. The climate and weather of Baltimore . h fell, making a total fall in 24 hours inches. This is the greatest fall in 24 consecutive hours recordedat Baltimore since the establishment of the local office of the TJ. Bureau in 1871. The greatest rate of fall during this stormoccurred between p. m. and p. m., when inches were re-corded in 45 minutes. Some of the more interesting records of tor-rential rains or cloud bursts mentioned by Professor Henry in hisreport ^ on the rainfall of the United States are cited here: A cloud burst passed over the edge of the littl
. The climate and weather of Baltimore . h fell, making a total fall in 24 hours inches. This is the greatest fall in 24 consecutive hours recordedat Baltimore since the establishment of the local office of the TJ. Bureau in 1871. The greatest rate of fall during this stormoccurred between p. m. and p. m., when inches were re-corded in 45 minutes. Some of the more interesting records of tor-rential rains or cloud bursts mentioned by Professor Henry in hisreport ^ on the rainfall of the United States are cited here: A cloud burst passed over the edge of the little town of Palmetto,Nevada, in August, 1890. A rain gauge that was not exposed to the fullintensity of the storm caught inches of water in an hour. At Tri-delphia, West Virginia, inches fell in 55 minutes on July 19, Campo, California, inches fell within an hour, and some ofthe fall was lost! ^ Henry, A. J. Rainfall of the United States. Bull. D., U. S. WeatherBureau, 4to, Wash., 1897. 198 THE CLIMATE OF BALTIMORE. -* i-Js. -; < 7L X 3 o a « ^~ S .£ ^ gjop-** otrHS;«ccci -^ CJ 00 T»o I- 30 or •* i-< c i-H ©i -HF-i r^ o o r ^-_
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