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Puerto Barrios 2123.8 | 24 |24.5 [26.5 |27.5 |29.5 |26.33 26.20/26.75 127.0 |26.5 |23.75 
Salamä ....|| 920200 | 21 123.25 24.75|25.33|25-33|24.75|24.25 24.0 |21.5 |21.75/20.75 
Campur....|| 930/17.75|19.,5 |19.75|21.75|23.0 |22.0 |21.0 |20.75|20.75|20.75|18.75|16.5 
Chimax ... . 1,306 16.5 |16.75/18.33|19.66|20.0 |19.66 19.25/19.5 |20.12|18.5 |16.33 16.0 
Guatemal 1,485 116.0 j17.5 |18.5 j19.5 j19.75|19.0 j18.5 |18.5 jı8.5 |18.0 |16.75|16.5 
Quezaltenango | 2,350 j10.5 |11.75|13.75|15.25|17.0 |16.75|16.0 |15.75|16.5 |ı5.25|14.5 |12.0 
the valley of the Motagua River. Its maximum is about sunrise, and the 
minimum between two and three o’clock in the afternoon depending upon the 
temperature. 'Thunderstorms are frequent from May to September, but seldom 
occur during other parts of the year. They come mostly in the afternoon bet- 
ween halfs past two and half past six o’clock. 
It is a general rule with regard to rainfall that regions confronting moist 
winds from the ocean have an abundant precipitation, and that regions defen- 
ded by mountain ranges from the sea winds are dry. Guatemala having a 
complicated topographic configuration has for this reason great varieties of 
rainfall. Frosts have been observed only in regions above 5900 feet (1800 m) 
elevation and snow has been seen in regions above 10,170 feet (3100 m). 
Particulars are found in the accompanying table of average rainfall in 
millimeters for different regions. 
Rainfall in Mm. E 5 5 | lu 
Stations & E s E 5 E & E 2 So BE 3 23 AE 
| Ba LADE ME ARE ae 
Puerto Barrios 2| 140 | 155 | 85 | 155 | 160 | 320 | 500 | 490 | 280 | 160 | 430 | 240 
Cabilguitz. ... | 300| 180 | 210 | 125 | 70 | 260 | 380 | 520 | 300 | 540 | 590 | 400 | 280 
Betali..... ;.- 720 | 470 | 300 | 270 | 70 | 300 | 520 | 620 | soo | 430 | 620 | 360 | 420 
Salami . 920| o o o 90 ı 180 | 100 | 70 | 110 | 20 | 60| o 
Senahu 990 | 130 | 100 | 80 | 105 | 500 | 620 | 800 | 380 | 450 | 360 | 160 | 115 
Las Mercedes. | 1,000| 35 | 60 | 100 | zı 5 | 445 | 560 | 470 | 560 | 540 | 480 | 135 60 
himax ....)1,306| 140 | ıı0 | 100 60 | 200 | 326 310 | 210 | 240 | 250 | 2ı0 | 170 
uatemala. . 1,485 | 10 8 5} 20 | .75 | 140 | 280 275 | 225 | 225 | 180 15 
Quezaltenango || 2,000| o o {6} 5 90 | 160 | 100 | 75 | 120 75 20 10 
Ä b. Nicaragua. | 
The climate of Nicaragua is determined by its position in the tropics, by 
the proximity of two great oceans, which gives to the country the regular 
temperature of an island, and by its topography. The prevailing wind is 
northeast. In the time of solstice, the direction of the wind changes to south- 
west, but variable winds without determined influence mostly blow at the time 
of the equinoxes. There are two well marked seasons; a dry season called 
summer, and a wet season called winter, along the Pacific coast, in the lake 
