RAINFALL IN HERTFORDSHIRE IN 1888 . 
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Distribution of Rainfall throughout the County.— -Of the 30 rain- 
gauges 3 are in the river-basin of the Ouse for which they give a 
mean fall of 22 31 inches in the year, and 27 are in the river-basin 
of the Thames for which they give a mean fall of 26*51 inches. 
The following table (Table III) gives the mean fall for each month 
and for the year in each of the live river-districts represented, and 
in the County for comparison, and also the difference in the year 
from the mean of our period. 
Table III. —Rainfall in the River Districts. 
Months. 
Cam. 
IVEL. 
Thame. 
Colne. 
Lea. 
County. 
January .. 
*66 
•53 
■96 
*88 
•76 
•80 
February. 
1*25 
1*32 
1*74 
1*26 
1-07 
1*20 
March. 
2-58 
2*82 
3'39 
3 ’ 3 * 
3 -I 9 
3 '20 
April . 
2’02 
1-92 
2*04 
2-13 
2*12 
2-10 
May..... 
*97 
1*18 
i -59 
i ‘37 
1*06 
1-22 
June...... 
1-53 
2*27 
2-27 
3 29 
2*45 
2-77 
J uly.. 
3 ‘49 
3-08 
4*55 
4*12 
3-92 
3-96 
August. 
2*50 
2'22 
1*98 
2*90 
3'42 
3-03 
September . 
1 '44 
1*39 
1*31 
•84 
•96 
•97 
October .... 
•76 
*86 
*95 
I*IO 
in 
1-07 
November . 
3-29 
372 
5*32 
4-71 
4-16 
4-38 
December . 
i'i 4 
i '35 
i -95 
i *6i 
1 *16 
i -39 
Year . 
21-63 
22*66 
28-05 
27-52 
2578 
26*09 
DifL from 1876-85 
—2-87 
—4-64 
- 3-85 
—378 
—1*50 
—2-91 
The mean fall in the year in each of the minor river-basins, or 
sub-districts, was as follows:— 
Cam .......... Khee . 
Ivel . Hiz. 
Thame Upper Thame. 
! Bui bourne. 
Gade . 
Ver. 
Lower Colne . 
21- 63 
22 - 66 
28-05 
27*11 
27*12 
27- 47 
28- 18 
Lea. 
Mimram . 
Beane . 
Bib . 
Ash . 
Upper Lea. 
Lower Lea. 
24-26 
23-99 
23- 88 
26-51 
24- 22 
27*63 
The total yearly fall ranged from 21*63 inches at Royston, to 
32*54 ins. at Moor Park ; and the total monthly fall from 0’47 in. 
at High Down, Hitchin, in January, to 6-06 ins. at Moor Park, in 
November. 
Distribution of Rainfall in each Month. —The nomenclature used 
in the following notice of the chief falls of rain is the same as in 
previous reports, falls of ^ inch being styled considerable, of f inch 
very considerable , of 1 inch great , of 1| inch very great, of 1^- inch 
heavy , of If inch very heavy, and of 2 inches excessive. This 
analysis only applies to the 24 stations from which I have returns 
of the daily rainfall, except when the fall of at least half an inch 
was the maximum in the month. 
