COUNCIL FOR 1877 . 
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as a consequence the rivers had been much above the summer 
level nearly the whole year. The mean rainfall for York is 
23*99 inches, having a range of 21*96 inches from a minimum 
of 17*89 inches in 1850 to a maximum in 1872 of 39*85 inches. 
Excess 
January.1-57 
February.*75 
March.1’26 
April.1*87 
May.*35 
July.*70 
August.1*72 
September.1*12 
October *50 
November.*03 
December.*34 
10*21 
93 
Excess for the whole year 9*28 
Defect. 
June.*91 
Mean rainfall for 20 years, ending 31st Dec., 1877 25*458 inches. 
10 
27*569 
j) 
a 
5 
26*006 „ 
Mean of the three terms 
. . 26*344 inches. 
showing an 
excess of 2 35 
inches above 
the mean for fifty 
years; during that period 
rainfall above 30 inches. 
the following 
years have had a 
Inches. 
Days of 
rainfall. 
Mean daily 
rainfall. 
1860 
.. 30-37 
190 
*1598 inch. 
1876 
.. 31*70 
194 
*1634 „ 
1877 
.. 33*27 
222 
*1498 „ 
1848 
.. 36*02 
192 
•1876 „ 
1872 
.. 39*85 
216 
*1844 „ 
