21 
Ordinary Meeting, January 12th, 1858. 
Dr. J. P. Joule, Vice-President, in the Chair. 
Accounts of the fall of rain, &c., in the neighbourhood of 
Manchester, were given by Mr. John Curtis, Mr. Thomas 
Hopkins, and Mr. Laurence Buchan. 
1st. By Mr. Curtis: — 
EAIN. 
EVAPOEA- 
TION. 
EAIN. 
1857. 
1856. 
Dr. 
Dalton 
1857. 
1856. 
How often lall’n 
half an- inch. 
a 
ZJ 
g.S 
9 C3 
dS 
ga 
£ A 
s 
=1 
Months. 
Days. 
Amnt. 
Days. 
Amnt. 
20 yrs. 
1 _ 
Amnt. 
Amnt. 
•t; 9 
o c 
o 
Wi 
C ® 
M'S 
^ a 
o CO 
M 
J anuary .... 
22 
inches 
3.04 
15 
inches 
2.50 
inches 
2.257: 
inches 
0.62 
inches 
0.38 
2 
;3 
8 
8 
February . . . 
15 
1.56 
15 
3.06 
2.373 
0.64 
0.68 
— 
— 
2 
5 
1 
1 
March 
19 
2.29 
4 
0.22 
2.521 
1.24 
1.43 
2 
— 
1 
6 
— 
2 
April 
18 
2.74 
17 
2.53 
2.330 
1.58 
1.77 
2 

1 
5 
— 
— 
May 
13 
2.35 
16 
3.07 
2.189 
2.29 
1.98 
2 
— 
2 
6 
1 
— 
June . . ... 
11 
2.84 
19 
2.73 
3.244 
3.30 
1.88 
3 
— 
2 
— 
2 
— 
July 
22 
4.23 
17 
3.07 
4.053 
2.26 
1.87 
4 
— 

4 
8 
— 
August 
11 
4.89 
21i 4.19 
3.672 
1.84 
1.84 
1 
*3 
1 
2 
2 
— 
September . . 
15 
3.00 
19 
3.04 
3.434 
1.14 
1.25 
2 
— 
3 
3 
2 
— 
October 
20 
1.84 
13 
2.62 
3.731 
0.92 
0.70 
— 
— 
1 
2 
1 
— 
November. . . 
13 
1.62 
16 
3.76 
4.089 
0.61 
0.64 
2 

1 
4 
1 
— 
December . . 
18 
1.54 
23 
3.43 
3.501 
0.63 
0.57 
— 
— 
— 
3 
5 
— 
Totals .... 
197 
31.94 
195! 34.22 
37.394 
17.07 
14.99 
20 
3 
17 
48 
23 
11 
* These are so near one inch, that I have called them such. 
From the above it appears it has rained two days more in 
1857 than 1856; that the fall of rain is 2.28 inches less in 
1857 than 1856 ; and that the fall of rain is 5.454 inches 
below Dalton’s average. 
The above were registered at 26, Plymouth-grove, Chorl- 
ton-upon-Medlock, and taken at ten, p.m. 
Proceedings No. 8. 
