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MR. J. F. MILLER ON THE METEOROLOGY OF THE LAKE 
of the wettest towns in the kingdom. It exceeds the fall at Leeds by six times ; at 
Culloden by five and a half times ; at Doncaster and Highfield House, Nottingham- 
shire, by five times ; at Cirencester and Arbroath by five and a quarter times, and at 
Makerstoun near Kelso, by more than seven times. 
Seathwaite exceeds Doncaster in January by fifteen times, in November by twenty- 
one times, and in December by nine and a half times. It exceeds the quantity at 
York in January by 16 inches, or twenty times ; in March by nine times, and in No- 
vember by twenty times. It exceeds Dublin in March by fourteen times, in April by 
thirteen times, in October by five times, and in November by seven times. 
1S46. — At Seathwaite there have been thirty-six days in which the quantity of rain 
was between 1 and 2 inches ; six days between 2 and 3 inches ; five days between 
3 and 4 inches ; one day between 4 and 5 inches, and one day between 5 and 6 inches. 
At Langdale Head there have been thirty-eight days of the first, five days of the 
second, and four days of the third class ; and one day wherein the fall exceeded 
4 inches. The rain at Seathwaite on the 3rd and 4th of March amounted to 6’86 
inches ; and on the 9th and 10th of October the fall was upwards of 9 inches. 
On three days of the latter month there fell 12T7 inches. 
Of the total fall of rain at Seathwaite in 1846 (143‘518 inches), 103’24 inches fell 
to the share of January, February, March, July, August and October; the other six 
months received much less than in the previous year. In November and December 
1845, there fell 45f inches ; in the corresponding months of 1846, the fall but slightly 
exceeds 17 inches. The table shows, that whilst the lake district stations generally 
have received more rain than in 1845, the deposit in the five wettest localities is 
somewhat less than in the previous year. 
1847. — A glance at the first table will show that during the year 1847 much less 
than an average quantity of rain has fallen* ; indeed, had it not been for the enormous 
downfall in October, November and December, the past year would have been one 
of the driest on record in this part of the country. At the close of September the 
fall in the lake districts was from one-third to one-fourth less than the average of the 
two preceding years : thus, Seathwaite was 29‘59 inches, or nearly one-third ; Wast- 
dale 18’76 inches, or one-fourth ; and Gatesgarth 34*96 inches, or more than one-third 
short of the average of 1845 and 1846, for the same period. But the year 1847 is 
memorable for the remarkable fact, that as much or nearly as much rain fell in the 
last three months as descended during the other nine months of the year. At the 
following stations, the quantity from October to December inclusive is considerably 
more than one-half of the whole annual depth. 
January to October. October to December. 
Buttermere 39*79 42*53 
Gatesgarth 49*97 56*28 
Troutbeck 37'25 40*75 
Stonethw'aite 51*86 54*35 
* With some few exceptions the deficiency appears to have been general over the kingdom. 
