| MONTH. | Total in inches and hundredths. | Number of rainy days.[504] | Greatest daily fall. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1882. | ||||||
| October, 25th-31st | 3·06 | 5 | 1·70 | |||
| November | 7·06 | 15 | 1·97 | |||
| December | 13·96 | 24 | 2·24 | |||
| Total, | 24·62 | Total, | 44 | |||
| 1883. | ||||||
| January | 5·23 | 12 | 2·03 | |||
| February | 9·63 | 20 | 2·00 | |||
| March | 4·40 | 13 | ·84 | |||
| April | 14·96 | 24 | 3·22 | |||
| May | 11·28 | 16 | 3·33 | |||
| June | 26·88 | 19 | 7·73 | |||
| July | 18·61 | 23 | 3·45 | |||
| August | 11·74 | 15 | 2·02 | |||
| September | 4·81 | 12 | 2·52 | |||
| October | 5·68 | 9 | 1·67 | |||
| November | 6·57 | 11 | 1·20 | |||
| December | 5·24 | 8 | 1·68 | |||
| Total, | 125·03 | Total, | 182 | |||
[504] By rainy days are meant those days on which not less than 2⁄100 of an inch of rain were measured.
Results for 1883.—Total rainfall for 1883; 125·03 inches. Two-thirds of the total fall, i.e., 83·47 inches, were recorded during the five months from April to August. Greatest daily fall, 7·73 inches. Total number of rainy days 182, i.e., one half of the year. On 41 days, more than an inch of rain fell.
RAIN-REGISTER AT UGI.
(Kept by Mr. Fred Howard between October 1st, 1882, and December 31st, 1883.)
The rain-gauge used was of the round funnel pattern (about 51⁄2 inches). The observations were made at the residence of Mr. John Stephens at Selwyn Bay on the west side of the island. The elevation of the gauge was from four to six feet above the high-tide level.
| MONTH. | Total in inches and hundredths. | Number of rainy days. | Greatest daily fall. | Relative humidity taking 100 as saturation (see table, [p. 367]) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1882. | |||||
| October | 10·68 | 18 | 2·45 | ||
| November | 10·16 | 16 | 4·60 | ||
| December | 9·57 | 21 | 1·36 | ||
| Total, | 30·41 | 55 | |||
| 1883. | |||||
| January | 13·46 | 16 | 5·75 | (83) | |
| February | 13·89 | 17 | 4·00 | 82 | |
| March | 10·02 | 16 | 3·00 | 83 | |
| April | 23·28 | 26 | 3·00 | 88 | |
| May | 6·39 | 9 | 1·65 | 83 | |
| June | 12·83 | 12 | 3·70 | 84 | |
| July | 24·60 | 25 | 2·85 | 89 | |
| August | 15·76 | 15 | 4·75 | 83 | |
| September | 7·36 | 14 | 1·50 | 81 | |
| October | 5·15 | 7 | 1·75 | 76 | |
| November | 5·30 | 11 | 1·10 | 79 | |
| December | 8·20 | 10 | 1·30 | 83 | |
| Total, | 146·24 | 178 | |||
Results.—During the last quarter of 1882, the rainfall was 30·41 inches; and the number of rainy days was 55.
During 1883, the total rainfall was 146·24 inches. The greatest monthly records were those of April and July: during these two months 47·88 inches fell, or about one-third of the total fall for the year. The greatest daily fall was 5·75 inches. The total number of rainy days was 178, or about one half of the number of days in the year. On 56 days more than an inch of rain fell; and in 18 days more than two inches fell.