# Journal of the Quantity of Rain That Fell at Holme, Near Manchester, from 1765 to 1769; And at Barowby, Near Leeds, from 1772 to 1777. By George Lloyd

**Author(s):** George Lloyd  
**Year:** 1778  
**Journal:** Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London  
**Volume:** 68  
**Pages:** 3 pages  
**Identifier:** jstor-106335  
**JSTOR URL:** <https://www.jstor.org/stable/106335>  

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XXV. Journal of the Quantity of Rain that fell at Holme, near Manchester, from 1765 to 1769; and at Barowby, near Leeds, from 1772 to 1777. By George Lloyd.

Read February 26, 1778.

Quantity of rain at Holme, near Manchester.

|        | 1765 | 1766 | 1767 | 1768 | 1769 | Average |
|--------|------|------|------|------|------|---------|
| Inches |      |      |      |      |      |         |
| January| 1.780| 0.235| 0.440| 1.040| 2.100| 1.109   |
| February| 1.300| 2.030| 3.655| 4.400| 2.17  | 2.711   |
| March  | 3.300| 0.800| 3.234| 2.030| 1.15  | 2.103   |
| April  | 3.630| 2.469| 0.375| 2.290| 1.06  | 1.965   |
| May    | 0.900| 3.333| 2.750| 1.070| 1.63  | 1.937   |
| June   | 1.790| 3.813| 0.130| 5.900| 4.245 | 3.176   |
| July   | 0.560| 1.465| 7.840| 5.090| 2.20  | 3.431   |
| August | 4.200| 2.075| 2.660| 2.947| 4.55  | 3.286   |
| September| 2.193| 2.760| 2.447| 5.624| 5.92  | 3.789   |
| October| 7.315| 3.467| 0.720| 1.740| 1.274 | 2.903   |
| November| 2.790| 1.860| 3.735| 4.925| 3.29  | 3.320   |
| December| 1.800| 1.455| 1.200| 3.470| 2.925 | 2.170   |

Total | 31.558| 25.762| 29.186| 40.526| 32.514| 31.90   |

Zzz Quantity
Quantity of rain at Barowby, near Leeds.

|        | 1772 | 1773 | 1774 | 1775 | 1776 | 1777 | Average |
|--------|------|------|------|------|------|------|---------|
| Inches |      |      |      |      |      |      |         |
| January| 2.24 | 2.4  | 2.2  | 2.0  | 1.0  | 1.2  | 1.84    |
| February| 2.79 | 1.7  | 2.0  | 3.5  | 2.2  | 0.7  | 2.15    |
| March  | 3.49 | 0.3  | 1.1  | 1.6  | 1.3  | 1.9  | 1.62    |
| April  | 1.38 | 1.9  | 1.4  | 0.9  | 0.9  | 2.2  | 1.45    |
| May    | 1.20 | 4.5  | 1.75 | 0.3  | 0.7  | 1.4  | 1.64    |
| June   | 3.20 | 1.3  | 2.3  | 1.0  | 2.98 | 3.3  | 2.34    |
| July   | 1.44 | 0.8  | 3.63 | 6.1  | 3.17 | 3.64 | 3.0     |
| August | 1.63 | 1.825| 2.0  | 4.2  | 5.0  | 2.76 | 2.9     |
| September| 4.60 | 4.875| 3.5  | 2.9  | 3.47 | 1.34 | 3.44    |
| October| 2.30 | 1.875| 0.8  | 4.3  | 1.35 | 4.75 | 2.56    |
| November| 3.75 | 2.6  | 1.4  | 2.8  | 3.87 | 1.45 | 2.64    |
| December| 0.80 | 5.0  | 2.1  | 1.0  | 1.1  | 1.5  | 1.92    |
| Total  | 28.82| 29.075| 24.18| 30.6 | 27.04| 26.14| 27.50   |