COUNCIL FOR 1852 . 
13 
Months of excess. Months of d-efect. 
January 
.. 
March. 
1-2 
Februaiy 
. . -o-i 
April. 
•0-2 
July .. .. 
.. 4-9 
May . 
•1-5 
August.. 
.. 1-5 
June . 
1*7 
November .. 
.. 2-0 
September .. 
0-4 
December .. 
.. 4-4 
October 
1-4 
Total excess 15’6 
Total defect 
6-4 
6-4 
12) 9-2 
•77 of a degree excess for the year. 
The mean of the barometer was 29*776, being *119 below 
that of 1851. The days on which rain fell were 156 against 
136 of 1851. The amount of rain is correspondingly large, 
being 27*18, an increase of 6*72 inches on last year, or 2*91 
above a mean of twenty years. Of this quantity only 8*15 fell 
in the first six months, whilst in the last four there fell 14*74 
inches. The rain of January was *63 above a mean. The 
Holmfirth tragedy speedily followed this excess. The last 
three months have been distinguished by devastating inunda¬ 
tions in various parts of the country. 
The range of the mercurial column has been extensive in the 
year, from 30*828, March 6, to 28*588, Dec. 30, making a 
difference of 2*24 inches. This depression in December was 
accompanied by a violent storm from the N. W. and S. W., 
which deposited salt spray on the windows at York. 
By the kindness of several correspondents and from other 
sources, we present the following record of the rain fallen in 
the several months of 1852, in a series of localities stretching 
from east to west across the country, and touching Lancashire 
in the S.W., and Kendal in the N.W. We have also con¬ 
trasted the amount fallen in each place during the first six 
months of the year with that of the last six months. 
