APPENDIX III 
meteorological record 
botanic gardens, SINGAPORE 1959 
Reading Daily at 8.00 a.m. Local Time a t Orchid Enclos ure from 1-1-59 
1959 
Total 
Rainfall 
Highest fall 
in 24 hours 
c 
No. of days 
Rainfall t 
t 
I 
Mean Max. i 
Temp. 
Highest ; 
Max. Temp. 
' - - 
Mean Min. 
I Temp. 
1 Lowest 
Min. Temp. | 
, Mean Temp. 
Dry Bulb 
Mean Temp. 
Wet Bulb 
Mean R.H. 
1 
1 
Mean Min. 
! Grass Temp. 
Mean Earth 
Temp. 4" 
•5- 
n 1— i 
iS & 
«5 (2 
s 
Mean Earth 
Temp. 
Mean Solar 
i Rad. 
Thermometer 
January 
February 
March 
April 
May 
June 
July 
August 
September 
October 
November 
December 
Total/Mean . . 
ins. 
8.73 
3.68 
11.62 
9.32 
3.96 
10.67 
4.71 
3.35 
5.57 
4.93 
14.26 
13.03 
ins. 
2^00 
0.72 
1.40 
2.76 
1.38 
3.37 
1.81 
0.89 
1.80 
1.25 
3.38 
1.92 
18 
11 
19 
15 
11 
19 
13 
10 
13 
16 
18 
22 
op 
85.0 
88.5 
87.6 
84.4 
88.1 
86.6 
87.4 
85.4 
84.4 
87.3 
85.9 
88.7 
°F 
89.0 
91.5 
93.5 
91.2 
91.5 
92.0 
90.0 
89.0 
91.0 
90.0 
88.5 
89.5 
°F 
73.1 
73.7 
73.2 
74.3 
75.2 
75.0 
75.2 
74.2 
74.1 
74.3 
73.3 
j 73.1 
°F 
70.5 
71.8 
70.0 
72.5 
73.5 
71.0 
70.5 
71.8 
71.0 
71.0 
71.0 
70.0 
°F 
75.0 
75.6 
75.7 
76.8 
77.8 
77.2 
79.6 
76.8 
77.1 
77.5 
76.3 
75.3 
°F 
74.1 
75.0 
74.9 
76.1 
77.1 
76.8 
76.9 
75.9 
76.2 
75.9 
75.3 
74.7 
% 
95.9 
97.4 
96.1 
96.7 
96.7 
96.8 
95.7 
95.7 
96.3 
95.5 
95.8 
97.5 
°F 
72.2 
72.5 
70.8 
72.1 
72.5 
72.2 
73.2 
72.8 
72.9 
73.1 
72.4 
72.7 
°F 
79.4 
80.8 
80.5 
80.8 
82.0 
81.9 
82.0 
81.4 
81.8 
82.5 
80.9 
79.3 
°F 
83.7 
83.4 
83.3 
83.3 
84.3 
83.2 
83.2 
82.8 
83.0 
84.2 
82.0 
81.1 
°F ' 
82.9 
83.8 
83.0 
83.6 
84.7 
84.0 
84.1 
83.6 
83.7 
84.6 
83.1 
82.0 
°F 
* 
* 
154.3 
143.0 
143.9 
134.0 
140.5 
137.2 
142.2 
142.5 
140.2 
136.3 
98.83 
185 
86.6 
90.6 
73.9 
71.2 
76.7 
1 
75.7 
97.7 
72.4 
81.2 
83.2 
83.6 
141.4 
1 
♦Not recorded. 
