141 
immense excess of the average fall. From the table given 
below this excess will be seen to be more than 13 inches, or 
about 367 per cent, over the average fall of the year. 
There were only two months of the year, August and De- 
cember, that had a fall less than the average of twelve 
years, but this minimum was exceedingly small. The 
greatest excess above the average happened in the summer 
quarter, July to September, and the fall in July was 142 per 
cent, above the average for that month. June, July, and 
September were the wettest months of the year. 
The number of days on which rain fell during the past 
year was very large. There were only 101 days throughout 
the year on which rain did not fall. There was 27 per 
cent, over the average of twelve years of days on which rain 
fell during the year. But the number of wet days ex- 
ceeded the average most in the first six months of the year. 
The number in excess in the first three months being as 
much as 34 per cent. 
Ihe following table shows the results obtained from a 
rain gauge, with a lOin. round receiver placed 3 feet above 
the ground. 
Quarterly Periods. 
Average 
of 12 
years. 
1872. 
Bays. 
Days. 
r 
52 
70 j 
46 
61 [ 
51 
60 ^ 
58 
73 ^ 
207 
264 
1872. 
January.. 
February 
March . . 
April 
May 
June 
July 
August ... 
September. 
October 
November . 
December . 
Fall 
in 
Inches. 
4- 096 
2-849 
2- 794 
3- 003 
2-548 
5- 395 
7-327 
2- 988 
6- 534 
4- 404 
3- 427 
3-051 
48*416 
Average 
of 
12 years. 
Differences. 
QuarterlyPeriods. 
Average 
of 
12 years 
1872. 
Inches, 
Inches. 
2-693 
+1-403 ) 
2-391 
+0-458 £ 
7*516 
9-739 
2-432 
+0-362 ) 
2-193 
+0-810 \ 
2-088 
+0-460 \ 
7-014 
10-946 
2-733 
+2-662 ) 
3-022 
+4-305 ) 
3-001 
—0-013 i 
10-254 
16-849 
4-231 
+2-303 > 
4-245 
+0-159 ) 
3-200 
+0-227 f i 
10-618 
10-8S2 
3*173 ; 
—0-122 ) j 
35-402 
—13014 
