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HEY. C. W. HARVEY-REPORT OK THE 
Distribution of Rainfall throughout the County .—In the two main 
River Basins of the Thames and the Ouse the rainfall in the former 
was jnst equal to the ten-year mean, whilst in the latter it some¬ 
what exceeded it. In the five districts of the Thame, Colne, Lea, 
Ivel, and Cam, three out of the five differed very little from the 
mean, and the Colne alone showed a deficiency, the Ivel on the 
other hand showing the greatest excess. In the minor River Dis¬ 
tricts the Upper Thame again experienced the largest rainfall, and 
the Rhee the smallest, others following the distribution of last year 
in this respect. The mean fall in each of these districts was— 
Lower Lea 
ins. 
.. 28*99 
Thame 
Upper Thame 
ins. 
... 32*26 
Upper Lea ..... 
. 27*26 
( Lower Colne ....... 
... 29*21 
Mimram .. 
..... 28*79 
Colne ..... 
Yer. 
... 31*51 
Beane ... 
. 28*51 
( Gade .... 
... 30*74 
Bib. 
. 26*98 
Tvetj . 
Hiz. 
... 29*08 
Ash.. 
. 28*52 
Cam.. 
. Bhee . 
... 24*82 
The maximum yearly fall was 32*26 ins. at Tring, the minimum 
being 24*39 ins. at Royston. The greatest monthly fall was 5*47 ins. 
in October at Cowroast, and the least 0*10 inch in July at Hitchin. 
This is the smallest monthly fall of which I can find any record, 
except 0*08 inch at Cassiobury in April, 1870. In February, 1857, 
the fall at Hitchin was only 0* 11 inch ; in July, 1868, only 0*14 fell 
at Hadham ; and in July, 1864, only 0*17 fell at Hitchin. 
The absolute maximum fall in each month and the station at 
which it occurred was :—- 
Jan. 10th—Nash Mills . 
in. 
1*03 
July 7th—Fanhams Hall. 
in. 
... 0*49 
Feb. 4th—Gorhambury . 
0*97 
Aug. 5th—Boyston . 
... 0*83 
Mar. 15th—Nash Mills . 
0*74 
Sept. 10th—Moor Park . 
... 1*87 
Apr. 28th—Bothamsted......... 
0*98 
Oct. 23rd—Tring .. 
... 1*31 
May 21st—Wansford House. 
0*73 
Nov. 24th—Southgate . 
... 0*80 
June 8th—Gorhambury * . 
1*44 
Dec. 25th—High Down. 
... 0*61 
The maximum fall of the year was therefore 1*87 in. on Sept. 
10th at Moor Park, the heaviest fall since June, 1883. At all 
stations the 10th was an exceedingly wet day, no one station record¬ 
ing less than an inch. The wettest days in each month were— 
January 10th the wettest at 2 stations; 31st at 24. 
February 4th at 3 ; 16th at 23. 
March 3rd at 20 ; 21st at 5 ; the fall at 1 on 3rd and 21st being the same. 
April 15th at 22 ; 23rd at 2 ; 27th at 1; 28th at 1. 
May 20th at 2 ; 21st at 22; 22nd at 2. 
June 7th at 2 ; 8th at 24. 
July 7th at 1 ; 11th at 12 ; 12th at 3 ; 13th at 4; 19th at 4 ; 20th at 1; the 
fall at 1 on 11th and 12th being the same. 
August 4th at 5 ; 5th at 4 ; 6th at 4; 7th at 2 ; 12th at 3 ; 26th at 7; the 
fall at 1 on 4th and 26th being the same. 
September 10th at all stations. 
October 6th at 2 ; 23rd at 24. 
November 3rd at 4 ; 24th at 2 ; 25th at 2 ; 26th at 17; 30th at 1. 
December 25th at 1 ; 28th at 4 ; 30th at 18 ; the fall on 28th and 30th being 
the same at 2, and on 5th and 30th at 1 station. 
* The same amount was gauged at Hitchin. 
