=========++==================================== Month || ISPAHAN. || Lat. 32° 38′ N.; Long. 57° 40′ E. || E.F., 5,000; E.M., 1,530. ++===========+===========+============ || Mean | Mean | Rainfall || Maximum | Minimum | ||Temperature|Temperature| ++----+------+----+------+----+------- || F. | ~C.~ | F. | ~C.~ |Ins.| ~Mm.~ ---------++----+------+----+------+----+------- January ||46·5| ~8·1~|23·1|~-5~ |0·21| ~5.2~ February ||54·3|~12·3~|29·2|~-1·6~|0·21| ~5·2~ March ||61·0|~16·1~|36·2| ~2·3~|0·83|~20·8~ April ||73·1|~22·9~|45·7| ~7·6~|0·60|~15·2~ May ||84·1|~29·0~|54·1|~12·3~|0·10| ~2·5~ June ||94·4|~34·6~|61·9|~16·6~|0 | ~0~ July ||98·4|~36·8~|66·3|~19·1~|0·05| ~1·3~ August ||95·5|~35·3~|61·5|~16·4~|0 | ~0~ September||90·4|~32·4~|55·1|~12·9~|0 | ~0~ October ||77·4|~25·2~|44·4| ~6·9~|0·27| ~6·5~ November ||61·9|~16·6~|35·9| ~2·1~|0·84|~21·5~ December ||52·3|~11·3~|29·2|~-1·7~|0·47|~12·0~ ---------++----+------+----+------+----+------- Year ||74·1|~23·4~|45·2| ~7·3~|3·58|~90·3~ =========++====+======+====+======+====+======= The better rainfall of Teheran is no doubt due to its proximity to the Caspian, but in both places the climate is typically continental, both the daily and annual ranges of temperature being very considerable. The climate of Beluchistan resembles closely that of Persia in its general characters, but owing to the generally lower level of the country the temperature is necessarily higher, approaching that of the Dashtistan. _Arabian Peninsula._--With the exception of Muskat, which does not differ very markedly from the other Gulf ports, we have no reliable information as to the climate of Arabia proper, beyond the fact that it is a hot and arid land. The climate of the southern coast is, however, much more tolerable than that of the Persian Gulf, owing to the influence of the south-western monsoon, during the worst months.