In Tanganyika, in lat. 4° S., long. 29° E. (E.F., 2,670, E.M., 813), the mean annual temperature is 76·7° F. (24·8° C.), the mean of the hottest month (of October) being 81·7° F. (27·6° C.), and of the coolest, in December, 74·2° F. (23·4° C.), the extremes being 90·7° and 64·4° F. (32·6° and 18° C.). The rains occur in April and May and November and December, while from June to September is dry, the annual rainfall being 50 ins. (1,270 mm.). Further south, Zoruba, in Nyassaland, has a total rainfall of 62·23 ins. (1,581 mm.), falling on 144 days in the year, but should otherwise be a pleasant climate, as the relative humidity is usually low. ZORUBA. LAT. 16° S. E.F., 1800. E.M., 548. ========+====+======+===========+===========+=====+=============+===== Month | Mean | Mean | Mean |Rela-| Rainfall | Num- |Temperature| Maximum | Minimum | tive| | ber | |Temperature|Temperature| Hu- | | of +----+------+----+------+----+------+midi-+-----+-------+Rainy | F. | ~C.~ | F. | ~C.~ | F. | ~C.~ | ty | Ins.| ~Mm.~ | Days | | | | | | | at 2| | | | | | | | | | p.m.| | | --------+----+------+----+------+----+------+-----+-----+-------+----- January |69·8|~21~ |81·2|~27·3~|65·9|~18·9~| 78 |11·62|~295~ | 27 February|66·7|~19·3~|77·6|~25·3~|63·7|~17·6~| 74 |15·42|~391~ | 20 March |66·7|~19·3~|78·9|~26·1~|64·7|~18·2~| 90 | 7·60|~193~ | 23 April |64·4|~18·1~|75·4|~24·2~|61·7|~16·5~| 76 |11·74|~298·5~| 14 May |61·1|~16·1~|76·9|~25·0~|58·0|~14·4~| 65 | 0·37| ~9·0~| 7 June |57·1|~13·9~|68·4|~20·3~|54·4|~12·5~| 66 | 2·55| ~64·8~| 12 July |55·0|~12·8~|68·8|~20·5~|52·9|~11·7~| 65 | 0·87| ~21·8~| 6 August |55·4|~13·1~|71·4|~21·9~|52·3|~11·3~| 51 | 0·15| ~3·8~| 4 Septem- | | | | | | | | | | ber |62·7|~17·0~|79·0|~26·1~|58·1|~14·4~| 48 | 1·80| ~45·7~| 4 October |68·5|~20·3~|85·4|~29·7~|62·6|~16·9~| 53 | ·95| ~24·1~| 4 November|72·0|~22·2~|88·3|~31·3~|67·1|~19·4~| 53 | ·35| ~8·9~| 4 December|73·2|~23·0~|83·6|~28·6~|65·6|~18·6~| 66 | 8·81|~223·8~| 19 ========+====+======+====+======+====+======+=====+=====+=======+===== The capital, Blantyre, at E.F., 3,280, E.M., 1,000, is naturally even cooler, but has a heavier rainfall, distributed as below:-- ====+=====+=====+=====+=====+=====+====+ | Jan.| Feb.| Mar.| Apl.| May |June| ----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+ Ins.|19·51|17·60|14·48|13·77| 4·05|3·28| Mm. |484·6| 447 | 368 |349·5|102·9|83·7| ====+=====+=====+=====+=====+=====+====+ ====+====+====+=====+=====+=====+===== |July|Aug.|Sept.| Oct.| Nov.| Dec. ----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----- Ins.|3·34|1·56| 1·83| 4·13| 5·54|15·35 Mm. |85·1|39·5| 46·8|105·3| 140| 390 ====+====+====+=====+=====+=====+=====