Conditions 



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to twenty-seven. These conditions favored rapid 

 development of vegetation and kept in existence 



Table No. 8. — lIonMy meteorological data—Culebra, Canal Zone, year IHi. 



Atmospheric 

 pressure 

 (fnclies). 



Air temperature (degraes Fabienhelt). 



!-►. 



h 



lonuary.... 

 Febraaiy... 



March 



April 



May 



June. 



July 



August 



Bcptember.. 



October 



November.. 

 December.. 



29.438 

 29.460 

 29.442 

 29.464 

 29.430 

 29.436 

 29.420 

 29.423 

 29.422 

 29.430 

 29.428 

 29.414 



29.851 



29.874 

 29.854 

 29.874 

 29.840 

 29.848 

 29.832 

 29.836 

 29.834 

 29.844 

 29.842 



Year 29.434 29.846 79.6 



Precipitation (inches). 



llazimum veloc- 

 ity. 



Number of days. 



January... 

 February.. 



March 



AprU 



May 



June 



July 



August.... 

 September. 

 October. . . 

 November. 

 December. 



Year. 



.33 

 .02 

 3.14 

 8. IS 

 7.67 

 10.12 

 12.88 

 14.12 

 10.15 

 7.59 

 4.87 



78.99 



89.66 172 68,400 NW, 



.56 

 .68 

 3.80 

 11.16 

 8.86 

 9.52 

 10.58 

 11.23 

 11.54 

 12.30 



7,697 

 7,864 

 8,893 

 7,059 

 5,538 

 3,715 

 4,962 

 4,592 

 3,975 

 3,505 

 6,039 

 6,667 



NW. 

 NW. 



N. 



N. 

 SW. 

 SE. 

 NE. 

 NE. 

 NE. 



N. 

 NW. 



N. 



36 NE. • 30 



SO 176 140 137 



7.4 

 7.8 

 7.7 

 7.3 

 7.5 

 7.6 



1 Elevation ol barometer 404 feet above sea level, 

 s Average for 22 years' record, 

 a Tenths of s^. 



•May. 



6 February. 

 • July. 



innumerable small collections of water which could 

 not evaporate before being replenished. • The con- 

 tinuity of the rainy periods, rather than the total 



