KEY. C. W. HAEVEY-EEP0ET ON THE EAINFALL. 
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The absolute maximum daily fall in each month and the station 
recording the same was-— 
ins. 
Jan. 5th—Southgate .. *60 
Feb. 2nd—'Southgate . *45 
Mar. 28th—Moor Park... *46 
April 7th—Moor Park. *76 
May 24th—Southgate . 1*70 
June 10th—Nash Mills. -70 
ms. 
July 25th—Therfield . 1*09 
Aug. 1st—Koyston . *35 
Sept. 2nd—Bayfordbury . *61 
Oct. 31st—Nash Mills .. ‘76 
Nov. 5th—Tring . 1*04 
Dec. 26th—Tring . 2*04 
From this it appears that the maximum fall in the year was 
2"04 ins. on Dec. 26th, the date of the heavy snowstorm and gale, 
when at most stations the fall exceeded an inch, the mean fall 
being 1*20 in. The wettest day in each month was— 
Jan. 5th at 12 stations ; 10th at 2 ; 11th at 1 ; 20t,h at 2 ; 22nd at 1 ; 24th 
at 2 ; 30th at 3 ; 31st at 1 ; the fall on 12th and 25th being the same at 1. 
Feb. 2nd at 8 ; 3rd at 7 ; 5th at 1 ; 12th at 3 ; 14th at 5 ; 28th at 1. 
March 1st at 12 ; 17th at 1 ; 28th at 4; 29th at 4 ; 30th at 1 ; the 1st and 
19th, 19th and 30th, and 1st and 28th being respectively the same at 3. 
April 7th at 18 ; 18th at 5; 19th at 1 ; 7th and 18th being the same at 1. 
May 12th at 15 ; 24th at 9 ; the 12th and 24th being equal at 1. 
June 1st at 3 ; 2nd at 11 ; 10th at 7 ; 12th at 3 ; 22nd at 1. 
duly 2nd at 1; 12th at 1 ; 19th at 2 ; 25th at 20 ; the fall of 17tb and 25th 
being the same at 1. 
Aug. 1st at 3 ; 12th at 12 ; 13th at 6 ; 18th at 4. 
Sept. 2nd at 12 ; 3rd at 1; 9th at 1; 10th at 9 ; 2nd and 10th being equal 
at 2. 
October 12th at 9 ; 15th at 12 ; 31st at 3 ; 12th and 15th being the same at 1. 
November 5th at 13 ; 10th at 2 ; 11th at 9; 13th at 1. 
December 26th at all stations. 
From this the wettest day in each month seems to have been— 
Jan. 5th. Apr. 7th. July 25th. Oct. 15th. 
Feb. 2nd. May 12th. Aug. 12th. Nov. 5th. 
Mar. 1st. June 2nd. Sept. 2nd. Dec. 26th. 
The mean number of wet days in each month, and the relation 
that number hears to the mean of the month, was— 
Jan. wet days 22 or 6 above mean. July wet days 12 or 1 below mean. 
Feb. 
Mar. 
Apr. 
May 
June 
8 or 7 below 
15 or 1 above 
15 or 2 above 
19 or 6 above 
9 or 5 below 
Aug. 
Sept. 
Oct. 
Nov. 
Dec. 
11 or 3 below 
8 or 5 below 
21 or 7 above 
15 or 1 below 
17 or 2 above 
The total number of wet days was thus 2 above the mean, being 
very equally distributed throughout each of the seasons except the 
summer, 47 occurring in winter, 49 in spring, 32 in summer, and 
44 in autumn. 
I now conclude my report with a brief notice of the chief falls; 
hut in order as much as possible to economise space I am obliged 
to confine my remarks to falls which exceed an inch, using the 
same nomenclature as in my previous reports, viz. falls of 1 inch 
great ; falls of If inch very great ; falls of If inch heavy ; falls of 
If inch very heavy ; falls of 2 inches excessive. Falls of f inch 
and f inch, which I have styled considerable and very considerable , 
I can only merely note in passing, without giving the actual values 
at each station. 
