CLIMATE. 



171 



RAIN FALLEN AT HAVANA, AND MONTHLY MEAN OF 







HYGROMETER. 











loll. 



1812. 



1813. 



1814. 



1815. 



Mean. 



Hygrom. 



Jflnnnrv 



tf CULL UL Ctl V • • 



0 00 



1 .14: 



A OA 



1 TA 



1.70 



O.O I 



6. Li 



1 K 1 O 



Fpfornarv 



0.00 



1 n o 



l.yo 



0.54 



3.08 



9 17 

 L.Li 



1 QA. 

 ±.£/tfc 



£A AQ 

 00. Uo 



l?XdI Oil » • • • 



1 70 



o ir 



O.ID 



A in 



0.48 



2.90 



A OK 



1 TA 



00.71 



A Tkfl 1 



3 fiO 



2.40 



0 00 



5 A 0 



AIR. 



O A t 



rn A>< 



May ...... 



2.05 



2.63 



5.55 



3.67 



3.10 



3.40 



51.84 





11.26 



0.00 



5.35 



6.50 



6.59 



5.94 



55.42 





8.33 



2.75 



6.31 



8.42 



2.35 



5.63 



56.34 



August . . . 



2.89 



2.57 



4.35 



1.75 



1.61 



2.66 



54.44 



September 



7.27 



1.61 



4.37 



5.40 



5.17 



4.75 



54.60 



October . . 



0.90 



5.41 



8.92 



0.73 



8.71 



4.93 



55.40 



November 



1.40 



0.75 



1.30 



0.62 



4.93 



1.80 



56.10 



December 



1.45 



0.36 



2.38 



0.90 



1.44 



1.43 



54.95 



Totals . . 



40.85 



31.35 



39.75 



41.57 



40.14 



39.76 



54.67 



" Notwithstanding the frequency of rain during 

 the hot season, that is during the months of July 

 August, and September, these months do not pre- 

 sent the greatest number of cloudy days. The rains 

 of summer, although copious, are of short duration, 

 and those days on which showers do not fall, are in 

 general perfectly cloudless. It may almost be said 

 that during these months no clouds are to be seen in 

 the atmosphere, except while the shower is falling, 

 while in the other months cloudy days sometimes 

 occur without rain. Days during which the heavens 



