=========+===========+===========+===========+===========+=========== Place | Jerusalem | Smyrna | Jaffa | Beirut | Mosul ---------+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----- Latitude | 31° 47′ N.| 26° 38′ N.| 32° 4′ N. | 33° 54′ N.| 37° 20′ N. ---------+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----- Scale | Ins.|~Mm.~| Ins.|~Mm.~| Ins.|~Mm.~| Ins.|~Mm.~| Ins.|~Mm.~ ---------+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----- January | 6·30|~160~| 4·14|~105~| 5·71|~145~| 7·40|~188~| 3·47| ~88~ February | 5·75|~146~| 2·95| ~75~| 3·63| ~92~| 6·03|~153~| 3·08| ~78~ March | 3·58| ~91~| 3·35| ~85~| 1·46| ~37~| 3·89| ~98~| 0·93| ~24~ April | 1·73| ~44~| 1·78| ~45~| 1·08| ~27~| 2·32| ~59~| 0·78| ~20~ May | 0·29| ~7~| 1·26| ~32~| 0·28| ~7~| 0·55| ~14~| 0 | ~0~ June | 0 | ~0~| 0·49| ~12~| 0·18| ~2~| 0·28| ~7~| 0 | ~0~ July | 0 | ~0~| 0·19| ~5~| 0 | ~0~| 0·03| ~1~| 0 | ~0~ August | 0 | ~0~| 0·12| ~3~| 0·04| ~1~| 0·03| ~1~| 0 | ~0~ September| 0·04| ~1~| 0·90| ~23~| 0·04| ~1~| 0·28| ~7~| 0 | ~0~ October | 0·39| ~10~| 1·79| ~43~| 0·68| ~17~| 1·93| ~49~| 0 | ~0~ November | 2·04| ~52~| 4·25|~108~| 3·32| ~84~| 5·39|~137~| 1·03| ~26~ December | 5·35|~136~| 4·41|~112~| 5·39|~137~| 7·40|~188~| 3·70| ~94~ ---------+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----- Year |25·48|~647~|25·59|~650~|21·66|~550~|35·59|~904~|11·2 |~283~ =========+===========+===========+===========+===========+=========== At Jerusalem the annual extremes of temperature are from 101·7° F. (38·7° C.) to just above freezing point, while on the sea-coast the range of climate is rather less marked. The following table, adapted, like the preceding, from Hann, epitomises most of the necessary temperature data:-- =========+===========+============+===========+===========+ | | | | | | Elevation | January | April | June | Place | above Sea | Mean | Mean | Mean | +-----+-----+-----+------+----+------+----+------+ | Ft. | ~M.~| F. | ~C.~ | F. | ~C.~ | F. | ~C.~ | ---------+-----+-----+-----+------+----+------+----+------+ Jerusalem|2,510|~765~|47·3 | ~8·4~|59·9|~15·5~|75·7|~24·3~| Smyrna | -- | -- |45·5 | ~7·5~|56·8|~13·8~|79·5|~26·4~| Jaffa | 50| ~15~|54·0 |~12·2~|68·4|~20·2~|83·5|~28·6~| Beirut | 115| ~35~|55·5 |~13·0~|65·2|~18·4~|81·5|~27·5~| Damascus |2,380|~725~|45·0 | ~7·2~|58·7|~14·8~|80.0|~26·7~| Mosul | 400|~120~|44·7 | ~7·0~|59·7|~15·4~|93.5|~34·2~| =========+=====+=====+=====+======+====+======+====+======+