The Bay of Bengal naturally has a climate which generally resembles that of the surrounding coasts. During the south-west monsoon the winds are strong, and there is generally a heavy sea running, but throughout the period of north-easterly winds, from October to May, a calm sea with moderate breezes will as a rule be met with, the pleasant weather being interrupted only by occasional cyclonic storms during the first half of the period. Short spells of rather bad weather due to disturbances of this sort will be met with in every year, and it is rare for a season to pass without rather heavy weather, but the really serious storms, which meet the popular notions of what a “cyclone” should be, are fortunately rather rare. Of these dangerous disturbances, the greatest number occur in October, but they are not unknown even in the period of the south-west monsoon. Out of 111 noticeable revolving storms “in the Bay” that have occurred in 139 years, Blanford states that the monthly distribution has been as follows:-- Jan. Feb. Mar. Apl. May June July Aug. Sept. Oct. Nov. Dec. 2 0 2 9 21 10 3 4 6 31 18 9 TABLE OF MEAN AND ABSOLUTE EXTREME TEMPERATURES IN CERTAIN INDIAN STATIONS. ===========+=========+==========+==========+============+============= Place | Annual | Mean | Mean | Absolute | Absolute | Range of| Maximum | Minimum | Maximum | Minimum | Tempera-| Tempera- | Tempera- | Tempera- | Tempera- | ture | ture | ture | ture | ture +--+------+---+------+--+-------+-----+------+-----+------- |F.| ~C.~ | F.| ~C.~ |F.| ~C.~ | F. | ~C.~ | F. | ~C.~ -----------+--+------+---+------+--+-------+-----+------+-----+------- Leh |94|~52·2~| 90|~32·2~|-4|~-20·0~| 93 |~33·9~|-17 |~-27·2~ Quetta |84|~46·6~| 99|~37·2~|15| ~-9·4~|103 |~39·4~| 11 |~-11·8~ Simla |63|~35·0~| 88|~31·1~|25| ~-3·9~| 94·5|~34·7~| 20 | ~-6·8~ Peshawar |86|~47·8~|115|~46·1~|29| ~-1·7~|119 |~48·3~| 24·5| ~-4·1~ Multan |80|~44·5~|114|~45·6~|30| ~1·1~|118 |~47·8~| 29·1| ~-1·7~ Lahore |83|~46·1~|117|~47·2~|30| ~1·1~|120 |~49·0~| 30 | ~-1·2~ Jacobabad |86|~47·8~|118|~47·8~|32| ~0·0~|121 |~49·4~| 29 | ~-1·6~ Kurrachi |62|~34·5~|107|~41·7~|45| ~7·2~|117·5|~47·5~| 41 | ~5·0~ Mount Abu |57|~31·7~| 96|~35·6~|39| ~3·9~|101 |~38·3~| 32·6| ~0·4~ Deesa |72|~40·0~|112|~44·4~|40| ~4·4~|118·5|~48·1~| 34·2| ~1·2~ Agra |76|~42·3~|116|~46·7~|40| ~4·4~|120·5|~49·2~| 36·4| ~2·4~ Calcutta |54|~30·0~|102|~38·9~|48| ~8·9~|105·5|~40·8~| 45 | ~7·2~ Sibsagar |57|~31·6~| 99|~37·2~|42| ~5·6~|102 |~38·9~| 40 | ~4·4~ Nagpur |69|~38·3~|115|~46·1~|46| ~7·8~|117·5|~47·5~| 43·2| ~6·2~ Bombay |34|~18·9~| 95|~35·0~|61| ~16·1~|100 |~37·9~| 53·2| ~11·8~ Sholapur |63|~35·0~|110|~43·3~|47| ~8·3~|112 |~44·4~| 42·9| ~6·0~