the table:

Number of rainy days, 58; total rain-fall, 62.13.

3 days gave between .05 and .10 inches.
4 " .10 " .20 "
6 " .20 " .30 "
3 " .30 " .40 "
5 " .40 " .50 "
3 " .50 " .60 "
3 " .60 " .70 "
3 " .70 " .80 "
2 " .80 " .90 "
1 " .90 " 1.00 "
3 " 1.00 " 1.10 "
7 " 1.20 " 1.30 "
2 " 1.80 " 1.90 "
2 " 1.90 " 2.00 "
3 " 2.00 " 2.10 "
2 " 2.10 " 2.20 "
1 " 2.30 " 2.40 "
1 " 2.50 " 2.60 "
1 " 2.60 " 2.70 "
1 " 2.80 " 2.90 "
1 " 3.60 " 3.70 "
1 " 4.50 " 4.60 "

Sept. 7th and 8th, in 24 hours, 6.88 inches of rain fell, the greatest
quantity recorded in one day.

In 1846--still earlier by four years--the rain-fall in Waltham was 26.90
inches--the least recorded by the same observations. It fell, as shown
in the table: Number of rainy days, 49; total rain-fall, 26.90.

3 days gave between .05 and .10 inches.
7 " .10 " .20 "
10 " .20 " .30 "
6 " .30 " .40 "
4 " .40 " .50 "
3 " .50 " .60 "
2 " .70 " .80 "
3 " .80 " .90 "
1 " .90 " 1.00 "
3 " 1.00 " 1.10 "
2 " 1.10 " 1.20 "
1 " 1.20 " 1.30 "
2 " 1.40 " 1.50 "
1 " 1.50 " 1.60 "
1 " 2.40 " 2.50 "

The rain-fall in 1852 was very near the average for thirty years; and
the quantity falling in single storms, on sixty-three different
occasions, as registered by Dr. Hobbs, was as follows: Number of storms,
63; total rain-fall, 42.24.

7 storms gave less than .10 inches.
11 " between .10 and .20 "
9 " " .20 " .30 "
5 " " .30