3. On the Fall of Rain at Carlisle and the neighbourhood

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In this communication, the author offers remarks on journals kept by Dr Carlyle, in the city of Carlisle, from 1757 to 1783 inclusive; by the Rev. Joseph Golding, at Aikbank, near Wigton, Cumberland, from 1792 to 1810 inclusive; and by himself at Bunkers Hill, two and a half miles west of Carlisle, which is situate 184 feet above the sea-level. The author gave tables showing the quantity of rain of each month and year included in these periods. From the averages, it appears that about twice as much rain falls in each of the latter months of the table as in the month of April; and about one-third less rain falls in the first six months of the year than in the last six months, and that April is the driest month of the year.