British Rainfall 1896, p.23
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British Rainfall 1896 page 23
the distribution of the rainfall along this narrow strip, we hope that the set of gauges started on January 1st 1896 will give full information; for 1896 the totals were |
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which probably indicate the undermentioned mean annual fall
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This may be another confirmation of the
approximations which often occur in rainfall work. Years ago
we used to regard 140 inches as the average for Seathwaite,
and 25 per cent. extra, i.e., 175 inches, as that of
The Stye. The calculations given last year reduced
Seathwaite from 140 to 135 inches; the above figures for The
Stye point to 170 in., also a reduction of 5 inches.
STATION XII. Taylor's Gill. - Mr. Fletcher thought that perhaps the fall was heavier to the N.W. of the Stye, and therefore placed a gauge at the same altitude on the N. side of Taylor's Gill, and Mr. Maitland continued the record until 1882, but it was never within 11 inches of XI. BB, and its reduced mean was 164 inches. STATION XIII. Seathwaite. - This was fully dealt with last year, and the mean of the half century shown to be 135 inches. STATION XIV. Seatoller Common. - The precise position of this gauge cannot be ascertained; the position given on the map is reproduced from Dr. Miller's own MS. map in the possession of the Royal Society. Dr. Miller stated that the altitude had not been determined, and yet he gave it as 1,388 ft., whereas the site as shown on his own map is 2,000 ft. That would make it not very much above Stations No.VI. and IX. Their average falls are 122 in. and 125 in.; Station XIV. gives 126 in. so probably the 1,388 ft. was only a guess. STATION XV. Stonethwaite. - A little hamlet like Seathwaite, but two miles to the N.E., and therefore further from the hills; it has a rainfall of about 106 inches, say 30 inches less than Seathwaite, just as Seathwaite has about 40 inches less than the Stye. STATION XVI. Borrowdale Vicarage. - About half-a-mile N.W. of Stonethwaite, and at nearly the same altitude; has a similar rainfall - 104 inches. STATION XVII. Rosthwaite, Castle Lodge. - This was gauge No.V. (of British Rainfall 1895) at Seathwaite which Mr. Birkett took with him when he left Seathwaite. This station is only a few hundred yards from Station XVI., and the rainfall is similar, 105 in. |
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