54 J. Eliot — The Suoth-West Monsoon Storms [No. 2, 



The following is a list of all the cyclonic storms in the Bay of 

 Bengal during the sonth-west monsoon period of the year 1883. They 

 were all of comparatively small extent and intensity, or ordinary south- 

 west monsoon storms accompanied with winds of force 8 to 10 at and 

 near the centre. 



1. Storm of June 13th to 20th at the commencement of the south- 

 west monsoon, which gave tliQi first heavy burst of rainfall to Behar. It 

 formed near the Balasore coast on the 13th, and advanced into Behar, 

 where it broke up on the 20th. 



2. Storm of June 26th to 4th July. This was generated slowly 

 near the Sandheads on the 26th and 27th, was of considerable intensity, 

 and remained nearly stationary until the 29th. It crossed the Balasore 

 coast early on the morning of the 30th. 



3. Storm of July 6th to 8th. This was formed at or near the 

 Sandheads under similar conditions to the preceding, but was of small 

 intensity. It crossed the Balasore coast on the afternoon of the 7th. 



4. Storm of the 12th to 14th July. This began to form on the 

 morning of the 12th off the South Orissa coast, across which (between 

 False Point and Gopalpore) the centre advanced on the evening of the 

 13th, or early on the morning of the 14th, into the Central Provinces. 

 It was of slight intensity. 



5. Storm of the 16th to 18th August. This was formed in the 

 north- west angle of the Bay, and crossed the North Orissa coast near 

 Balasore. This storm was very small, of very slight intensity, and of no 

 importance. 



6. Storm of the 23rd to the 26th of August. This was generated 

 further to the south than the preceding storm, and crossed the Ganjam 

 coast between Gopalpore and Yizagapatam on the evening of the 25th. 

 It was of slight intensity. 



7. Storm of the 30th August to the 3rd of September. This 

 depression crossed the coast near Balasore on the afternoon of the 2nd 

 of September, and was of moderate intensity. 



8. Storm of the 6th and 7th of September. This was formed im- 

 mediately after the preceding, and followed along nearly the same track, 

 crossing the Orissa coast to the south of Balasore on the morning of the 

 7th. It was of small intensity. 



9. Storm of the lltli to the 15th of November. This was genera- 

 ted in the Martaban Gulf, and advanced in a north-westerly direction as 

 far as Lat. 16° N. Long. 93° E. to the west of Diamond Island, when 

 it recurved and moved northwards parallel to the coast, breaking up 

 in the neighbourhood of Akyab during the afternoon of the 14th. This 

 was the most severe and intense storm of the year in the Bay, but was 



