Department No. XIII · Room 13 · Floor 1
The only department that looks out of the window.
Rainfall measured daily, drizzle graded seven ways, clouds registered as seen. Room 13 · Floor 1 was allocated despite the number, which the weather has not noticed.
XIIIRoom, despite the number
7Grades of drizzle
1Window, looked out of
Within this department
- The Rain Log — twelve months, measured.
- Classification — drizzle grades and the cloud register.
- This month’s rainfall — September, 64 mm.
This month’s rainfallSeptember
September · 64 mm
Mostly sideways. Conkers early.
Blackberries washed clean on the stem. The gauge was read daily, except Sundays, when it is read at 09.15.
Why the weather is kept
Every other department works indoors and pretends the sky is a rumour. Room 13 · Floor 1 keeps the record: what fell, how hard, and from which cloud. The gauge stands on the roof; the Recorder reads it daily at 09.00 and dries nothing.