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Sketch of tlie Physical Nature of Cj'prus. 



Larnaka 



July 27.9 



Aug 28.4 



Septbr 26.7 



Octbr 23.9 



Novbr 18.2 



Decbr 14.5 



The change of temperature from month to month is still better seen in the diagram (fig. 2), in 

 however, for the sake of clearness, only the temperature-curves of three stations, viz. Paphos, Fa- 

 magusta and Nikosia, are represented. — At stations of the coast 

 the greatest heat occurs in August(27.2 — 28.6°C.) and in the interior 

 in July (28.8 "O; the coldest month is January, with a mean 

 temperature of 11.1—12.1 "C. at the coast and 9.7 " C. in the in- 

 terior of the island. The difference between the mean tempera- 

 tures of the hottest and coldest month is 15.3 °C. at Paphos, 16.9 °C. 

 at Famagusta and 19.1 "C. at Nikosia; here, in the interior of the 

 island the climate has distinctly a more prominent continental 

 character than near the coast. 



The meteorological stations mentioned above are all situated 

 in the lowlands, from 8 to 155 m. above the sea-level. In the 

 mountains the temperature is naturally considerably lowei-; exact 

 measurements during a longer period have not, however, as far as 

 I know, been taken from other places than the camp on Troodos, 

 and also from this station only for the summer-months. At this 

 place, 1676 m. above the sea, the mean temperature was in 

 1901, according to Bellamy:') 



June 



July 



August . . . 

 September 



Troodos 

 16.4 «C. 

 21 9 

 20.1 „ 

 16.4 ., 



JFMAMJJASOND 



Fig. 2. Tcniperature-ciirves fur the Meteorological 

 Stations of Paphos (P), Famagusta (F) and Niko- 

 sia (N) iu the Years 1881—90. The mouths are 

 mai-ked with their iuitials. 



In order to render the comparison more convenient, the tem- 

 perature at Nikosia in the same months is indicated by the side 

 of the figures for Troodos. As will be seen, the difference be- 

 tween the temperatui'es of the both stations amounts to 7.0 or 

 9.5 "C. The lowest temperature on Troodos in the winter 1900 

 — 1901, as registered by a selfrecording minimum-thermometer, 

 was according to the same author -^ 10 "C. 

 A prominent feature in the climate of Cyprus is the intense drought in the summer-months, which 

 the island shares with most of the other countries in the eastern part of the Mediterranean. According 

 to the official measurements-) the middle annual rainfall was in the years 1881—1902 at Larnaka only 

 361.2 mm., at Limassol 446.8, Paphos 482.1, Nikosia 362.5, Famagusta 419.9 and Kyrenia 540.0 mm.; the 

 average for the island is accordingly 435.4 mm. Greatest rainfall has the northern and western coast, 



1) Bellamy, 1. 

 ^) Bellamy, 1. 



p. 35. 

 p. .38. 



