HINTERLAND NOTES 457 



My meteorological records, carefully maintained at the 

 Mission for over two years, give the following results, which 

 may, with advantage, be noted by anj'one intending to settle 

 in the district for any length of time to study wild life. 



1914 Total rainfall, 20 inches, 25 parts 



1915 " 60 " 62 " 



In the former year rain fell upon ]61 days, and in the 

 latter year, upon 176 days. 



Temperature between 6 and 7 A. M. varied from 68 

 to 75 degrees Fahr., during 1914, the lowest being recorded 

 during the period January-March. 



Temperature between 6 and 7 A. M. varied from 69 

 to 75 degrees Fahr., during 1915, the lowest being reached 

 in February only. 



Minimum temperature, taken with instrument supplied 

 by Government, was 62 degrees Fahr. in January, and 58 

 degrees Fahr. in December, 1915, only. I found traveling 

 during the latter part of 1915, required taking a thick blank- 

 et. Tlie cold, in the early hours of the morning, frequently 

 awoke me. 



The maximum shade temperature, between the hours 

 of 1 and 2 P. M., was 94 degrees Fahr., in 1914. (October.) 



The maximum during the same hours, was 103 Fahr., in 

 1915. (August.) 



True maximum, shade, day-time, reached 105 Fahr., in 

 August, 1915, upon one occasion only. 



I found, by experience, that true maximum for any day 

 was, usually, recorded after 2 P. M. 



The coolest months of the year were shown to be De- 

 cember, January, February, and the early part of March. 

 There were some close days, during the December and Janu- 

 ary rains, which caused little, or no flooding, and no incon- 

 venience to traveling by land. After the heavy rains of 

 May-July, the days are close and clammy, until the strong- 

 winds set in, from about the middle of October. Strong 

 winds occur before, intermittently. 



