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Abstract of Meteorological Tables. 



[Dec. 



Extract from a Meteorological Journal kept at Kandy, Island of Ceylon, 



by Captain Ord, R. E. 



(To complete the year 1834, broken off in the Extract published in Journal, No. 48, 



December 1835, page 709.) 



Date. 



Thermometric Range. Rain-guage. 



1834. 



Monthly 

 Range. 



Greatest Range 

 in 24 hours. 



Least Range 

 in 24 hours. 



Mean. 

 Temp. 



72 



704 



Rain 

 fallen. 



Fallen in 

 24 hours 



Month. 



Max. 



and 



Min. 



814 

 634 



84 

 57 



Range. 



Max. 



and 



Min. 



Range. 



Max. 



and 



Min. 



Range. 



In the 

 month, 

 inches. 



Max. 



and 



Min. 



Nov 



Dec. .. 



18 

 27 



81 

 634 

 764 

 57 



174 

 194 



67 

 65 



634 



674 



2 

 1 



30.6 



| 4.6 



9. 

 

 3. 3 







N. B. Highest range in the shade during the year J 834, 88°, lowest 57°, mean 

 temp. 73" 1. 

 Total quantity of rain fallen during the year, 96.7 inches. 





Extract from the 



same Journal for the 



year 1835. 





Date. 



Thermometric Range. 



Rain 



■guage. 



1835. 



Monthly 



Greatest Range 



Least Range 





Rain 



Fallen in 



Range. 



in 24 hours. 



in 24 hours. 





fallen. 



24 hours. 











Mean 

 Temp. 



In the 







Max. 





Max. 





Max. 





Max. 



Month. 



and 



Range. 



and 



Range. 



and 



Range. 





month 



and 





Min. 





Min. 





Min. 







inches 



Min. 





79 



584 



204 



784 

 59 



19§ 



72 

 674 



44 



70 



8-65 



7 

 



Feb 



85 

 60 



25 



84 

 624 



214 



78 

 70 



8 



72! 



0-7 



7 







March, 



844 

 584 



26 



84 

 624 



214 



78 

 70 



8 



73| 



5-4 



2 8 

 



April, . . 



82 

 654 



164 



82 

 664 



154 



78 

 70 



8 



74 



6-2 



2 3 







May, .. 



834 

 65 



184 



81 

 65 



16 



76 

 7) 



5 



73| 



3 



5 

 



June, . . 



804 

 66 



144 



804 

 66 



144 



75 

 70 



5 



72| 



4-8 



8 

 



July, .. 



83 

 64 



19 



81 

 64 



17 



75 

 70 



5 



72| 



2-7 



7 







Aug. .. 



834 

 64 



19% 



80 

 64 



16 



74 

 70 



4 



72| 



5-8 



9 

 



Sept. . 



844 

 65 



194 



844 

 66 



184 



734 

 694 



4 



72 



7-15 



1 8 







Oct. .. 



82 

 65 



17 



82 

 65 



17 



70 

 79 



1 



71 



206 



6 

 



Nov. . . 



85 

 54 



31 



83 

 54 



29 



76 

 69 



7 



72 



6-8 



1 2 

 



Dec. . . 



85 

 62 



23 



84 

 62 



22 



78 

 69 



9 



724 



4-4 



1 5 

 



N. B. Highest range in the shade during the year 1835, 85°, lowest, 584°, mean 



temp 7244 



Mean of max. and min. for the 2 years, 72*125 



Ditto of calculated mean temp, for ditto, , 72*77 



(Too high, in consequence of employing the hours of 8 instead of 10.) 

 Total quantity of rain fallen during the year, 76'2 inches. 



