Table XI.
Statement of Rainfall for the year at various points in the Colony.
MONTH. Royal Observatory. Public Tytam Garden. Tytam Tuk Reservoir. Pokfulum Reservoir. Wong Nei Chong Reservoir. Shing Mun Valley No. 1. Shing Mun Valley No. 2. Shing Mun Valley No. 3. Kowloon Reservoir No. 4. Shek Li Pui Taipo Reservoir. Fanling. Un Long Aberdeen Reservoir. January 2.765 2.90 2.25 1.91 2.45 1.92 2.16 .68 2.23 1.96 2.37 2.07 1.90 2.02 February .310 .19 1.07 1.15 .87 .80 .63 1.85 1.03 .77 .68 .52 .51 March .53 No gauge 3.445 2.97 3.33 3.48 2.48 2.71 2.84 2.36 2.76 2.69 3.67 3.01 2.59 2.09 April 2.260 1.41 3.99 3.40 .98 2.02 1.37 3.27 3.66 3.20 2.98 2.03 3.89 3.99 3.31 May 11.120 12.44 17.34 15.95 12.15 13.69 12.17 15.36 14.32 15.38 13.93 13.50 15.12 8.24 10.11 June 13.265 13.39 17.94 15.21 12.48 17.18 14.43 11.09 11.48 11.05 12.89 11.17 9.48 6.60 4.85 July 19.315 19.63 17.46 15.99 16.96 20.70 19.08 16.88 17.58 18.02 18.62 17.65 16.33 13.07 11.79 August 14.355 14.27 16.75 16.66 14.25 16.54 15.11 29.75 30.34 27.38 19.97 19.03 24.63 16.30 13.29 September 12.525 8.90 12.84 12.56 8.38 15.35 11.28 12.88 13.04 12.44 12.74 11.54 13.64 13.94 11.17 October 1.500 1.16 2.02 1.74 1.23 1.33 1.47 4.25 3.86 4.18 3.34 3.19 2.83 2.42 2.20 November 1.035 1.99 1.15 1.03 1.29 1.10 1.55 .60 .64 ..69 1.13 1.05 1.24 .53 .10 December .605 .69 .73 .78 .60 .60 .49 .16 .14 .11 .53 .49 .67 .64 .25 Total 1937 82.500 79.94 96.87 89.86 74.12 93.94 82.58 99.13 101.08 97.87 92.85 85.25 92.83 70.19 57.07 Total 1936 69.770 73.74 72.16 70.07 64.11 74.12 66.85 74.54 91.94 54.79 81.88 67.01 88.85 88.19 Increase or Decrease + 12.730 +6.20 +24.71 +19.79 +10.01 + 19.82 +15.73 + 24.59 +9.14 + 43.08 +10.97 +18.24 +3.98 - 18.0075