Ceylon; an Account of the Island Physical, Historical, and: Topographical with Notices of Its Natural History, Antiquities and; Productions, Volume 1Tennent, James Emerson, Sir
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Ceylon; an Account of the Island Physical, Historical, and: Topographical with Notices of Its Natural History, Antiquities and; Productions, Volume 1
Tennent, James Emerson, Sir
Natural history -- Sri Lanka; Sri Lanka
|Months. | Temperature. | Rainfall. | Remarks. |
| | | | |Aver-| |Average| |
| |Max. |Min.|Mean.|age | In.|of | |
| | | | | of | |Years / |
| | | | |Years| \ / |
|January |85.0 |52.5|74.06|6 |4.04 |6 |Fine, sunny, heavy dew at |
| | | | | | | |night, hot days, and cold |
| | | | | | | |nights and mornings. |
|February |87.75|55.0|75.76|7 |1.625 |6 |Fine, sunny, dewy nights, |
| | | | | | | |foggy mornings, days hot, |
| | | | | | | |nights and mornings cold. |
|March |89.5 |59.5|77.42|7 |3.669 |6 |Generally a very hot and |
| | | | | | | |oppressive month. |
|April |89.5 |67.5|77.91|7 |7.759 |6 |Showery, sultry, and |
| | | | | | | | oppressive weather. |
|May |88.0 |66.0|77.7 |8 |8.022 |6 |Cloudy, windy, rainy; |
| monsoon generally changes.|
|June |86.0 |71.0|76.69|8 |7.155 |6 |A very wet and stormy month.|
|July |86.0 |67.0|75.64|8 |5.72 |6 |Ditto ditto |
|August |85.5 |67.0|75.81|8 |8.55 |6 |Showery, but sometimes more |
| | | | | | | |moderate, variable |
|September |85.5 |67.0|76.13|8 |6.318 |6 |Pretty dry weather, compared|
| | | | | | | |with the next two months. |
|October |85.73|68.2|75.1 |8 |15.46 |6 |Wind variable, much rain. |
|November |84.0 |62.0|74.79|8 |14.732|6 |Wind variable, storms from |
| | | | | | | |all points of compass, wet; |
| | | | | | | |monsoon generally changes. |
|December |82.75|57.0|74.05|7 |7.72 |5 |Sometimes wet, but generally|
| | | | | | | |more moderate; towards |
| | | | | | | |end of year like January |
| | | | | | | |weather. |
Mean yearly Temperature, Mean yearly Nov. 29, 1858
75.92º Rainfall, 91.75 J.A. CALEY.
in. nearly.]
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