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LIEUT.-COLONEL SYKES’S DISCUSSION OF METEOROLOGICAL 
observations respecting the fall of rain in the town of Sattarah and military canton- 
ment adjoining: ‘^The quantity of rain in the town of Sattarah usually exceeds that 
in the cantonment, situated a mile N.E., by 6 or 8 inches.” Annexed are the results, 
to which he has added the fall at his own bungalow or house, equidistant between 
the town and cantonment, so that the three localities are within the range of a mile. 
Years. 
1844. 
1845. 
1846. 
1847. 
1848. 
Town Hospital 
Dr. Murray’s bungalow 
44-39 
42-92 
43-17 
33-41 
36-06 
40-24 
39-52 
40-98 
Cantonment Hospital 
38-34 
31-65 
39-00 
27-81 
39-36 
Hill Fort, above the town of Sattarah... 
The increased fall of rain in the town of Sattarah, which is 2320 feet above the 
sea-level, is no doubt chiefly caused by the hill, 3200 feet above the sea-level, upon 
which the fort is situated, rising from the back of the town ; but this will not account 
for the difference in the fall at the Bungalow and Cantonment Hospital. The facts 
show how necessary is a local knowledge of physical features before generalizations 
can be ventured upon safely. 
In my former paper in the Philosophical Transactions I pointed out the remark- 
able differences in the fall of rain, twenty to twenty-five years ago on the sea coast, 
at the top of the Ghats, and at Poona, thirty-five miles to the eastward of the Ghats. 
Dr. Murray confirms my views in a much more detailed manner than I was enabled 
to attempt, in the following Table for the year 1848 : — 
Bombay. 
Ghats. 
Western Districts. 
Eastern districts. 
Means of 
33 years. 
Mahabuleshwur. 
Meera. 
Entesh- 
war. 
Sattarah. 
Bhore. 
Wye. 
Phul- 
tun. 
Jhutt. 
Bija- 
poor. 
Punder- 
poor. 
Akal- 
kote. 
Sanata- 
rium, 
means 
14 years. 
Sindola, 
1848. 
Hill 
Fort. 
Town. 
Canton- 
ment. 
January 
0-05 
February 
0-20 
0-15 
0-80 
0-04 
1-31 
0-74 
0-76 
3-31 
3-60 
2-75 
2-60 
2-50 
3-04 
2-79 
2-10 
2-09 
6-24 
0-75 
1-83 
June 
22-26 
46-53 
41-70 
10-93 
5-98 
4-10 
3-71 
3-26 
2-37 
2-20 
4-30 
1-59 
0-80 
2-02 
3-68 
July 
25-04 
92-10 
74-28 
22-90 
19-83 
18-77 
14-64 
12-02 
13-20 
9-05 
2-70 
3-07 
3-67 
4-38 
4-65 
August 
17-08 
72-33 
47-81 
6-16 
6-02 
5-00 
2-60 
2-55 
5-19 
1-61 
1-24 
4-82 
8-52 
6-21 
4-83 
September ... 
11-25 
31-32 
6-17 
2-30 
1-80 
1-46 
2-14 
1-40 
0-91 
0-96 
3-66 
2-64 
4-01 
4-35 
2-84 
October 
1-19 
4-58 
7-23 
2-75 
2-27 
4-64 
4-89 
3-28 
1-50 
2-75 
2-45 
3-88 
4-64 
8-35 
5-32 
November ... 
2-07 
4-37 
1-85 
0-19 
2-91 
1-57 
1-71 
4-15 
2-25 
3-59 
2-17 
3-78 
2-49 
2-30 
December ... 
0-05 
Year 
76-82 
254-05 
185-16 
49-64 
38-69 
39-38 
33-41 
27-81 
29-42 
20-73 
24-18 
18-17 
25-42 
28-55 
25-45 
With the exception of Bombay and the Sanatarium at Mahabuleshwur, the records 
are for the year 1848. The following are the respective elevations of the places above 
the sea-level : — 
Mababu- 
lesbwur. 
Sindola. 
Meera. 
Entesh- 
war. 
Sattarah 
Fort. 
Sattarah 
Town. 
Sattarah 
Canton- 
ment. 
Bhore. 
Wye. 
Phultun. 
Jhutt. 
Bija- 
poor. 
Punder- 
poor. 
Akal- 
kote. 
4500 
4600 
2340 
3700 
3200 
2320 
2320 
2350? 
2320? 
2000? 
2000? 
2000? 
2000? 
2000? 
