Canada Yearbook - 1897

14 STATISTICAL YEAR-BOOK.
RAIN AND SNOWFALL IN
CANADA—Continued.
YEAR.
P. E. ISLAND.
Rain.
Snow.
MANITOBA.
Rain.
Snow.
BRITISH
COLUMBIA. "
Rain.
Snow.
N. W. T.
Rain.
Snow.
1874..
1875..
1876..
1877..
1878 .
1879..
1880 .
1881.
1882..
1883..
1884 .
1885..
1886..
1887..
1888..
1889..
1890..
1891..
1892..
1893..
1894..
1895..
1896..
1897 .
In.
In.
39 53 117 1
29 86 136 0
26 13 105 7
31 95 89 7
40 15 78 3
24 92 152 4
21 88 132 0
31 12 116 4
28 07 169 2
27 59 110 3
38 83 75 0
29 49 102 5
32 92 60 7
33 73 96 1
31 66 74 5
25 59 49 4
41 26 85 4
29 96 62 2
35 07 50 5
29 82 92 6
28 65 105 8
32 32 99 6
28 86 56 7
33 63 56 4
In.
13
12
19
19
21
21
19
13
13
/-13
18
11
9
13
11
9
17
15
13
12
12
14
16
9
In
62
41
66
20
27
41
34
63
61
34
45
31
28
45
37
37
30
46
52
54
47
44
62
59
In.
•49
•93
•20
•48
•47
•80
•98
•64
•24
•06
•19
•49
•31
12
•53
•60
•32
•56
•26
•58
•92
07
•38
•10
In
In.
* Any average rain or snow for British Columbia is misleading. The various parts of
the province seem to have an amount of precipitation dependent on the position of the particular
locality. As far as can be ascertained the following division may convey a somewhat
definite idea.
Rain. Snow. Total.
In. In. In.
Coast
.•
56 56 34-8 60 04
South interior
North interior
606
18 67
26-2
134 2
8-68
32 09
Vancouver Island 32' 43 222 34 65
North part of coast 99'98 9998 51-8 105 16
The following are the latitudes and longitudes of Ottawa (the seat of
the Federal Government) and of the capitals of the several provinces ;
also of the chief commercial centres other than capital cities :—
Province. Capital. Latitudes. Longitudes.
British Columbia
Manitoba
Nova Scotia
Prince Edward Island
Winnipeg
Eredericton ....
Toronto
Charlottetown ..
Ottawa
48
24
49
53
45
57
44
39
43
39
46
14
46
48
50
27
45
26
123 19
97 70
66 38
63 36
79 23
63 10
71 13
104 37
75 42