Meteorological observations and essays / By John Dalton.

  • John Dalton
Date:
1834
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Credit: Meteorological observations and essays / By John Dalton. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    ACCOUNT OF RAIN, ot Mean monthly rain and number of wet days, at Kendal and Keswick, for all the five years. AT KENDAL. AT KESWICK. Inches of rain. | wet days.} Inches of rain. | wet days, January 6.403 7.8558 22 February 5.671 6.1624 22 March 3.219 3.7324 18 April 4,909 5.0887 20 May 3.825 3.9434 | 18 June 3.549 4.1167 18 July Gr le 5.9948 24 August 4.681 5.2484 18 September} 6.286 7.2387 21 October 5.179 5.9675 20 November| 5.267 5.7989 18 December 8.800 7.9018 22 Total 64.506 68.5495 241 The greatest quantity of rain in 24 hours, for these 5 years, was on the 22nd of April, 1792, namely, at Kendal, 4.592 inches. The rain at Keswick on that day, was something less; but taking both the 22nd and 28rd, the rain was nearly equal at both places. Besides these 2, there were other 2 days, at Kendal, when the rain was betwixt 2 and 8 inches, and 56 days betwixt 1 and 2 inches. At Keswick, for 4 years and 9 months, there were 3 days, be- sides the 2 above mentioned, when the rain was between 2 and 3