143 
one 34 feet from the ground it was 41*002 inches for the 
last year. The difference between the fall in the two 
gauges is 6*941 inches, or about 14J per cent, less rain fell 
last year in the higher than in the lower gauge. In the 
same table I give the average fall for five years in each 
gauge, and by comparing the results I find that for such an 
average fall about 16 per cent, less rain falls in the upper 
than in the lower gauge. 
1872. 
Fall of rain in 
inches in 5 inch 
square receiver 
3 feet from the 
ground. 
1872. 
Fall of rain in 
inches in 5 inch 
square receiver 
34 feet from 
the ground. 
1872. 
From 186 
Average fall of 
rain in inches for 
5 years, in 5 inch 
square receiver 3 
feet from ground. 
3 to 1872. 
Average fall of 
rain in inches for 
5 years, in 5 inch 
square receiver 34 
feet from ground. 
January 
3*998 
3*019 
2*805 
1*997 
F ebruary 
2*714 
2*212 
2*542 
1*917 
March 
2*735 
2*166 
2*284 
1*787 
April 
3*048 
2*590 
2*467 
2*116 
May 
2*484 
2*181 
1*846 
1*665 
June 
5*395 
4*762 
2*493 
2*220 
July 
7*409 
6*947 
2*596 
2*325 
August 
2*971 
2*607 
2*522 
2*178 
September 
6*363 
5*714 
4*204 
3*608 
October 
4*347 
3*638 
5*191 
4*312 
November 
3*422 
2*455 
2*580 
2*260 
December 
3*059 
2*711 
3*806 
3*207 
47*943 
41*002 
35*336 
29*592 
In the next table I give the fall of rain during the day 
from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m., and the fall during the night, from 
8 p.m. to 8 a.m. The amount of rain that fell during the 
day exceeded the fall during the night in six months of the 
year, but in the remaining months, namely, January, 
August', September, November, and December, the fall 
during the night exceeded the day fall. The total differ- 
ence between the night and day fall is much less than 
during 1871. In that year the excess of the day over the 
night fall was 4*136 inches, whilst during the past year it 
was only 1*891 inches. 
