ST. ALBANS AND ITS NEIGHBOURHOOD. 
223 
Results of Climatological Observations taken at 
St. Albans during the 24 Years 1887-1910. 
Months. 
■ 1 
Temperature of the Air. 
Humidity. 
0 
0 
0 
5 
Eain. 
Means. 
Extremes. 
Amount. 
OQ 
P 
Mean. 
Min. 
Max. 
Eange Min. 
Max. 
* 
O 
O 
O 
0 0 
0 
p! 
ins. 
Jan. 
37 '3 
32 3 
423 
io’o : 10 9 
57-6 
90 
73 
i-93 
17 
Feb. 
38-2 
32-6 
43-8 
11 ‘2 IO-I 
65-3 
87 
7-1 
170 
15 
March . 
41 '2 
34‘3 
48-1 
i3’8 > 15*8 ! 
68-2 
84 
67 
2 ’IO 
17 
April .... 
46*0 
37’9 
54-2 
16-3 1 25-4 1 
777 
76 
6-6 
r6o 
15 
May.| 
52-0 
43’3 
6o-8 
173 i 29H 
79’3 
66 
63 
i-88 
14 
June. 
58-0 
49‘2 
66-8 
i T 6 34-8 
86-i 
74 
67 
2*38 
13 
! July.! 
6ri 
52-6 
697 
iyi ! 40-6 
893 
72 
63 
2-45 
13 
August..... 
603 
52-i 
68-9 
16*8 j 41‘O 
927 
75 
6-3 
2-64 
15 
| Sept. 
56*5 
48’6 
643 
i5*9 3°‘9 
| 92 7 
81 
6-4 
177 
12 
j Oct. 
49'J 
423 
55 '6 
I3'I 1 26 ‘2 
77*8 
88 
6-8 
3' j 6 
17 
Nov. 
43'° 
1 37‘4 
483 
11-i ! 18-6 
627 
90 
73 
271 
J 7 
Dec. 
38-6 
| 33-6 
43'5 
9'9 i n*8 
! 57-8 
90 
7'5 
2*54 
18 
Year . 
483 
41-4 
55-6 
14-2 IO’I 
927 
81 
| 
6-8 
26 66 
183 
Rainfall in the Neighbourhood of St. Albans for the 
50 Years 1860-1909. 
Gorhambury. 
Eothamsted. 
Months. 
Mean. 
Driest Month 
Wettest Month 
Mean. 
Driest Month 
Wettest Month 
and Year. 
' and Year. 
and Year. 
and Year. 
Ins. 
In. 
Year. 
Ins. 
Year. 
Ins. 
In. { 
Year. 
Ins. 
Year. 
Jan. 
270 
•40 
1880 
5-10 
1872 
2-24 
35 ; 
1880 
4-99 
1877 ! 
Feb. 
1-98 
•00 
1891 
4-40 
1900 
1-94 
•03 
1891 
4-82 
1900 j 
March 
1-92 
34 
1886 
3'94 
1897 
1-82 
*35 
1893 
3*94 
1897 j 
April 
176 
•i5 
1893 
4*46 
1878 
1-82 
•22 
1893 
4-09 
1878 
May .... 
2'oy 
*34 
1896 
5'27 
1878 
2*04 
•45 
1896 
498 
1878 
June ... 
2 30 
*47 
1868 
6-55 
i860 
2‘42 
•36 
1868 
6-25 
i860 
July. 
2 '39 
•36 
1885 
6‘02 
1875 
2*42 
•35 
1885 
5-66 
1875 
August 
238 
•63 
1880 
4-98 
1879 
2 '57 
•77 1 
1864 
6-56 
1879 j 
Sept. 
2-28 
•48 
1898 
6-8o 
1896 
2 '33 
•17 | 
1865 
7-66 
1896 1 
Oct. 
3'°9 
•82 
1897 
8-20 
1891 
3-n 
■82 1 
1879 
7‘35 
1865 
Nov. 
261 
39 
1879 
5'80 
1877 
2’55 
•32 
1867 
5 *i 6 
1877 
Dec. 
2-47 
•47 
1864 
5-83 
1876 
237 
•42 
1890 
6-oo 
1876 
Year 
2775 
18*66 
1864 
38-15 
00 
*0 
27-63 
18-53 
j 1864 
37-35 
1903 
In tlie above rainfall table, in order to compensate for the 
shortness of the month of February in comparison with the 
length of January and March, rather less than a day’s rain has 
been deducted from each of those months and added to its 
amount. 
VOL. xiv.—PART III. 
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