366 The Distribution of Rainfall in Ceylon. 



METEOROLOGICAL TABLE. 



The following Table is compiled from the Ceylon Administration Reports 

 for 1897 {Part II, Scientific) by Mr. F. H. Grinlinton, Surveyor- 

 General, and is confined to 16 Stations, from which unbroken records 

 have been preserved. 



Name of Station. 



a 

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.5 w 



" s 

 «-§ 



— c 

 a) 1 - 1 



p 

 c 

 c 



< 



Barometer 

 (reduced to 32 F.). 



0, 



6 



a u 



i 



> . 



0*rj 



c c 



O OJ 



rt C 



3 



.5 S2 



X3 





Highest 

 recorded. 



Lowest 

 recorded. 



r — 



1-5 

 0"" 





Feet. 











Miles. 







Colombo 



40 



88-31 



30-072 



29*607 



807 



198-2 



173 



11-90 



Ratnapura 



84 



150-13 



30-003 



29-314 



79-1 



31-0 



207 



1 1 '42 



PUTTALAM 



27 



46-08 



30-106 



29-535 



79'5 



208 -o 



77 



12-06 



Anuradhapura 



29s 



54*44 



29*840 



29-264 



80 -2 



54-8 



104 



9-32 



Mannar 



12 



38-24 



3OTO3 



29-588 



817 



2147 



61 



n-oo 



Jaffna 



9 



43-98 



30-I57 



29-552 



817 



216-0 



74 



9-92 



Trincomalee ... 



12 



6274 



30-062 



29 -402 



8l -2 



2417 



112 



8-21 



Batticaloa 



26 



55'35 



30-I08 



29-565 



80-4 



1 20 -7 



102 



10-46 



Hambantota ... 



50 



36-17 



30-034 



29-583 



797 



1997 



85 



5-06 



Galle 



48 



91-33 



30-081 



29-621 



79-7 



150-8 



206 



7-66 



Kandy 



1654 



Si-55 



28-426 



27-975 



75-3 



49-5 



193 



8-95 



Hakgala 



5581 



91*12 



24-725 



24-205 



60 -8 



151-4 



203 



7-40 



Badulla 



2225 



79*51 



27-905 



27-396 



73*o 



47-3 



in 



9-46 



Vavuniya 



317 



59-48 



29-850 



29-271 



80-3 



787 



100 



5-40 



Kurunegala ... 



381 



84-30 







79-6 



29-6 



172 



6-97 



NUWARA ELIYA . 



6188 



94-14 



24-228 



23*800 



57*9 



8i-8 



202 



9-11 



F. Lewis. 



