500 REPORT— 1896. 
Mombasa. Lat. 4° 4’ S., Long. 39° 42’ #., 60 feet. Observer: J. J. W. Pigott. 
Pres-| Tempera- Mean Temperatures & Humidity Rain 
sure tures: a = e 
1895 of Extremes ma |e EI a=) cia ee 
Atmo-|———____| Dry | Wet | Mean | Mean M 2) 238 qe 5 Pl eS 
sphere High- | Low- |94.M.|94.M.| Max.| Min. |") “a | @ 2 |OU™) g 1A | Sm 
9A.M.| est est A|Pa < ise 
In, = Bi 5 a iS a a o |iInch | p.c. | Inch Inch 
January . |29°818) 85°0 | 75:4 | 80:0 | 76-7 | 82-4 | 767 | 80°0 | 5 7 881] 86 ‘01 1 “O01 
February . *824| 85°2 | 75°5 | &1°6 | 76°6 | 83:7 | 77°8 | 80°8 | 59 859) 79 "34 3 27 
March *787 | 89:1 | 78:0 | 83:7 | 780 | 86:4 | 79°6 | 83:0 | 68 895| 78 3°05 7 | 1:35 
April 5 *820| 88:0 | 76°38 | 82:0 | 77°5 8671 | 78:8 | 82-4 | 7:3 892} 82 3°47 | J1 “91 
May. 5 *898| 85°6 | 74:0 | 78°83 | 74:9 | 83:2 | 76°3 | 79°7 | 7:9 831) 85 9999 | 19 | 2°29: 
June rn "985 | 84-2 | 73°0 | 77:5 | 72°9 | 82-1 | 749 | 785 | 7:2 756| 80 144] 4 ‘70 
July . é “991 | 83°0 | 71:0 | 76:8 | 72°0 | 80°7 | 73°7 | 77:2 | 7-0 730} 79 1:33 9 “42 
August . "954 | 88°0 | 72°5 | 775 | 71°98 | 813 | 74:1 | 777 | 7:2 719| 78 *68 3 47 
September *972| 83°5 | 71°2 | 78:2 | 73°1 | 816 | 74°8 | 787 | 6:8 757) 79 6°21 9 | 1°86 
October . *899| 83:2 | 74:0 | 79:9 | 74°6 | 82:3 | 76°3 | 79:3 | 6-0] -797| 78 3°04 3 | 2-06 
November *875 | 85:0 | 74°0 | 8L°1 | 75°8 | 83°6 | 77-1 | 80°3 | 6°5| +832] 78 3°37 | 10 | 1:03 
December *816| 86:2 | 751 | 81-4 | 76°1 | 841 | 77-0 | 80°5 | 71] +841] 79 1:42 6 °36 | 
Year. . |29°888| 89°1 | 71:2 | 79°9 | 75°0 | 83:1 | 764 | 79°8 66} °816] 80 | 3435 | 86 | 2:22 
The barometrical observations have been reduced to 32° and corrected for gravity, but have not been 
reduced to sea-level. 
The mean temperature is assumed to be the mean of all max. and min., and is therefore too high. 
Machako’s (Ukamba). Lat. 1° 31' 8., Long. 37° 18’ #., 5,400 feet. Observers: 
R. W. Lane, T. T. Githison, and John Ainsworth. 
| 
ar area Humidity Rain | 
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1895 popes Ss | 
| | £ pa ey bE Stl) agen The rains generally end in May, 
Dry | Wet 22 eee] 3 As Ba | een gh es | and the amount recorded for 
eo} oS \¢2%| S | = | April is exceptionally heavy. No 
cz 5B | 8H |g%o s : 
A] Ar | a qe foa| entries were made for January ; 
ae z | perhaps no rain fell. (January, 
5 i In. | pe. | In. | In. In, | 1894, 0°75 in. on three days.) ; 
January .| 68:1 | 58:7 | -409 | 60 = = = 3 Prevailing Winds.—May, S.E. ; 
February . | 67:3 | 624 | 519 | 78 | 385 | 319] 11 | 152 | June 1-7,8.W.; June 7-30, 8. 
March... | 66°3 _| 62°9 | ‘542 84 |1013 | 7°86 19 1°95 
April - | 665 | 63:0 | 543 83 | 12°38 | 1068 28 259 
May. - |-65°7 | 62:7 | 541 86 210 | ‘72 7 “89 
June. - | 615 | 588 | -470 86 cia) 75 4 34 
Fort Smith (Kikuyu). Lat. 1° 14' S., Long. 36° 44'E., 6,400 feet. Observers : 
F. G. Hall (Jan. to Feb.), B. Russell (March to May), 7. T. Gilkison (June to Oct.) 
eo Mean Temperatures Variableness | Humidity Rain 
1894-5 | 2 | 2 y E ta] 8 ae |e 
2 | 2 | Dry | Wet | Mean! Mean |, Mean| Ex- | 23 | Ws 3 mb | 28 
=| 2 |94'u.l9 a.m. | Max.| Min. |?" Range treme| 28 | G3 2/A | set 
Hix be ale A a it 
° ° ° ° ° ° ° ° ° In p.c. In In 
Nov. 1894. | — | — |[59°0}} — _ _ 61:3 1:27 | 45 = = 6°68 | c. 24} 2°13 
December. | — | — |[60°0]} — _ — | 62°5 1°34 | 35 — = 9°32 16 1°67 
Jan. 1895. | 78 | 50 | 67-4 | 585 | 74:3 | 53:5 | 63:9 1:79 | 5:0 “408 61 “00 0 _ 
February . | 75 | 51 | 63°5 | 60°8 | 716 | 55:1 | 63:4 | 1:32] 4:0 “506 | 86 7°43 13 | 2°13 
March .| 74 | 52 | 62°8 | 60°71 | 79°9 | 55:1 | 67°5 117 | 25 “494 87 | 10°46 16 2715 
April . | 76 | 54 | 636 | 62:1 | 73°6 | 566 | 65-1 133 | 40 543 93 | 16°33 22 2°75 
May. . | 74] 52 | 637 | 618 | 73-1 | 568 | 649 | 1:24] 45 “BA 91 678 16 156 
June. .| 74 | 52 | 598 | 58-4 | 693 | 55-1 | 62-2 | 1:35 | 2:0 | -475] 92 | 368] 9 | *91 
July. .| 76 | 47 | 59-4 | 57-1 | 715 | 52:0 | 618 | 1:27] 4:0 | -445] 88 | 00] 0 | — 
August .| 75 | 49 | 585 | 56-9 | 69:8 | 52-4 | 611 | 1:30] 4:0 | -448°} 91-| -65] 6 | -35 
September | 78 | 50 | 62°6 | 585 | 735 | B31 | 63:3 1°86 | 3:5 452 80 2°43 10 “49 
October . | 82} 50 | 65°0 | 59:7 | 77:8 | 53°8 | 65°83 | 1:50 | 6:0 “463 75 173 8 64 
Year. . | 82 | 50 | 62°1 _ _ — | 636 1°40 | 5:0 _ 84 | 65°49 | 140 | 2°75 
The following instruments were in use during 1896: Dry-bulb thermometer, B.T. 4634; wet-bulb 
B.T. 4635 ; max. thermometer, M.O. 1354 ; min. thermometer, M.O. 1460. 
The Mean Temperature assumed = 4(max.+min.) is too high, Annual range, 5°02 ; daily range, 19°°3. 
Variableness (difference mean temperature from day to day) : Mean 1°40, extreme 5°. 
Rain.—Only 10 thunderstorms are noted: 2 in February,1in March, 6 in April, 1 in May. On 
February 11 a heavy hailstorm, when 0°71 inch fell in less than half an hour, 
