British Rainfall 1895, p.19
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British Rainfall 1895 page 19
THE RESULTS. Gauge I. Monthly Fall. - On page 24 is given the monthly fall shown by this gauge during the 50 years. In order to economise space, the totals for the year are not given, but they will be found in the second column of the table of page 25. The principal facts in the monthly table are as follows:-
 Yearly Fall. - We now come to the yearly totals and remarks thereupon. The second column on p.25 gives the total by the old gauge at Seathwaite from 1845 to 1894, both inclusive.* The means for the decades are as follows:- 1845-1854 = 140.85 in. 1855-1864 = 137.50 in. 1865-1874 = 145.09 in. 1875-1884 = 132.03 in. 1885-1894 = 131.02 in. 1850-9 = 126.98 in. 1860-9 = 154.05 in. 1870-9 = 134.95 in. 1880-9 = 129.00 in. Mean, 1845-1869, 25 years = 140.85 in. Mean, 1870-1894, 25 years = 133.77 in. Mean, whole period, 50 years = 137.31 in. At first sight the wetness of the period 1860-69 looks suspicious, and the fall in the years 1861, 1862 and 1863 appears excessive, * This is not rigorously correct. As already explained, there are now at Seathwaite Gauges I., IV., and VII. Gauges I. and VII> are identical in construction, and naturally very often give identical readings. The observer noticed this, and saved himself the trouble of reading two in 1894, for he sent the same figures to the Royal Meteorological Society and to Camden Square. I explained to him that though they might often read alike, they could not always do so, but he was positive that they never differed, and as I did not wish to provoke any unpleasantness, and I knew that the matter was not important, I did not press it further. No. I. is now read weekly, No.VII. daily. |
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