Letter: Thought for a rainy Thursday
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Your support makes all the difference.Sir: Having kept a rain gauge now for 40 years, I find that Thursday is the wettest day of the week, as the following figures show. Not surprising really, because Thursday is the God of Thunar (thunder). Thirty- nine years - 1954-92 inclusive:
Sunday. . . . . . . . . .125.17 inches
Monday. . . . . . . . . .132.78 inches
Tuesday . . . . . . . . .136.43 inches
Wednesday . . . . . . . .134.85 inches
Thursday. . . . . . . . .143.16 inches
Friday. . . . . . . . . .133.94 inches
Saturday. . . . . . . . .132.57 inches
TOTAL. . . . . . . . . . .938.90 inches
Since one inch equals 101 tons to the acre, the difference between Sundays and Thursdays is substantial.
Yours faithfully,
GEORGE NICHOLSON
Teddington, Middlesex
22 June
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