Midland Naturalist/Volume 01/The Rainfall of 1877
The Rainfall of 1877.
By W. J. Harrison, F.G.S.
Incomplete and imperfect as it must needs be from the early date of its publication, and from the fact that our staff of observers is as yet not fully organised, still the main features of the Rainfall of the past year in the Midland counties may be gathered from the table which we print below. In it the stations are grouped in counties, and the fall at a few other localities is given at the end for the purpose of comparison. For the third year in succession the general rainfall over this district has been considerably above the average. Heavy rains in January, following similar downfalls in December of 1876, produced frequent floods. On January 3rd a steady and continuous downpour proved the maximum fall of the year in the eastern and east-central counties, and wet and cold weather continued to the end of April. May was also a cold month, but in June we had a remarkably fine and pleasant period, rainfall everywhere in England below the average, and falling on eight to ten days only. A heavy storm on July 14th (accompanied by electrical disturbances) caused the maximum fall, in the western and west-central Midlands, over three inches falling in the twenty four hours at Haughton Hall, Shifnal. August was wet, September about the average, but October was rather a fine month, followed, however, by frequent rains to the end of the year.
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