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day and night fall for three years. This table shows that, 
without exception, the coldest months of the year have a 
greater rainfall during the night than the day, and the ex- 
ceptions to the reverse of this during the warmer months 
are, as in last year, June and August. Of course a three 
years’ average is scarcely sufficient to point to a rule. This 
must be left to be shown by the results of future obser- 
vations. 
Average of Three Years, from 1868 xo 1870. 
Rainfall 
from 
8 a.m. to 8 p.m. 
Rainfall 
from 
8 p.m. to 8 a.m. 
Difference 
between 
Night and Day 
Fall. 
J anuary 
Inches. 
1-414 
Inches. 
1-523 
Inches. 
+ 0109 
February 
0-864 
1-481 
+ 0617 
March 
1-226 
1-260 
+ 0034 
April 
1075 
0829 
-0-246 
M ay 
1-179 
0-394 
-0-785 
June 
0-530 
0-714 
+ 0-184 
July 
0-424 
0-315 
- 0109 
August 
0-983 
1-594 
+ 0-611 
September 
1-731 
1-731 
0000 
October 
2-804 
2-839 
+ 0-035 
November 
1-453 
1-772 
+ 0-319 
December 
1-945 
2-596 
+ 0-651 
Sums 
15-628 
17-048 
+ 1-420 
