Allegany County . no « •iJBnOBf ei « «? 00 c a e-. ^; a oc » 1 J. e> J. J. 1 « i £ 7 —^ —? rt ?i c ^ — t^ -c nX t; 1 1! 1 c £. ,2 .a 1 = = f c i 7. » «> eft 5 C i s: ?^ ^ c ^ ? 226 THE CLIJIATE OK (?OUNTY of rainfall iliiriiif;- the year at Ciinilierland, based on twenty-sevenyears of observations. The curve indicates a fairly well-distributedrainfall thronghont the year, with a maximum during the summermonths and a minimum in winter. A marked feature of the c-urveis the sudden deflection downward during the month of Aju-il, indi-cating a decrease in the rainfall. A similar di
Allegany County . no « •iJBnOBf ei « «? 00 c a e-. ^; a oc » 1 J. e> J. J. 1 « i £ 7 —^ —? rt ?i c ^ — t^ -c nX t; 1 1! 1 c £. ,2 .a 1 = = f c i 7. » «> eft 5 C i s: ?^ ^ c ^ ? 226 THE CLIJIATE OK (?OUNTY of rainfall iliiriiif;- the year at Ciinilierland, based on twenty-sevenyears of observations. The curve indicates a fairly well-distributedrainfall thronghont the year, with a maximum during the summermonths and a minimum in winter. A marked feature of the c-urveis the sudden deflection downward during the month of Aju-il, indi-cating a decrease in the rainfall. A similar diminution in theamount of precipitation is shown in the records for all the stationsin Allegany county. Figure 8c shows that there has been no period of one mouth withoutsome rain at Cumberland since August, 1871, though during Sep-tember, 1895, there was but inch. In this connection a quotationfrom a recent letter received from Mr. T. L. Patterson of Cumber- 1875 1880 -1885 1890 1895. Fig. s.—Fluctuations in tlie mcMU annual rainfall at Cumberland. land by the writer is interesting: In 1838 there was no fall of rainhere from j\Iay until early in October, excepting a smart shower onthe •ith of Julv. It was the hottest and drvest year I have ever In Fiyurc 10, representing the average number of rainy days dur-ing each month of the 3ear, we see agaiu a fairly equal distribution ofrain throughout the year, a characteristic feature of the weather inregions traversed by cyclonic storms. While the amount and character of the rainfall of Alleganycounty are affected to a considerable extent by local topography, thechief controlling factor is the position of the county with referenceto the centers of passing cyclonic storms. The rainfall and storm-paths have been carefully investigated for Maryland by ilr. F. J. MARYLAND GKOLOGKAL SURVEY 227 Walz, the meteorologist of the ^[aryhmd State Weather Service, andthe results recently published in Voluuie I of its repor
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