Midland Naturalist/Volume 01/Rainfall at Wolverhampton
Rainfall at Wolverhampton.
The average Rainfall at Wolverhampton for the last nineteen years is 28.034 inches per annum, the maximum occurring in 1872 which was a very exceptional year showing a total of 45.47 inches; the maximum quantity falling in the month of July, and amounting to 5.93 inches, and the minimum in March when 1.85 inches only fell. On three occasions in this year there were extraordinary falls in short periods, namely, on the 24th of June 1½in. fell in forty minutes, equal to 150 tons per acre, and on the 6th and 7th July 3-10ths of an inch, and ⅜in. respectively fell in fifteen minutes. Leaving this very exceptional year out of the question, the average Rainfall for the last eighteen years would be 27.065 inches. In the year 1875 there were very heavy falls, making a total of 38.13 inches for the whole year. Of this 8.12 inches fell in July, and 12.41 inches in the months of September and October.
| Year. | Jan. | Feb. | Mar. | April. | May. | June. | July. | Aug. | Sep. | Oct. | Nov. | Dec. | Totals. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1859 | .95 | 1.26 | 1.68 | 2.05 | .68 | 2.91 | 3.56 | 3.48 | 2.86 | 3.91 | 2.65 | 1.87 | 26.62
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Geo. J. C. Broom, A.I.C.E.
This work was published before January 1, 1930, and is in the public domain worldwide because the author died at least 100 years ago.
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