372 REPORT OF THE FARM SUPERINTENDENT OF THE 
PRECIPITATION BY Montus Since 1882. 




















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LESS eee 0.48 | 1.44 | 0.88 | 1.58 | 4.45 | 4.12 | 2.98 | 3.47 | 2.12 | 2.10 | 1.54 | 0.73 | 25.89 
Wheto): SR SHEA 1.83 |) 201 ()2754. 1 0583) 2.49  O Ol OBS iad Set ae Git Od uO, Sz tne oO 
SSB te aicie es 1.07} 0.61; 1 0.42) (1.96) 158°) 2-49 1 4.64 1 6.09) Ot) S88 ie s6at Osos 2s.00 
[SSGeC cece 1.13.) 0.95 | 1.18") 4.138 | 1.92) 9.92 | 4.41 | 2.86 | 2.81.) 1.398 3.48 19-94 407 8% 
oS CRM Ate Aa 0.18: | 2597 | 0.48 11.37 | 0.46) 2.01)1 6.37 | 3.03 |. O.751) 2.745 LoS teSb 22 29 
OOS errs ale 0.78 | 1.04 | 1.43 | 3.09 | 2.79 | 3.88 |0.99-++] 4.02 | 2.73 | 3.47 2 OZ iste cs) fh a etaa's 




From the above table we deduce the meer monthly rainfall 
since and including June, 1882. Below is a comparison of this 
mean monthly rainfall with the rainfall of 1888 : ' 


a. 
June. 
July 
| August 
| September. 
October. 
November. 
| December. 



Mean monthly rainfall... 0.95 1.596 | 1.03 1.834 | 2.18 2.873 3.86 | 3.03 | 1.95 | 1.73 | 1.698 | 0.93 
Rainfall) 18885. bch eek si 0.78 1.04 1.43 | 3.09 | 2.79 | 3.88 0.99 | 4.02 | 2.73 | 3.47 | 2.02 
For 1888, t or — mean....|—-17 | —.556 | +.40 | +1.156 | +.61 | +1.007 | —2.87 | +.99 | +.78 |+1.74 | +.322 





= 

Excess over mean in eleven months, 3.409 inches. 
This record of rainfall for the winter months is hardly to be 
relied on, since much of the precipitation is snow, which frequently 
blows over and out of the gauge, so there may often be a consid- 
erable fall with not enough lodged in the gauge to be appreciable 
when melted and measured. 
This objection, however, does not affect the summer months, 
which most concern our farm crops and animals. 
During these months, from April to October inclusive, the rain- 
fall for 1888 has exceeded the average for the six preceding years 
of every month, except the droughty one of July, when the fall was 
only .99 inch, which is 2.87 inches below the average. 
This comparison brings out the fact that for six months the rain- 
fall was in all 6.383 inches more than the average, and that the 
deficiency for July reduced the excess to 3.513 inches for the 
