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SMITHSONIAN MISCELLANEOUS COLLECTIONS 



VOL. 105 



BASRA, IRAQ 



Lat. 30°34'N. Long. 47°47' E. H = 13.7 m. 



PRESSURE AT STATION LEVEL: COR. TO 0" C. (32° F.) AND TO 



GRAV. AT 45° LAT. 



Means of K2'"+6" + 13''), G.M.T. 



1,000 mb. + 



Date Jan 



Feb. 



Mar. Apr. May June July Aug. Sept. Oct. Nov. Dec. Mean 



1931 

 1932 

 1933 

 1934 

 1936 



1936 

 1937 

 1938 

 1939 

 1940 



Mean 17. 



16.9 14.0 

 12.1 12.G 

 .9 15.3 15.8 



10.5 

 n.2 

 11.5 



14.8 14.1 11.1 



6.6 



»98.5 *96.6 

 0.7 0.6 



2.3 'gT.g 



0.5 *98.4 00 



4 4 

 4 4 

 3 C 



11.9 

 11.5 

 11.1 



12.8 



16.3 

 16.7 

 15.7 

 15.3 



19.2 

 17.4 

 20.7 

 19.7 



11.8 15.9 19.3 



t9 



TEMPERATURE IN DEGREES F. h. 

 Means of M2''+6" + 13''), G.M.T. 



4 ft. 



Date Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May June July Aug. Sept. Oct. Nov. Dec. Mean 



1931 

 1932 

 1933 

 1934 

 1935 



1936 

 1937 

 1938 

 1939 

 1940 



56.2 58.6 60.6 76.4 82 

 55.2 56.0 64.9 73.2 86 

 .l.-i.O 60.9 62. .3 79.6 8.t 



9 89, 

 9 90 



8 89 



Mean 55.5 58.5 62.6 76.4 85.2 89 



4 95.2 95 



2 92.1 91 



6 92.0 92 



93.1 93 



91.2 

 86.3 

 86.9 



80.8 

 75.1 

 79.8 



80.0 



68.6 

 67.9 

 66.8 

 66.9 



56.1 

 57.3 

 63.7 

 59.3 



75.6 

 75.5 

 75.9 



3.1 78.9 67.5 59.1 75.6 



TOTAL PRECIPITATION IN MILLIMETERS 

 hr = 12 in. 



Date Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May June July Aug. Sept. Oct. Nov. Dec. Year 



1931 

 1932 

 1933 

 1934 

 1935 



1936 

 1937 

 1938 

 1939 

 1940 



123 

 35 

 49 



4 69.8 30.9 1.0 



9 42.9 1.3 35.0 



3 51.5 12.2 3.9 



0.0 0.0 



0.0 0.0 



0.0 0.0 



0.0 0.0 



0.0 



0.4 



T 



0.0 



T 



0.0 

 0.0 

 0.4 



36.4 4.4 



1.1 42.7 269.3 



5.7 1.0 122.4 



90.4 0.0 207.7 



Mean 69.5 54.7 14.8 13.5 T 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.1 33.4 12.0 i:198.1 



* 900 mb. +. t Mean of 12 monthly means. % Sum of 12 monthly means. 



