The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-09-24

some shallow, and some Of them arc on the roof
and some are on the ground or near IL With all
Of them In operation the result u not likely 70 be
far from right They all reported nve days Of
especial mistiness last month, in which tho total
fall was trife more than three feet When you
come TO consider that that is more than the total
annual rainfall OF two-thrds Of the United States
you get some idea Of whether IL was wet or not in
Manila last month. California hos only two
thirds that rainfall and some parts Of the State
less than oncthird. AT Portland, Ore, and at
Olympia, Wash. the annual precipitation Is
greater but with these exceptions there In scarcely
place in Western State whose annual rainfall
was not exceeded by that Of these Ave days in
Manila On the 9th OF July the rainfall was g. 20
inches on the 10th. O. 20; 18th, 667; 10th, 0.8S,
and on the 20th 682--a total for the five days OF
So 8 inches There was not single bright day
in the month. although there were only five
days on which the dtd not shine at some part
of the day. the Ave days of heaviest rainfall OF
the thirty days Of the month twenty-one were
what the Jesuit Padres who run the observatory
call covered" and the other ten were variable. :"
There an average of hours and 38 minutes
Of sunshine day. and on the cath the sun kept at
IL for IL hours and 20 minutes which helps TO
show how thoroughly the rain tends to business
when il is at work. II rained on twenty 1--WE days,
and there IL beat the July average by three OF
744 observations Of the wind 81 showed Gains,
and 357 westerly and 1873 southwestcrly winds.
The observatory rain tables for the last 33
years do not show any regularity such as would
Justify an attempt TO lay down a general rule
as TO the appearance and duration Of the rainy
season. For the seven months beginning with
May and including November, the mean preci-
pitation is more than 100 nm. In July. August
and September il runs about $50 nm. But twice
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July and August have repeatedly dallied about
the 100 NM mark September has ranged from
so NM, in 1885, 10 the record breaking 1890 in
1857 August shows variation from $50. Sin 1900
to 1O975 in 1877. and July has wobbled from 1874
in 1906 10 the present 1900. June has been a
tickle month, varying from "a. in 1899 TO 655.5 in
1901, and getting up to 1898 again in 1896
Twice the tables give May Q. 0 and once 256 o. with
more than 200 on several occasions and an average
OF 1OI. April is almost as bad With an average
Of only 2s2 mm.. her score is repeatedly over the
hundred mark, the average being cut down by
the large number Of times that 90 has been placed
To her credit February has the smallest average
Of all the twelve it being only il.6 nm Only
six times in the SO years has the February record
gone above 20, and Just as many times il
has been 90. Nineteen times the precipitation
was less than ten mlimetrcs Ten times Janu-
airy has been satisfied with less than ten MILL
metres. seven with less than five and yet il has
several times gone almost to the hundred mark,
and once, in 1883. it reached 1872 8 mn. In 1867
the total rainfall was 3O72. Smm. but in 1885
il was only 9O5.5 nm. In the first four months
of 1883 the precipitation was 3063 nm. but
for the corresponding months Of the next year
II was only SO mm.-less than a quarter of an
inch. For tho first five months Of 1s70it was
2O37. anS one Of those months gave down only
"a as its share For the corresponding
months Of the next year it was only 2s9 nm.
Instances might he multiplied by the half hour,
but the trend is all the same In December 1895,
the precipitation OF nm. In December,
1889. II sac.
This shows why some persons say there is
no rainy season In Manila. That probably is
true technically but almost any American soldier
who put in July down here will stand up for the
proposition that when the winds prevail from
the west there is a likelihood Of dampness here
or hereabouts.