C. Little — The recent excessive heat in Bengal.- [No. 1, 



Table IV. 





South India. 



Central India. 



North-East India, 



North-West India. 







III 







g s g 



® -a o 



111 



^ s a 

 ^1^ 



III 



June 1903 1 



+ 1-2 



+ 0-6 



+ 0-9 



-09 



+ 0-4 



-1-5 



+ 0-8 



-30 



2 



+ 1-7 



-0-3 



+ 2-6 



+ 0-3 



-5-2 



-1-8 



+ 29 



+ 01 



3 



+ 1-5 



+ 1-7 



+ 38 



+ 2-3 



-0'2 



-40 



+ 4-6 



+ 05 



4 



+ 26 



+ 2-8 



+ 6-2 



+ 0'1 



-2-7 



+ 04 



+ 6-4 



+ 8-2 



5 



+ 01 



+ 03 



+ 5-6 



+ 07 



-0-8 



-2-7 



+ 1-9 



+ 0-5 



6 



+ 21 



+ 0-2 



+ 51 



+ 0-9 



-1-1 



-0-7 



-11 



-0-9 



1 



+ 2-5 



+ 2-0 



+ 6-3 



+ 21 



+ 1-5 



+ 10 



-1-3 



-1-6 



8 



+ 3-1 



+ 21 



+ 9-8 



+ 7-5 



+ 0-5 



+ 1-4 



-2-6 



+ 0-8 



9 



+ 3-1 



+ 2-3 



+ 11-7 



+ 7-2 



+ 1-9 



+ 2-9 



+ 0-3 



-0-5 



10 



+ 2-7 



+ 0-7 



+ 10-1 



+ 5-5 



+ 4-4 







+ 30 



-0-8 



11 



+ 0-9 



+ 1-3 



+ 7-6 



+ 6-7 



+ 4-0 



+ 0-7 



+ 3-5 



-1-8 



12 



+ 2-3 



+ 0-6 



+ 10-5 



+ 4-1 



+ 2-1 



-11 



+ 7-5 



+ 1-2 



13 



-2-9 



-0-7 



+ 11-0 



+ 54 



+ 0-1 



-0-7 



+ 8-5 



+ 2-8 



14 



-3-2 



-0-8 



+ 8-9 



+ 6-1 



+ 0-3 



-1-7 



+ 7-9 



+ 64 



15 



-11 



-0-1 



+ 6-0 



+ 3-4 



+ 0-6 



+ 0-7 



+ 1-1 



+ 6-5 



16 



+ 0-9 



+ 1-9 



+ 6*9 



+ 3-0 



-12 



-2-7 



+ 2-4 



+ 0-2 



17 



-4-4 



+ 0-3 



+ 6-6 



+ 41 



-30 



-2-3 



+ 0-7 



+ 32 



18 



+ 0-4 



-0-5 



+ 66 



-01 



-4-7 



-0-8 



+ 40 



+ 2 



19 



-3-5 



+ 0-2 



+ 3-4 



+ 0-5 



-4-7 



-31 







+ 3-6 



20 



-1-3 



+ 0-7 



+ 41 



+ 1-3 



-2-8 



-2-4 



+ 0-7 



-1-8 



21 



+ 06 



+ 1-0 



+ 3-7 



+ 2-9 



-4-0 



-20 



+ 11 



+ 1-3 



22 



-02 



+ 10 



+ 5-9 



+ 4-0 



-0-9 



+ 10 



+ 4-2 



+ 3-8 



23 



+ 2-2 



+ 1-1 



+ 8-5 



+ 2-4 



-0-2 



-03 



+ 61 



+ 7-5 



24 



+ 21 



+ 1-2 



+ 8-4 



+ 1-5 



-25 



-2-9 



+ 6-5 



+ 3-4 



25 



+ 11 



+ 07 



+ 41 



+ 5 



+ 2-9 



+ 1-2 



-0-8. 



-O'l 



26 







+ 1-0 



+ 5-8 



-1-4 



-03 



+ 0-7 



+ 01 



-21 



27 



+ 1-6 



+ 05 



-5-2 



-04 



-0-9 



-0-8 



-0-1 



-3-4 



The general features in these areas are as follows : In North-West 

 India prolonged low temperatare ; in North-East India prolonged high 

 temperature ; and in Central and Southern India fairly normal tempera- 

 ture with small variations sometimes on the one side sometimes on the 

 other, except during two brief periods. The noticeable features, there- 

 fore, are the high temperature in Bengal and the low temperature in the 

 North-West, with the latter of which I have not much concern. 



In connection with ray attempt to find an explanation of the recent 

 high temperatures, I may point out that in the Indian plains where high 

 temperature prevails between March and June, it is a much more diffi- 

 cult matter to account for temperatures which are in large excess than 

 for temperatures which are in large defect. The latter are usually, pro- 



