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On certain Meteorological Phcenomena 



[Oct. 



rain in certain localities of India, instead of a few inches, as is the case 

 in Europe, caused, 1 was told, some surprise, and the expression of a 

 doubt whether the fact had been ascertained with sufficient precision, 

 and hy competent persons. I was not present on the occasion alluded 

 to, but the doubt having been brought to my notice subsequently, I lost 

 no time in applying to a friend to procure for me the official meteorolo- 

 gical reco rds kept by order of the government of Bombay at the con- 

 valescent station of Mahabuleshwar, which records T knew would afford 

 sufficient evidence to remove all doubts, at least so far as related to one 

 locality ; and I have now the pleasure of submitting the abstract of the 

 Meteorology for 1831 ; the observations being uiade by Dr. Murray, the 

 medical officer in charge of that station. The station is situated lat. 17^ 

 58' 53" N. and long. 73° 29' 50" W., near the western scarp of the 

 Ghats, or mountain chain extending from Surat to Cape Coraorin, and 

 varying from 1000 to 8000 feet in height. The elevation of the table- 

 land at Mahabuleshwar averages 4500 feet. The temperature of a spring 

 h 65-5 Fahr , and the mean temperature of the air for three or four 

 years is nearly the same. There is a good deal of forest along the Ghats, 

 but in belts and patches, so that the wood can have little effect on the 

 phsenomena which I am about to describe. In tliis table-land is the 

 source of the celebrated Kistnah river, which runs across the peninsula. 



The following table show^s the state of the thermometer, fall of rain, 

 &c., at the station : 



Months. 



J atiirivv . 

 Fe 1)111.1 vv 

 Mavcli.;. 



April 



May 



J 1 1 n f ' 



July 



August 



St^ptciTiber. 



October. . . 



November. 



D'^ceiTiber. 



S 



'7 71 

 •5 73 

 ■0,81 



'2 60-211- 

 7.61-3'l9-4 



i74-4 82-2166-7 1.3-5 ! 

 ,73-9 80-6 67-3 13-3 



'3 69 

 9 6'3 

 ■3 66 



■5\69 

 •.") 09 

 '3'68 



3|63-4 5-9 



6I63-2 3'4 



9 63-8 3-1 



4|63-6 2-8 



4l61-7^ 7-7 



5|G7-5,12-0 



4 . 56-2 12-2 



Fall of 

 P;un in 

 Inciies. 



0-25 



Two light; 

 showers . 



0-16 



32-03 

 lie- 60 

 75-91 

 65-97 



9'29 



One li-ht 

 shower. 



Moan, 



.167-3 7 



72-li62-6 9-5 I 302-21 



Direction and force of the Wincl. 



A. M. 

 E. light. 



■E. N. E. liiiht. 



E. M-ht. 

 N. E. li-llt. 



W. X. w. & s w, 



fr.ili, 



P. M. 



E. N. E. W. li.jllt. 

 V". >•. w. light. 

 AV.&N.w. fresh. 



w. light.. 



■W. N. W. & S. W. 



fl't^sh IMvl Stl'DUL 



s. hiuli & fresh. \s. w. hit-h & f.esli. 



■S. AV. «trnni.\ 

 s. w. higb. 

 s, w. fic'sh. 

 ( N. E. & .s. -w. light 

 c E. N. E. firsh. 

 E. N. E. flesh. 



E. N. E. & -w. light. 



s. Av. sh'ong. 

 s. w. hi^'h. 

 s. w. fresh. 



N. E. fresh. 



E. N. E. Iiigh, 



E. N. E. fresh. 



