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EIGHTH REPORT. 
to topographic influences is less sharp. The fact is rainfall is subject 
to large and irregular variations even within one locality. New Orleans 
had five rain gages exposed at different points within her limits, under 
one management, for the years 1895 to 1904. The records were pub¬ 
lished in the Monthly Weather Review for May, 1905. The greatest 
distance between gages is six 
values for the five stations: 
miles: 
The following 
are the 
annual 
Dublin. 
Park. 
Jefferson. 
Hall. 
London. 
1895.. 
62.99 
66.31 
65.59 
56.61 
59.74 
1896. 
51.60 
52.31 
54.37 
51.46 
61.18 
1897. 
54.54 
50.10 
47.74 
46.66 
53.93 
1898. 
60.43 
63.69 
58.77 
54.57 
55.41 
1899. 
39.58 
41.32 
38.14 
33.95 
43.03 
1900.-.. 
67.51 
66.44 
62.73 
57.99 
63.66 
1901. 
54.58 
50.46 
49.48 
57.54 
1902. 
40.18 
38.13 
38.33 
37.04 
38.83 
1903. 
57.09 
47.36 
45.13 
51.39 
51.96 
1904. 
39.50 
38.66 
37.22 
37.31 
38.02 
52.80 
52.00 
49.85 
47.65 
52.33 
Fig. 6.—Rainfall chart by U. S. Weather Bureau 1902. Shades are 40, 35 and 30 inches. 
