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THE plan of this valuable annual volume remains almost exactly as before; it is well known to many of our readers, and is welcomed by meteorologists and others for its comprehensiveness and the scrupulous care exercised in dealing with matters of detail. Part i. is devoted mainly (1) to the unprecedented rainstorm of August 25–26 in East Anglia, the area being now extended to the whole of England and Wales. The rainfall exceeded 7.5 in. over about sixty-seven square miles, with a small patch where more than 8 in. fell, between Norwich and Brundall. The weight of precipitation over England and Wales is estimated at 4473 million tons. (2) the wettest summer in England and Wales. The rainfall was not exceeded during the last fifty years; in August the amount in south England was more than three times the average over large areas. The general rainfall for June-August was 78 per cent, above the normal. Part ii. deals with the rainfall for the year, and includes the observers' remarks on the weather, with heavy falls and monthly and seasonal rainfall, illustrated by maps. The year was a wet one; expressed in percentages the totals were: England, 123; Wales, 119; Scotland, in; Ireland, 108; British Isles, 115. Part iii. contains the general tables of total rainfall at 5272 stations; maps of the river-divisions are now given, with the tables for each of the twenty-three large divisions of the country. We notice with regret that this useful and unique organisation is not yet self-supporting, and that the deficit has to be met by the director; further, that owing to the continual strain of the work, Dr. Mill has to take a complete temporary rest, during which time Mr. Mossman, of the Argentine Meteorological Office, will undertake the editorship of the publications.
British Rainfall, 1912.
On the Distribution of Rain in Space and Time over the British Isles during the Year 1912, as recorded by more than 5000 Observers in Great Britain and Ireland, and discussed with Articles upon various Branches of Rainfall Work. By Dr. H. R. Mill., assisted by C. Salter. Fifty-second annual volume. Pp. 96 + 372. (London: E. Stanford, Ltd., 1913.) Price 10s.
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British Rainfall, 1912. Nature 92, 60 (1913). https://doi.org/10.1038/092060a0
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