WHOLE VOL. NOTES. AFRICA. ASIA 1 3 



KAMPALA 

 Authority. 



British East African Meteorological Service, Nairobi, Kenya. 

 Site. 



The meteorological observatory stands on Kololo Hill, Kampala, 

 and has a good exposure. It was opened in January 1931. 

 Pressure. 



The mean of 24 hourly readings is within ±0.1 mb. of the mean 

 of the 7**, 14*^, and 21^^ readings. The difference in pressure 

 between the Kampala and Entebbe stations is 13. i ±0.1 mb. 



ASIA 



ARABIA 



Authority. 



India Meteorological Department, Poona, India. 



ADEN 



Data. 



The data for Aden have been included in the tables up to March 

 1937 only, as the control of this station was transferred to 

 the Meteorological Office, London, from April i, 1937. 

 Site. 



There was a change in the site of the observatory to another site 

 with nearly the same exposure on November 11, 1936. No 

 corrections for this change were considered necessary, and 

 none have been applied. 



MUSCAT 



Site. 



The site of the observatory was changed to Baitul-Falaj, about 

 5 miles away, from January i, 1930. It continued there until 

 July 1935, when it was again changed to the original site 

 at Muscat. Hence data for Muscat have been given from 

 August 1935 only. The data for 1930 given for Muscat on 

 page 102 of World Weather Records, Smithsonian Misc. 

 Coll., vol. 90, refer to Baitul-Falaj and hence should be 

 deleted. 



Precipitation. 



The rain gage is on the roof of the Political Agency Building, 

 which has a height of 34 ft. 



