55 
Most Rain for Month. 
Most Days with Rain for Month 
Xo. ont of 16 years max. fall.. 
Forties. 
1 
3 
3 
Fifties. 
1 
1 
O 
O 
Sixties. 
2 
1 
1 
Seventies 
4 
4 
6 
Eighties. 
4 
4 
3 
Totals, A. 
7 
4 
4 
14 
11 
Least Rain for Month . .. 
2 
7 
2 
0 
2 
Least Days with Rain for Month 
4 
3 
0 
4 
No. out of 16 years of min. fall. 
4 
5 
3 
2 
2 
Totals, B. 
8 
16 
8 
2 
8 
Result, A . 
15 
4 
12 
28 
17 
M ean Annual Rainfall..... 
24-835 
23-265 
23-957 
28-036 
1 
24-952 
Up to 1870, and after 1877, the total of no three consecutive 
September falls is as much as 10 inches. During that period 
fit::e such totals exceed this, 1871 — 3 giving 11‘78 inches. 
Until 1868, the five-years’ total was only greater than 14 inches 
in 1860. After that it was never less until 1882, except 1880 
{i.e. 1878-82), when it was 13'56 inches. In 1870 it reached 
18*24 inches. In 1845 it was less than i as much, 5*74 inches. 
Since 1885 it has been less than 8 inches. For no year from 
1867 to 1882 was it less than the mean in the five-year series 
(12*00J, nor in the three-year series f7'2), except in ’74. 
This most remarkable excess coincides with the greatest sun¬ 
spot maximum during the 50 years. 
The wettest Octobers were in the Forties (29*11 inches); 
Augusts in the Fifties (30 82 inches) ; and Julys in the Eighties 
(31*14). 
In the five years, 1856—60, over 20 inches fell in August. 
This has not happened in any other five j^ears in any month 
So, too, the greatest three-year monthly fall was 14'11 in 
August 1856—8. 
The greatest fall in any one month was 7*35 in June 1848. 
Wettest months. 
