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ON THE FALL OF RAIN AT JERUSALEM.
Table II.
Showing the three heaviest falls of rain at Jerusalem in each month in the years 1861 to 1892 inclusive.
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Showing the three lightest falls of rain at Jerusalem in each month in the years 1861 to 1892 inclusive.
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January 13·39 inches in 1878 |
January 0·13 inch in 1873 |
„ 12·45 inches in„ 1887 |
„ 0·98 inch in„ 1879 |
„ 12·41 inches in„ 1862 |
„ 1·24 inch in„ 1870 |
February 12·59 inches in„ 1882 |
February 0·69 inch in„ 1870 |
„ 11·49 inches in„ 1878 |
„ 0·83 inch in„ 1889 |
„ 10·93 inches in„ 1868 |
„ 1·25 inch in„ 1888 |
March 10·52 inches in„ 1875 |
March 0·42 inch in„ 1865 |
„ 10·02 inches in„ 1874 |
„ 0·63 inch in„ 1862 |
„ 7·52 inches in„ 1879 |
„ 0·89 inch in„ 1877 |
April 6·52 inches in„ 1885 |
April 0·13 inch in„ 1874 |
„ 4·74 inches in„ 1888 |
„ 0·21 inch in„ 1877 |
„ 4·41 inches in„ 1890 |
„ 0·25 inch in„ 1891 |
May 1·25 inch in 1887 |
May. No rain fell in this month in |
„ 1·04 inches in„ 1892 |
11 different years. |
„ 0·73 inches in„ 1867 |
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June 0·20 inches in„ 1888 |
June. No rain fell in this month in |
„ 0·08 inches in„ 1885 |
the remaining 30 years. |
July. No rain fell in this |
month during the 32 years. |
August, 0·08 inch in 1890, and no |
rain fell in this month in the other |
31 |
years. |
September 0·79 inch in 1878 |
September. No rain fell in this month |
„ 0·27 inches in„ 1869 |
in 27 out of the 29 remaining years |
„ 0·09 inches in„ 1864 |
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October 2·29 inches in 1870 |
October. No rain fell in this month |
„ 2·18 inches in„ 1877 |
in 13 different years |
„ 1·90 inches in„ 1863 |
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November 7·99 inches in„ 1888 |
November 0·01 inch in 1870 |
„ 7·59 inches in„ 1883 |
„ 0·03 inch in„ 1878 |
„ 6·64 inches in„ 1892 |
„ 0·10 inch in„ 1871 |
December 16·40 inches in„ 1888 |
December 0·49 inch in„ 1876 |
„ 13·00 inches in„ 1880 |
„ 1·17 inch in„ 1869 |
„ 11·09 inches in„ 1891 |
„ 1·44 inch in„ 1874 |
These differences are remarkable, and it will be noticed that in every month of the rainy season there are instances of the fall being less than one inch. These cases in the autumnal months must be very serious for the husbandmen, for the ground cannot be in a lit state for the reception of seed. Whilst in the same months in other years the falls have been large, in one case, December, 1888, as large as 16-40 inches, this is the largest fall in one month in the 32 years; the next in order are:—
