Oxford,
England, 15th volume, shows the proportion of very light rains there.
The observation was in the year 1854. Rain fell on 156 days:

73 days gave less than .05 inch.
30 " between that and .10 "
27 " between .10 " .20 "
9 " " .20 " .30 "
9 " " .30 " .40 "
4 " " .40 " .50 "
1 gave .60 "
2 " .80 "
1 " 1.00 "

Nearly half the number gave less fall than five-hundredths of an inch,
and more than four-fifths the number gave less than one-fifth of an
inch, and none gave over an inch.

There is more rain in the United States, by a large measure, than there;
but the amount falls in less time, and the average of saturation is
certainly much less here. From manuscript records, furnished us by Dr.
Hobbs, of Waltham, Mass., we find, that the quantity falling in the year
1854, was equal to the average quantity for thirty years, and that rain
fell on fifty-four days, in the proportion as follows:

Number of rainy days, 54; total rain-fall, 41.29.

0 days gave less than .05 inch.
2 " between that and .10 "
8 " between .10 " .20 "
7 " " .20 " .30 "
5 " " .30 " .40 "
4 " " .40 " .50 "
2 " " .50 " .60 "
4 " " .60 " .70 "
4 " " .70 " .80 "
3 " " .80 " .90 "
0 " " .90 " 1.00 "
0 " " 1.00 " 1.10 "
2 " " 1.10 " 1.20 "
1 " " 1.20 " 1.30 "
1 " " 1.30 " 1.40 "
3 " " 1.40 " 1.50 "
2 " " 1.50 " 1.60 "
1 " " 1.60 " 1.70 "
2 " " 1.80 " 1.90 "
1 " " 2.30 " 2.40 "
1 " " 2.50 " 2.60 "
1 " " 3.20 " 3.30 "

No rain-fall gave less than five-hundredths of an inch; and more than
one-fourth the number of days gave more than one inch. In 1850, four
years earlier, the rain-fall for the year, in Waltham, was 62.13 inches,
the greatest recorded by observations kept since 1824. It fell as shown
in