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Rainfall of 1877.

third year in succession the general rainfall over this district has been considerably above the average. Heavy rains in January, following similar downfalls in December of 1876, produced frequent floods. On January 3rd a steady and continuous downpour proved the maximum fall of the year in the eastern and east-central counties, and wet and cold weather continued to the end of April. May was also a cold month, but in June we had a remarkably fine and pleasant period, rainfall everywhere in England below the average, and falling on eight to ten days only. A heavy storm on July 14th (accompanied by electrical disturbances) caused the maximum fall, in the western and west-central Midlands, over three inches falling in the twenty four hours at Haughton Hall, Shifnal. August was wet, September about the average, but October was rather a fine month, followed, however, by frequent rains to the end of the year.

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