METEOROLOGICAL REPORT 
Botanic Gardens, Singapore 
Reading daily at 9.30 a.m. local time at Gardens’ Office 
APPENDIX 11 
1960 
Total Rainfall 
Highest 
fall in 
24 hrs. 
No. of 
days of 
recorded 
rain 
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 
Op 
°F 
% 
January 
7.36 (11.30) 
3.18 
17 
86.1 
90.0 
73.8 
71.0 
79.3 
75.8 
84.3 
February 
10.04 ( 7.35) 
1.83 
18 
86.6 
90.5 
73.5 
71.5 
79.4 
75.9 
84.4 
March 
2.24 ( 8.35) 
0.91 
13 
89.6 
93.0 
74.7 
72.0 
82.1 
75.0 
79.1 
April 
9.02 ( 8.14) 
2.20 
17 
88.9 
93.5 
75.5 
72.8 
82.2 
78.2 
83.3 
May 
5.30 ( 7.58) 
1.71 
16 
90.5 
94.5 
76.3 
73.5 
83.0 
77.8 
82.9 
June 
8.03 ( 6.68) 
4.28 
17 
88.2 
92.0 
73.3 
72.5 
81.8 
78.3 
85.2 
July 
8.29 ( 6.22) 
4.33 
14 
87.3 
91.5 
75.6 
72.5 
81.0 
78.2 
87.6 
August 
3.23 ( 7.27) 
1.07 
11 
88.7 
93.0 
76.9 
73.5 
82.2 
78.8 
85.3 
Septembei 
4.90 ( 7.64) 
1.10 
19 
87.9 
90.5 
75.5 
73.0 
81.7 
78.0 
84.3 
October 
5.53 ( 7.98) 
1.79 
14 
88.7 
91.8 
75.4 
72.8 
82.5 
78.1 
81.6 
November 
3.41 (10.47) 
0.54 
23 
86.3 
91.0 
74.7 
73.2 
80.0 
76.9 
86.8 
December 
9.69 ( 9.93) 
2.69 
20 
86.1 
90.5 
74.2 
71.0 
79.9 
76.3 
85.2 
Total/Mean .. 
77.04 (98.71) 
•• 
199 
87.9 
91.8 
75.0 
72.4 
81.3 
77.3 
84.2 
* Mean for the period 1914-1960 /(47 years). 
