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si rw .in average animal rainfall of 14'30 incites al Bliuj, the maxi- 

 ,1-i'c.l being 34*88 inches in 1862, ami Hie minimum l'lO 



LS4S. The rain generally reaches (,'utch from directions pposii 

 * hal of the prevailing winds, in the form of. squalls from the north- 



irth-west round by north and east, to south. The south-west 

 monsoon winds are very strong from June to October, the weathei 

 seldom calm. In the cold months harsh east and north winds 

 rail, succeeded by strong south-westerly gales and steady wind-. 

 the air being frequently loaded with dust. The months of April and 

 May are very hot inland, while along the coast the climate is delight- 

 ful, from the absence of the burning winds and dust storms thai 

 prevail elsewhere during those months. In dune the hoi wind* 

 generally cease : the atmosphere becomes cloudy : and occasionally 

 the rain-, which commence very irregularly, are preceded by 

 excessive sultriness During the rains the climate i-. usually 

 nn -1 agreeable ; cloudy and cool, with a cool breeze nighl and day. 

 The cold weather sets in later in Outch than in Gujarat. The sun 

 during the first half of November is oppressively hot ; December is 

 cold : and January colder. In this month ice is occasionally produced. 

 In March, again, the siui begins to strike bot. 



Through the kindness of Dr. P. J. Figueredo, who Ls in charge of 

 the meteorological station at Bhuj, L am able to give a few tables 

 regarding the rainfall and temperature in that place. We ran onh 

 regret that similar observations are not made in other places of the 

 province, as it is very probable that distinct differences exisl in the 

 plains north and south of the hill ranges. The difference", will, how- 

 ever, not be very great, and the subjoined data are likely to give a 

 fair idea of the climate of the whole of Dutch. 



Bhuj Rainfall, 1904-1907, at N. Lat. 23°15', and E. Long. G9 C 19'. 



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