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TEMPERATURE AND RAINFALL — continued. 



Singapore, Straits Settlements, latitude 1^ 27' N., longitude 103^ 51' E. — Continued. 



MEAN RELATIVE HUMIDITY. 



Year. 



Jan. 



Feb. 



Mar. 



Apr. 



May. 



June. 



July. 



Aug. 



Sept. 



Oct. 



Nov. 



Dec. 



188'^ .... 



P.ct. 



P.ct. 



P.ct. 



P.ct. 



80 

 82 

 81 

 80 

 81 

 83 



P.ct. 

 76 

 80 

 80 

 80 

 83 

 82 



81 

 83 

 80 

 81 



84 



P.ct. 

 74 



]l 



76 

 81 



76 



P.ct. 

 76 

 76 



78 

 76 



82 

 81 



P.ct. 

 79 



81 

 79 

 76 



82 

 82 



P.ct. 



78 

 82 

 83 

 76 

 81 

 81 



P.ct. 

 82 

 83 

 82 

 83 

 84 

 85 



Pet. 

 84 



188:i 



78 

 84 



77 

 82 

 84 



76 

 79 

 84 

 76 

 86 



79 



80 

 77 

 79 

 83 



83 



1884 



83 



1885 . ... 



85 



1886 



82 



1887 



87 









81 



80 



80 



81 



80 



81 



77 



78 



80 



80 



83 



84 







INCHES OF RAINFALL. 



Year. 



Jan. 



Feb. 



Mar. 



Apr. 



May. 



June. 



July. 



Aug. 



Sept. 



Oct. 



Nov. 



Dec. 



An- 

 nual. 



1881 



13.49 



1.91 



8.30 



6.14 8.70 



2.65 



5.01 



5.40 



5.48 



10.41 



11.23 



12.23 



90.95 



1882 



6.37 



10.76 



1.62 



6.58 



6.63 



5.49 



5.30 



5.04 



5.74 



9.82 



8.11 



8.46 



79. 92 



1883 



2.95 



2.39 



6. 30 



7.87 



7.62 



4.83 



2.71 



3.10 



9.38 



7.41 



6.03 



6.15 



66.74 



1884 



11. 52 



2.19 



9.19 



2.52 



4.77 



5.83 



8.00 



4.98 



8.39 



9.00 



3.59 



12.53 



82. 51 



1885..- 



1.99 



6.29 



1.17 



5.40 



7.22 



10.11 



3.82 



2.34 i 2.81 



3.96 



10.42 



15.48 



71.01 



1886 



9.60 



3.79 



3.49 



5.71 



9.74 



8.51 



L71 



16.28 



5.84 



9.15 



9.43 



7.28 



80. 53 



1887 



11.79 



12.90 



5.46 



9.12 



7.12 



10.23 



13. 97 



14.39 



8.53 



6.92 



10.28 



12.98 



123. 69 



Mean . . . 



8.24 



5.75 



5.08 



6.19 



7.40 



6.81 



5.79 



7.36 



6.60 



8.10 



8.44 



10.73 



86.49 



NUMBER OF RAINY DAYS. 



Year. 



Jan. 



Feb. 



Mar. 



Apr. 



May. 



June. 



July. 



Aug. 



Sept. 



Oct. 



Nov. 



Dec. 



Total. 



1881 



14 



6 



18 



9 



7 



8 



12 



7 



8 



15 



18 



18 



140 



1882 



18 



18 



6 



11 



9 



9 



7 



12 



11 



19 



14 



18 



152 



1883 



5 



6 



10 



13 



11 



9 



10 



13 



16 



18 



21 



20 



152 



1884 



19 



10 



14 



8 



13 



14 



12 



11 



14 



14 



13 



12 



154 



1885 



6 



14 



5 



9 



20 



14 



9 



8 



13 



8 



20 



18 



144 



1886 



14 



11 













19 







22 



16 





1887 



23 



21 



21 



19 



18 



18 



10 



19 



16 



16 



20 



24 



225 



Mean... 



14 



12 



12 



12 



13 



12 



10 



13 



13 



15 



18 



18 







Average rainfall at Medan fo 



Inches. 



January 5.1 



February 3. 6 



March 3. 6 



April 4.9 



May 8.1 



June 4.7 



July 



5.2 



■ a period of thirteen years. 



Inches. 



August 9.0 



September 10. 1 



October 9.4 



November 10. 2 



December 8. 7 



Total 83. 1 



As a rule the temperature increases slightly from October to March. 

 The daily temperature ranges from about 70° F., at sunrise, to 94° at 

 midday and is quite uniform throughout the season. Eain falls in all 

 months of the year, but the greater portion of it falls between October 

 and December, which constitutes the rainy season of the year. 



