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An
extract from the February 1888 edition of the Dentdale Magazine
The month of January, like the year
past, has been marked by change. The movement of the Barometer, corrected
for sea level and reduced to 32° Fahrenheit, from 29.001 on the 2nd, up to
30.662 on the 9th, was followed by some fine days of frost and hours of
sunshine. A memorable fog of some days duration brought disaster on sea
and on land. The Maximum Thermometer registered 52° on the 10th and the
Minimum 20.5 on the 19th. The difference in the temperature on the night
of the 19th and 46.2 next day was notable. Of snow, save in the early
hours of the 1st, we have had none, and the rainfall until now has been
light. Between strong east wind and Thermometer marking 12 degrees of
frost and south west wind and Thermometer registering 51, we have had
wonderful variety in the temperature. Days of sunshine and starry nights
have not been many. The moon has hardly pierced the mists of the night,
but the generally mild weather has been welcome to many. Exact weather
forecasts by the observer in one locality, even with the best instruments,
and the closest attention, are impossible, but the local Meteorology still
indicates change.
(Signed) J WATSON, F.R. Met. Soc. Wesley Villa, Sedbergh
An
extract from Dentdale Parish Magazine dated 1898.
'The rainfall in Dent town in 1897 amounted to 69.67 inches. The wettest
month was March with 12.17 inches; the driest month was January with 1.68
inches. If the rainfall in the town be taken as the average for the whole
of the parish, the total weight weight of the rain which fell in the
parish would be 145,547.597 tons. If all this water could be collected it
would form a lake two miles long, one mile broad. and nearly 95 feet deep.
These calculations are based on the usual computation, that an inch of
rain represents 100 tons to the acre, the area of the parish being 20,891
acres.'
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