WHOLE VOL. NOTES. AFRICA 3 



ACCRA, GOLD COAST 



Lat. 5° 12' N. Long. 0° 12' W. 

 Temperature. 



Authorities: 1888 January to 1892 December. Meteorological 

 observations taken at Accra, 1891-92, computed and 

 published by the Medical Officer. 

 1893 October to 1920 December. Manuscript returns com- 

 municated by the Director of the Medical and Sanitary 

 Service and filed in the Meteorological Office, London. 

 From 1893 October to 1912 June the returns give daily 

 observations; from 1912 July to 1920 December, 

 monthly summaries only are available. 



Site: There is no information as to the site. The height above 

 Mean Sea Level was 82 ft. in 1921. 



Observations: The standard adopted is the luean of the mean 

 daily maximum and mean daily minimum. These figures 

 were frequently unreliable or wanting and the values in 

 italics have been computed from the observations of 

 the dry bulb at 9'^ and 17'^ by means of the follow- 

 ing correction, obtained from a number of the most 

 reliable records. 



Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. l\[ay Jniio .Tiily Aug. Sept. Oct. Nov. Dec. 

 ^(9h 4- 171.) '-p, —2.1 — 2.0 —2.2 — 2.5 — 2.7 —2.6 —2.2 —1.8 — 1.8 —2.1 — 2.3 — 2.3 



Precipitation. 



Authorities: As for Temperature, l)ut some reference has been 

 made to the Gold Coast Blue Rook. 



Notes: * The value for Octol)er 1909 given on the MS. return 

 is 0.00 in., but the printed value given in the Gold Coast 

 Blue Book is 0.32 in. 

 ■{•The value for February 1910 given on the ALS. return is 

 0.00 in., but the printed value given in the Gold Coast 

 Blue Book is 3.10 in. There was no rain during Febru- 

 ary 19 10 at the neighboring station of Aburi, but owing 

 to the local character of the winter rain in the ( lold 

 Coast this comparison is not conclusive. 



1888-1892. The observations were taken at i; 

 1893- J 920. The observations were taken at 9''. 



