=====+============+===========+============+===+=====+================ Month| Absolute | Absolute | Rainfall | C |Rela-| Wind | Maximum | Minimum | | l | tive| | Temperature|Temperature| | o | Hu- | +-----+------+----+------+----+-------+ u |midi-| | F. | ~C.~ | F. | ~C.~ |Ins.| ~Mm.~ | d | ty | | | | | | | | s | | -----+-----+------+----+------+----+-------+---+-----+---------------- Jan. | 78·5|~25·8~|68·4|~20·2~|1·17| ~29·7~|4·5| 71 |N.N.W., occasio- | | | | | | | | |nally N. and E. | | | | | | | | |in afternoon Feb. | 79·0|~26·7~|70·4|~21·3~|0·68| ~17·0~|4·8| 78 |N.W., shifting | | | | | | | | |to N.E. or N. Mar. | 82·5|~28·1~|71·9|~22·1~|0 | ~0~ |2·1| 90 |Ditto, ditto April| Wanting | | | | | | May | 95·0|~35·0~|76·1|~24·5~|0 | ~0~ |0·5| 78 |Ditto, ditto June |100·2|~37·9~|78·0|~25·6~|0·13| ~3·0~|1·2| 69 |Variable, but | | | | | | | | |generally N.E. | | | | | | | | |in afternoon July |107·8|~42·1~|82·0|~27·8~|0·36| ~9·3~|1·5| 48 |S.W. to S., | | | | | | | | |shifting to E. | | | | | | | | |or N.E. in | | | | | | | | |afternoon Aug. |112·0|~44·4~|84·4|~29·1~|0 | ~0~ |1·3| 68 |Ditto, ditto Sept.| Wanting | | | | | | Oct. | 92·0|~33·3~|78·0|~25·6~|4·80|~122·0~|3·5| 75 |N.W. to W., | | | | | | | | |shifting to N.E. | | | | | | | | |in afternoon Nov. | 86·5|~30·3~|75·9|~24·3~|6·10|~154·9~|5·6| 78 |Ditto, ditto Dec. | 81·0|~27·2~|69·5|~20·8~|2·02| ~51·5~|4·5| 78 |Ditto, ditto =====+=====+======+====+======+====+=======+===+=====+================ No European constitution could, however, endure such climates for any considerable time with impunity without periods of relief in a more moderate climate, and it is therefore fortunate that, owing to configuration of the Colony of Erythrea, the inland portion of which for the most part consists of elevated plateaux and mountains; these extreme conditions of heat and moisture are limited to a comparatively narrow belt of country, consisting of plains formed of slightly elevated coral formation, and the foothills which gradually rise to elevations at which the climate is necessarily temperate, some of the peaks reaching over 7,000 feet above the sea. The progressive improvement of climate as one gains increasing elevations, even where that at the sea-level is of the most extreme character, is instructively shown in the table on next page, taken from Dr. Petella’s pamphlet.