=========+===========+===========+=====+============= Month | Monthly | Monthly |Rela-| Monthly | Maxima | Minima | tive| Rainfall | | | Hu- | +----+------+----+------+midi-+-----+------- | F. | ~C.~ | F. | ~C.~ | ty | Ins.| ~Mm.~ ---------+----+------+----+------+-----+-----+------- January |68·5|~20·3~|62·5|~16·9~| 83 | 0·68| ~17·4~ February |59·5|~13·3~|50·5|~10·3~| 48 | 0·76| ~19·3~ March |67·9|~19·9~|60·4|~15·7~| 77 | 1·27| ~32·1~ April |75·4|~24·1~|69·1|~20·7~| 89 | 9·03|~229·9~ May |81·8|~27·7~|73·7|~23·2~| 85 |14·10|~358·1~ June |85·9|~29·9~|78·2|~25·7~| 80 | 2·33| ~59·7~ July |87·0|~30·6~|78·5|~25·8~| 81 | 5·58|~141·0~ August |85·7|~29·8~|76·9|~24·9~| 84 |14·00|~355·6~ September|86·0|~30·0~|76·4|~24·6~| 76 | 3·89| ~99·1~ October |82·6|~28·2~|73·6|~23·2~| 68 | 2·50| ~63·5~ November |75·4|~24·1~|64·9|~18·2~| 64 | 0·77| ~19·5~ December |66·9|~19·3~|57·5|~14·2~| 66 | 0·83| ~21·2~ =========+====+======+====+======+=====+=====+======= In the _Journal of the Royal Army Medical Corps_, vol. i., No. 1, Major S. F. Clark writes: “The climate of Hong Kong varies in the different places. At the Peak, 1,500 feet above the sea, it is always bearable in summer, and is quite crisp in winter, an occasional film of ice being sometimes visible in the mornings. In fact, if one had not to descend to the lower levels for work, it would be no hardship to live at the Peak, where the fog is really the main trouble. Children do well up there, but get very white down below. “In the city the summer is very trying. From May to September, both inclusive, the sun is strong--reaching 94° or so in July and August--and the humidity of the air is practically at saturation point. With the breeze cut off by the Peak the situation is thus by no means pleasant, and cases of heat apoplexy always occur at this time. The temperature averages 86° to 88° during these months, and the nights also are stiflingly hot. By the help of punkahs, electric fans, rickshaws and chairs, the work of the colony goes on. The summer is also the rainy and typhoon season, and these visitations luckily cool the air for some days. The rain is very heavy at times, but of late years droughts have prevailed. For the other seven months the climate is not unpleasant, and in December, January and February, is quite cold, without reaching freezing point. The humidity of the air, however, is always considerable. This dampness of the air, especially foggy weather at the Peak, is very destructive to clothing, books, &c., and tin-lined boxes are essential. Ladies’ garments require much care to preserve them from destruction.” It is, however, fortunately possible for most people to live at “the Peak,” between which and the town there is frequent communication by means of cable tram.