26 REPORT— 1868, 
Rainfall. 
Greatest | Mean Greatest | Mean 
rainfall | rainfall rainfall | rainfall 
in for in for 
8 years. | 8 years. 8 years. | 8 years. 
in. in. in. in. 
January ....| 6:63 3°92 an) eee ie 0:74 0:23 
February....| 7°59 4-4] || August ....| 3-44 1:14 
March ...... 5:94 3:29 || September...) 3-11 1:32 
Papeete tater: 2°02 1:44 October ....| 7:21 3:60 
May.......- 2:94 0°95 || November ..| 8°95 4-58 
FC: eee 1:28 0:26 December ..| 6:23 5:04 
Total rainfall Total rainfall 
for the years for the years 
in. in. 
1858 27-42 1863 34-66 
1859 28°40 1864 37°31 
1860 30°60 1865 31:08 
1861 22°41 |/Mean rainfall ea 30-11 
1862 29°97 |Ithe year in 8 years 
The mean number of days (for 8 years) on which rain fell in January were 16, 
February 14, March 13, April 9, May 3, June 1, July 2, August 5, September 8, 
October 17, November 17, December 18. 
Average number of days on which rain fell in each year, for eight years. 123 
Average of days on which rain fell for each of the two dry months, June 3 
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Average of days on which rain fell for each of the four intermediate ga 
months, April, May, August, and September ..........+0ese0ee a 
Average of days on which rain fell for each of the six wet months .... 153 
Rainfall for the two dry months ...... “90 Du ogimain oUt gob 0 oa bo, (inches) 0:49 
Monthly average fall for the two dry months ................+. a 0:24 
Rainfall for four intermediate months .......... 5 dice ri ek tn 4-85 
Monthly average fall for four intermediate months............-.. 5 1-21 
Ramfallsforsixe wet months... eeeeh surements ciel icie mentite iy 24:84 
Monthly average fall for six wet months ..........0.cceeeeeees 4 4-14 
Mean Degree of Moisture of 8 years. 
Mean at Mean at Mean at 
9 A.M, 3 P.M. 9 P.M. 
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GAS 67:8 84:3 
74:4 67°8 84:8 
TA5 63:9 85:1 
74:9 60:9 83:9 
74-1 54-4 81-1 
(P33 49-2 76:0 
68:3 45:9 73:9 
65°6 49-1 74:9 
September...... 65:7 55:5 78:9 
October ........ (ALE, 67:0 83-9 
November...... 70:9 68°9 83:5 
December ...... 71°5 71:1 84:8 
