142 Temperature of Places in Ceylon. 



3 p. m. 82°75, and the mean of these 81°. 18. As these hours 

 give precisely the minimum and maximum temperatures of 

 the twenty-four hours, the mean daily range of the thermome- 

 ter at this place is only 3.14. The mean temperature at 9 in 

 the evening is 81. The mean of the warmest month (May) 

 is 83.1, of the coldest month (January) 79. Max. temp. 87, 

 minimum 75, extreme range 12°. 



In January, the mean temperature is 79, m. temp, at sun- 

 rise 76, at 3 p. m. 82. Mean range 6°. Weather dry and 

 clear, with regular land breezes during the day, succeeded by 

 sea-breezes at night ; rain fell on four nights. Mean temp, 

 of February 80, at sunrise 78, afternoon 82 ; weather much 

 the same as last month ; rain on four nights. In March, 

 mean temp. 81.8, sunrise 79, afternoon 84; land and sea- 

 breezes regular, rain fell on 12 nights, thunder and lightning 

 twice. April has a mean temp, of 83, at sunrise 81.5, 3 p. m. 

 84.5, mean range 3° ; fourteen rainy nights ; on the 26th, 

 a strong sea-breeze prevailed all day, and was followed by vi- 

 vid lightning at night ; on the 28th, the sea-breeze blew in 

 strong squalls, attended with heavy rain, and thunder ; next 

 day the wind blew from all points of the compass. In May, 

 the extreme range of temperature was 7°, mean temp. 8.31, at 

 sunrise 82.2, at 3 p. m. 84. Sea-breeze during the day, in 

 general strong, with heavy showers; 17 rainy days. June, 

 mean temp. 81.7, at sunrise 81, afternoon 82.5; mean range 

 of thermometer 1.5, extreme range 5°; constant sea-breeze 

 durino- the day, almost always attended with rain. Julv, 

 same in every respect, even to the thermometric extremes 

 August, mean temp. 80.7; at sunrise 79-8, afternoon 82, ex- 

 treme rano-e 4°. Sea-breeze during the day, with rain, suc- 

 ceeded by a land-wind at night ; towards the end of the month 

 the weather became squally. September, mean temp. 81.37, 

 at sunrise 80.5 ; afternoon S2.5 ; extreme range 4°, max. 

 84, min. 80. Sea and land breezes regularly, in general with 

 rain durino- the day; Aveather throughout the month squally. 

 October had the same characters. Mean temp. 79-6, at sun- 

 rise 78, afternoon 81.25, max. 84, min. 76, extreme range 8° . 

 November, mean temp. 80.7, at sunrise 78.5, afternoon 83. 

 In this month, the land-breezes at night had increased in 



