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The average Rainfall at Wolverhampton for the last nineteen years is 28.034 inches per annum, the maximum occurring in 1872 which was a very exceptional year showing a total of 45.47 inches; the maximum quantity falling in the month of July, and amounting to 5.93 inches, and the minimum in March when 1.85 inches only fell. On three occasions in this year there were extraordinary falls in short periods, namely, on the 24th of June 1½in. fell in forty minutes, equal to 150 tons per acre, and on the 6th and 7th July 3-10ths of an inch, and ⅜in. respectively fell in fifteen minutes. Leaving this very exceptional year out of the question, the average Rainfall for the last eighteen years would be 27.065 inches. In the year 1875 there were very heavy falls, making a total of 38.13 inches for the whole year. Of this 8.12 inches fell in July, and 12.41 inches in the months of September and October.

February, 1878, was, without doubt, an unusually fine, mild, and dry month. The general uniformity of the weather over the Midlands has also been remarkable. Thus, nearly every observer notes with pleasure the fine weather on the 17th, which produced the maximum temperature at almost every station, the extreme being 62° at Burley-on-the-Hill, and 61° at Cheltenham. Similarly the greatest cold was experienced everywhere on the 1st, 7th, and 8th, being a continuation of the cold period which marked the end of January. The minimum thermometer fell to 19° at Stoney Middleton on the 6th, 7th, and 8th, and to 115° at Coston on the 8th. Rainfall was about two-thirds of the average for February, and at most stations the maximum fall occurred on the 12th, which was a changeable and stormy day. Greatest fall was 2.70in. at Alstonfield, with .69in. on the 12th.