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IT must be gratifying to the British Rainfall Organiza tion that the records continue year after year, especially when it is remembered that all the observations are voluntary, and in most cases the rainfall measurements are made daily. Part I. of the sixty-second annual volume deals with the arrangements for the discussion and utilisation of the collected observations. In 1861 there were 471 records from different parts of the British Isles, and ten years later the records exceeded 1000. There are now slightly fewer observations than in pre-War time, but a steady increase is again in progress. The transfer of the Organization from private management to Government control has entailed considerable change. A severe loss was sus tained by the Organization in the early part of 1923 by the death of the Superintendent, Mr. M. de Carle Sowerby Salter, who was specially trained to the work. Part II. consists of more than 100 pages dealing with rainfall and meteorology of 1922. Droughts and heavy rains are discussed, and tabular statistics are given, including monthly and seasonal rains, while the totals for the year are compared with the average or normal. In 1922 England had a slight excess of rain, while Wales, Scotland, and Ireland had a slight deficit. The lowest rainfall for the year was 17-55 m. Sutton (Co. Dublin), followed by 18-64 in. at Fortrose (Ross-shire) and 18-66 in. at Shoeburyness (Essex). The highest totals were in the Lake District and in North Wales, the Stye (Cumberland) registering 172-80 in. and Snowdon (Carnarvon) 173-45 in. Part III. gives the total rainfall for the year, amount and frequency, at each observing station in the British Isles. Part IV. contains two special articles by Mr. J. Glasspoole, the senior Professional Assistant, one dealing with the “Fluctuations of Monthly Rainfall,” and the second “A Comparison of the Fluctuations of Annual Rainfall over the British Isles.”
Meteorological Office: Air Ministry. British Rainfall, 1922. The Sixty-second Annual Volume of the British Rainfall Organization. Report on the Distribution of Rain in Space and Time over the British Isles during the Year 1922, as recorded by more than 5000 Observers in Great Britain and Ireland.
(M.O. 261.) Pp. xxi + 266. (London: H.M. Stationery Office, 1923.) 15s.
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H., C. Meteorological Office: Air Ministry British Rainfall, 1922 The Sixty-second Annual Volume of the British Rainfall Organization Report on the Distribution of Rain in Space and Time over the British Isles during the Year 1922, as recorded by more than 5000 Observers in Great Britain and Ireland. Nature 113, 268 (1924). https://doi.org/10.1038/113268a0
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