METEOROLOGICAL REPORT 
BOTANIC GARDENS, SINGAPORE 1959 
Reading daily at 9.30 a.m. local time at Gardens’ Office 
APPENDIX II 
1959 
Total Rainfall 
Highest 
fall in 
24 hrs. 
No. of 
days 
rainfall 
Mean 
Max. 
Temp. 
Highest 
Max. 
Temp. 
Mean 
Min. 
Temp. 
Lowest 
Min. 
Temp. 
Mean 
Temp. 
Dry Bulb 
Mean 
Temp. 
Wet Bulb 
Mean 
R.H. 
ins. * 
ins. 
°F 
°F 
°F 
°F 
°F 
°F 
°F 
% 
January 
10.78 (11.39) 
2.04 
19 
85.0 
89.5 
74.0 
71.5 
76.7 
75.6 
83.9 
February 
3.88 ( 7.30) 
0.85 
11 
89.2 
91.8 
74.8 
72.5 
81.6 
73.4 
80.3 
March 
11.72 ( 8.48) 
2.21 
18 
88.5 
93.0 
77.0 
71.5 
80.2 
76.2 
84.1 
April 
8.65 ( 8.12) 
2.68 
13 
88.6 
92.8 
75.3 
73.0 
81.6 
78.0 
85.0 
May 
4.14 ( 7.41) 
1.47 
12 
90.5 
94.0 
76.4 
73.5 
83.0 
78.5 
82.4 
June 
11.25 ( 6.65) 
3.17 
■ 18 
88.1 
93.0 
76.3 
71.2 
81.7 
78.0 
81.3 
July 
4.59 ( 6.17) 
1.89 
12 
88.5 
93.5 
74.8 
73.5 
82.1 
78.1 
82.7 
August 
3.64 ( 7.36) 
0.88 
14 
86.1 
91.0 
75.6 
72.5 
80.6 
76.7 
83.6 
September 
6.30 ( 7.70) 
2.15 
13 
87.3 
90.0 
75.7 
72.0 
82.3 
76.8 
78.5 
October 
5.28 ( 8.03) 
1.14 
15 
89.0 
91.0 
75.2 
71.5 
82.4 
78.0 
83 3 
November 
13.76 (10.62) 
3.46 
21 
87.5 
90.5 
74.4 
72.0 
80.6 
77.4 
85 6 
December 
12.95 ( 9.93) 
1.78 
24 
86.6 
91.0 
74.1 
71.5 
79.7 
73.4 
84.7 
Total/Mean ## 
96.94 (99.16) 
— 
190 
87.9 
91.8 
75.2 
72.2 
81.0 
76.7 
82.6 
Mean for the period 1914-1959 (46 years). 
