2-917 
3-569 
— -637 
— 1-289 
July. 
15 
2462 
2-959 
3-592 
— -497 
— 1-130 
August. 
21 
4-075 
5311 
3-235 
— 1-236 
+ -840 
September. 
13 
1-910 
3-382 
3-818 
— 1-472 
— 1-908 
October. 
18 
3299 
3104 
3-473 
+ -195 
— -174 
November. 
17 
2006 
2-815 
3-260 
— -809 
— 1-254 
December. 
180 
30-874 
35-407 
35-398 
— 4-533 
— 4-524 
Total. 
Jan. 
) 
Feb. 
[ 7-260 
7-227 
7-149 
+ -033 
+ -111 
Mar. 
April 
3 
May 
[ 7-582 
7-692 
7-302 
— -no 
+ -280 
June 
July 
Aug. 
3 
f 8-817 
11-187 
10-396 
— 2-370 
— 1-579 
Sept. 
Oct. 
3 
) 
Nov. 
Dec. 
9-301 
10.551 
— 2-086 
— 3-336 
The above table shows that the rainfall of 1864 was 4^ 
inches below the average fall at Manchester for 71 years, 
and the average fall at Eccles for four years. Both averages 
appear to show that the largest rainfall, in this district, takes 
place from July to December, which is also, to some extent, 
confirmed by the rainfall of last year, though there was so 
great a deficiency in the summer and autumn months. 
