Darjeeling |48|~26·7~| 78|~25·6~|30| ~-1·1~| 84 |~29·0~| 26·0| ~-3·3~ Madras |48|~26·6~|108|~42·2~|60| ~15·6~|113 |~45·0~| 57·5| ~14·2~ Wellington |43|~23·9~| 80|~26·7~|37| ~2·8~| 81 |~27·2~| 34·2| ~1·2~ Colombo |25|~13·9~| 93|~33·9~|68| ~20·0~| 95·5|~35·4~| 65·8| ~18·8~ Newera | | | | | | | | | | Eliya |42|~23·3~| 77|~25·0~|35| ~1·7~| 79 |~26·1~| 0·0| ~0·0~ Akyab |45|~25·0~| 96|~35·6~|51| ~10·6~| 99 |~37·3~| 47·4| ~8·5~ Rangoon |46|~25·6~|104|~40·0~|58| ~14·4~|106·5|~41·5~| 55·8| ~13·2~ Port Blair |26|~14·4~| 95|~35·0~|69| ~20·6~| 96·5|~35·8~| 65·8| ~18·8~ ===========+==+======+===+======+==+=======+=====+======+=====+======= It will be noted that there is a second maximum in May, so that one of the most important factors in determining these storms is obviously the change of the monsoon. Their influence rarely reaches far inland, so that one rarely hears of serious damage being inflicted much further inland than Calcutta, and even there, the havoc seldom goes beyond the uprooting of a few trees and the unroofing of crazy native huts. At sea these storms are no light danger, but it is to be doubted if they ever approach the terrific visitations that are to be met with in the West Indies. _The Indo-Malay Peninsula._--The climate of the coast of Arakan and Lower Burmah generally resembles that of the other side of the Bay of Bengal, but has a much heavier rainfall, as may be seen from an inspection of the following table of four ports situated on the west coast of the peninsula with that of Madras. TABLE SHOWING COMPARISON OF RAINFALL ON WEST AND EAST COASTS, BAY OF BENGAL. =========+=============+==============+==============+ | MADRAS |PORT BLAIR IS-| AKYAB | | (West Coast | LAND (nearer |(East Coast of| | of Bay) | Burmah) | Bay to North)| +-----+-------+------+-------+------+-------+ | Ins.| ~Mm.~ | Ins. | ~Mm.~ | Ins. | Mm. | ---------+-----+-------+------+-------+------+-------+ January | 0·98| ~28~| 0·91| ~23~| 0·13| ~3~| February | 0·33| ~8~| 1·30| ~33~| 0·19| ~5~| March | 0·39| ~10~| 0·39| ~10~| 0·54| ~13~| April | 0·59| ~15~| 2·40| ~61~| 1·63| ~41~| May | 2·20| ~56~| 15·08| ~404~| 12·21| ~310~| June | 2·09| ~53~| 17·08| ~455~| 51·63|~1,311~| July | 3·78| ~96~| 16·54| ~419~| 50·98|~1,295~| August | 4·42| ~112~| 15·20| ~386~| 38·57| ~980~| September| 4·68| ~119~| 19·65| ~498~| 22·98| ~584~| October |10·08| ~274~| 11·80| ~300~| 12·40| ~315~| November |13·70| ~348~| 9·49| ~241~| 3·89| ~99~| December | 5·13| ~130~| 5·33| ~135~| 6·59| ~15~| ---------+-----+-------+------+-------+------+-------+ Year |49·12|~1,246~|116·73|~2,965~|195·72|~4,971~| =========+=====+=======+======+=======+======+=======+