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Phytogeographical remarks. 



The Climate. 



Reliable data about the climate of Surinam are only known for the 

 littoral part. About the climate of the interior all sorts of conjectures can 

 be found in various works, but they are not based on any reliable series 

 of observations on temperature and rainfall. Observations made at Parama- 

 ribo during the years 1868 — 1898 give the following average temperatures 

 for the different months of the year. 



7 A. M. 2 P. M. 



9 P.M. 



Max. 



Min. 



January . 

 February 

 March 

 April . . 

 May . . 

 June . . 

 July . . 

 August . 

 September 

 October . 

 November 

 December 



The year 



24.5 

 24.6 

 25.1 

 25.5 

 25.5 

 25.4 

 25.4 

 25.8 

 25.9 

 25.8 

 25.5 

 24.7 



27.6 

 27.6 

 28.2 

 28.4 

 28,5 

 28.9 

 29.6 

 30.3 

 30.8 

 30.7 

 29.9 

 28.4 



25.2 

 25.2 

 25.6 

 25.8 

 25.7 

 25.8 

 25.8 

 26.3 

 26.7 

 26.7 

 26.3 

 25.6 



30.4 

 30.5 

 31.0 

 31.3 

 32.0 

 32.3 

 32.6 

 33.5 

 33.9 

 34.0 

 33.4 

 32.1 



25.3 



29.1 



25.9 



32.3 



20.8 

 20.4 

 20.8 

 21.3 

 21.9 

 22.0 

 21.6 

 21.9 

 22.0 

 21.6 

 21.6 

 20.6 



21.4 



From these numbers we see that the temperature is remarkably equal. 



Yet these figures may not be taken as normal for the whole country. 

 The interior which is covered with primitive forest is much cooler. Conti- 

 nued series of observations on the temperature of the interior have not 

 been published, as for as I know. 



Also the rainfall is pretty equally distributed over the year, as may 

 appear from the following figures. 



