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gives way to the south-west in April. During this tratsition period there 

 are often local thunderstorms, but the wind is not confined to any one 

 direction, and it is often calm. 



Mean* Monthly Rainfall of Twelve Selected Stations. 



Station. 



Colombo 



Jaffna 



Trincomalee 



Batticaloa 



Hambantota 



Galle 



Ratnapura 



Kurunegala 



Kandy 



Badulla 



Diyatalawa 



Nuwara Eliya 



January. 



Inches. 



3 29 

 2-14 

 6 07 

 9-83 

 3-35 

 4'34 

 5-15 

 3-26 

 4-91 

 9-55 

 5-94 

 5-60 



t 

 Dys 



9 



6 

 11 

 13 



7 



12 

 11 



7 

 10 

 14 

 14 

 12 



February. 



Inches. 



1-83 

 1-18 

 2-13 

 3-38 

 1-51 

 2-73 

 451 

 1-62 

 2 32 

 314 

 2-67 

 2*12 



t 

 Dys 



March. 



Inches. 



4*14 

 1-00 

 1-53 

 2 99 

 213 

 4'11 

 8-49 

 4-74 

 3-75 

 4 35 

 4 33 

 3-32 



t 

 Dys, 



11 



April. 



Inches. 



7-07 

 2-03 

 1*93 

 1-84 

 3-26 

 9*38 

 12*39 

 9*26 

 6-83 

 7-51 

 5-36 

 5-59 



t 

 Dys. 



15 



5 



5 



5 



7 

 15 

 19 

 15 

 14 

 13 

 16 

 14 



Station. 



May. 



Colombo 



Jaffna 



Trincomalee 



Batticaloa 



Hambanntota 



Galle 



Ratnapura 



Kurunegala 



Kandy 



Badulla 



Diyatalawa 



Nuwara Eliya 



Inches. 



13-13 



1-85 

 2-49 

 172 

 3-19 

 11-43 

 18-19 

 6-51 

 5-68 

 4-58 

 4-87 

 6-86 



t 

 Dys, 



20 



3 



5 



4 



8 

 21 

 22 

 13 

 13 



9 

 15 

 15 



June. 



Inches. Dys, 



731 

 0-71 

 1-30 

 T02 

 2-34 

 8-11 



19-73 

 8'22 

 9-38 

 2 "27 

 2-00 



1273 



July. 



August. 



Inches. 



6*11 

 0-98 

 2'15 

 1-27 

 1-59 

 6-05 



12-91 

 3-97 

 741 

 2-05 

 2-27 



11-83 



t 

 Dys 



18 



Inches. 



2-78 

 1>57 

 4-25 

 2-24 

 1-26 

 5-44 

 11-80 

 3-37 

 5-54 

 3-25 

 3-60 

 7-90 



t 

 Dys. 



13 



4 



8 



6 



6 

 19 

 22 

 14 

 19 



8 

 10 

 21 



Station, 



September. 



Colombo 



Jaffna 



Trincomalee 



Batticaloa 



Hambantota 



Galle 



Ratnapura 



Kurunegala 



Kandy 



Badulla 



Diyatalawa 



Nuwara Eliya 



Inches. 



5-56 

 2-91 



4-69 



2 "77 

 2-31 

 7 51 



15-02 

 5 07 

 5-98 



3 45 

 3-86 

 8-28 



t 

 Dys, 



17 

 5 

 8 

 6 

 7 



18 



21 



15 



18 

 8 



12 



20 



October. 



November. 



Inches. , Dys 



13 34 22 

 9*19 



8-08 



6-39 



4-80 

 1351 

 19-11 

 15-43 

 11-73 



9 60 

 10-53 

 11-03 



Inches. 



10-77 



14-37 



1389 



12-85 



6-68 



1127 



14-24 



11-01 



10-48 



10-53 



9-50 



8 96 



t 

 Dys, 



18 

 17 

 19 

 18 

 13 

 18 

 19 

 17 

 19 

 18 

 21 

 19 



December. 



Inches. 



4-71 



10-82 



14-12 



16-81 



5-52 



6 62 



8-95 



7-72 



9-17 



12-60 



8 35 



8*74 



t 

 Dys 



13 

 14 



19 

 19 

 10 

 15 

 15 

 14 

 17 

 19 

 21 

 17 



Annual 

 Average. 



Inches. 



80'0 

 48*8 

 62'6 

 63*1 

 37*9 

 90-5 

 150-5 

 80-2 

 83-2 

 72-9 

 63-3 

 93-U 



* Over 40 years on the average. 



t Number of wet days in the mouth. 



