CORRESPONDENCE.
To the Editor of the Bedford Times & Independent.
Sir, —Since the insertion of report of the weather at Bedford in 1862, I have received a synopsis of rainfall registered at twenty-three different meteorological stations in England, and brought out by the Rev. M. A. Smelt, of Heath Lodge, Petersfield. This synopsis includes places far north, as Alnwick, in Northumberland, and south, as Helston, in Cornwall; so that it shows with tolerable accuracy the various depths of rain-fall in different parts of England. The smallest quantity of rain recorded is Bedford, 20.95 inches; and Cardington, near Bedford, 21.48 inches. The greatest depth recorded is near Cockermouth, Cumberland, 60.75 inches. More than half the entire year’s rain of Bedford fell in the single month of October at Cockermouth —namely, 10.88 inches.
I am, Sir, yours, &c.,
T. HERBERT BARKER, M.D.
3, Harpur-place, Feb. 12, 1863.