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As a resident of Dehra Dún, I was interested in a paragraph at p. 297 of NATURE for July 27, 1893, saying that the Indian Planters' Gazette had recorded a rainfall of 48 inches at Dehra Dún on the night of January 24, 1893. As 48 inches is considerably more than half our average yearly rainfall (86 inches). I have looked up the official returns of the Meteorological Reporter to the Government of India. They give for the rainfall recorded at 8 a.m. on January 24, 1893, 0˙26 inches only, 1˙07 inch being the recorded fall on the same date at Mussoorie, on the hill range 11 miles off. I have examined the Dehra Dún rainfall records since January 1, 1867, and find that the largest amount recorded for any one day since that date is 11˙60 inches, which is given for July 30, 1890. It is possible that the correspondent referred to wrote 4˙8 inches, but even that amount, though not an uncommon fall for the monsoon season between June and September inclusive, would be a heavy fall for January. The highest recorded fall for any day in January is 2˙84 inches on January 26, 1883.
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GAMBLE, J. The Greatest Rainfall in Twenty-four hours. Nature 48, 459 (1893). https://doi.org/10.1038/048459b0
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