14 
REPORT OF THE 
The largest amount which fell in 24 hours was one inch and 
nine-tenths on September 28th. 
EAIN-FALL, 1871. 
1 
Bootham. 
Cherry 
Hill. 
Flaxton. 
Malton. 
Ack worth. 
Sheffield. 
Settle. 
Jan. 
0-70 
0-645 
0-55 
1-00 
0-66 
1-21 
• • 
FeK 
2-50 
2-335 
2-06 
2-34 
1-64 
2-10 
• • 
Mar. 
1-10 
1-330 
0-90 
0-75 
0-56 
1-26 
• • 
April 
2-85 
2-830 
1-99 
2-80 
2-75 
3-12 
3-14 
May 
1'34 
1-405 
1-95 
1-79 
1-50 
1-42 
1-64 
June 
3-72 
3-870 
4-19 
2-98 
5-13 
4-63 
3-19 
July 
2-78 
2-875 
2-97 
3-82 
2-71 
3-08 
7-36 
Aug. 
l-Oo 
1-090 
1-92 
0-87 
1-81 
1-65 
2-02 
Sept. 
6-30 
6-090 
4-28 
5-91 
5-80 
6-40 ■ 
4-29 
Oct. 
2-90 
2-990 
2-61 
2-13 
1-69 
2-74 
5-00 
Nov. 
1-05 
1-270 
2-25 
1-77 
0-96 
1-52 
2-14 
Dec. 
1-37 
1-650 
0-95 
1-60 
0-99 
1-50 
3-54 
27-66 
28-380 
26-62 
27-76 
26-20 
30-63 
t « 
Wind.-— The prevailing winds of the year have been from 
the S., S. W., and W. 
Aurora. —There were in March one, in April five, in May 
one, in August one, in September one, and in November thi’ee, 
displays of Aurora. Coincident with the display of April 19th, 
the disc of the Sun was literally covered with spots. A dravdng 
(for which I am indebted to one of the scholars at the Friends’ 
School, Bootham) shoived more than ten groups, with more 
than sixty distinct spots. 
Transits have been taken with sufficient frequency to keep 
correct time. The rate of the Sidereal time clock from Nov. 
16th, 1871, to Jan. 3rd, 1872, was a loss per diem of *37 
hundredths of a second, v 
From the 5th to the 14th of August inclusive, 344 meteors 
were observed; the maximum number (147) was observed on 
Thursday, the 10th. I am indebted for these observations 
on the meteors to Mr. J. E. Clark, one of the Masters at the 
Friends’ School. 
