Appendix II 
METEOROLOGICAL REPORT 
BOTANIC GARDENS, SINGAPORE, 1962 
Reading daily at 9.30 a.m. local time at Gardens Office from 1-1-62 — 31-12 62 
Altitude c.90 feet a.s.l . 
1962 
Total Rainfall 
Highest j 
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. 
inches 
inches 
°F 
°F 
°F 
°F 
°F 
°F 
% 
January . . ' . . 
* 
10.28 (11.19) 
2.57 
18 
84.9 
89.0 
73.5 
71.4 
78.0 
75.1 
87.0 
February 
2.13 (7.18) 
0.80 
8 
86.9 
90.0 
73.2 
70.0 
79.0 
75.0 
80.6 
March 
9.19 (8.38) 
2.27 
16 
88.1 
91.0 
74.1 
71.9 
80.3 
76.6 
84.0 
April 
6.90 (8.10) 
1.74 
15 
89.8 
93.0 
74.5 
72.2 
81.7 
77.4 
81.6 
May 
5.35 (7.49) 
1.42 
12 
90.7 
93.0 
75.9 
73.2 
83.5 
78.8 
80.1 
June 
6.39 (6.67) 
1.57 
15 
88.2 
93.5 
75.9 
72.8 
81.9 
78.3 
83.5 
July 
5.72 (6.17) 
2.09 
17 
87.8 
92.0 
75.7 
71.0 
80.7 
73.9 
84.2 
August 
5.52 (7.12) 
1.83 
19 
86.0 
91.5 
74.8 
71.5 
80.4 
76.9 
84.8 
September 
6.75 (7.56) 
2.65 
10 
87.2 
91.2 
75.6 
71.5 
81.2 
77.3 
82.1 
October 
5.90 (7.89) 
1.47 
14 
88.9 
93.0 
75.7 
73.2 
83.2 
78.1 
79.3 
November 
12.16(10.51) 
1.67 
19 
87.9 
93.0 
74.6 
72.8 
80.7 
77.0 
84.3 
December 
13.30 (9.89) 
3.52 
23 
86.0 
89.8 
73.3 
70.5 
79.6 
75.8 
83.7 
Total 
89.59 (98.12) 
— 
186 
•• 
Mean 
•• 
87.7 
(30.9°C) 
91.7 
(33.2°C) 
74.7 
(23.7°C) 
71.8 
(22. 1 °C) 
80.8 
(27. 1°C) 
76.4 
(24.7°C) 
82.9 
* Mean rainfall for the period 1914 — 1962 (49 years). 
