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METEOROLOGISTS have directed attention to the exceptional dryness of the past October. It is also interesting to note that the amount of drainage-water percolating through 20 in., 40 in., and 60 in. of soil in the open field for the month of October as recorded by the Rothamsted Experimental Station gauges is nil. The three gauges, each measuring 1/1000 acre, were built in 1870, and in no previous year is October shown quite dry, 1897 being the nearest with a reading of 0.001 in. The following are the figures for October:—
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CHRISTMAS, W. Exceptional Dryness of October, 1919. Nature 104, 278 (1919). https://doi.org/10.1038/104278b0
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