APPENDIX A 



AVERAGE WIND AND WEATHER IN THE ANDAMANS 



October 

 November 



December 



January 



February 



March 



April 



May 



June 



July 



August 



September 



Variable wind and weather ; water-spouts. 



The first half of the month the same as October, afterwards 

 N.E. monsoon and little rain. A cyclone is almost certain 

 to occur in November. 



Fresh N.E. monsoon ; fairly cool. 



Cool and pleasant ; N.E. winds ; nights sometimes foggy. 



Cool and pleasant ; very clear ; light airs. 



Hot by day, cool nights, light airs ; occasional haze. 



Very hot ; calm and hazy. 



S.W. monsoon sets in about the 15th. 



S.W. monsoon ; cool, squally. 



Do. do. do. 



Rain every day, S.W. winds. 



— Bay of Bengal Pilots 1892. 



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