APPENDIX III 
METEOROLOGICAL REPORT 
BOTANIC GARDENS SINGAPORE, 1968 
Reading daily at 8.00 a.m. local time at “Orchid Enclosure” from 1-1-68 to 31-12-68 
1968 
Total Rainfall 

Highest fall in 24 
hours 
No. of days rainfall 
| Mean Maximum 
1 Temperature 
Highest Maximum 
Temperature 
Mean Minimum 
Temperature 
Lowest Minimum 
i Temperature 
Mean Dry Bulb 
Temperature 
Mean Wet Bulb 
Temperature 
Mean R.H. 
Mean Grass Mini- 
mum Temperature 
Mean Earth 4” Tem- 
perature 
Mean Earth 1’ Tem- 
perature 
Mean Earth 4’ Tem- 
perature 
Mean Solar Radia- 
tion Temperature 
Mean Daily hours of 
Sunshine 
January 
February . , [ * 
March , , ’ ’ 
April . . * ’ 
May 
June 
July . . . . * [ 
August . . ' ' 
September 
October 
November 
December . . ] ’ 
Total . . 
Mean . . 
inches 
9.28 
0.49 
13.15 
5.34 
9.49 
4.43 
4.97 
7.03 
6.44 
7.73 
11.72 
11.31 
inches 
4.85 
0.35 
4.32 
1.51 
1.52 
2.44 
0.90 
1.83 
1.78 
2.86 
1.81 
2.67 
8 
2 
13 
19 
16 
9 
21 
20 
12 
16 
21 
16 
°F 
87.8 
90.6 
89.5 
90.2 
88.6 
90.1 
87.7 
88.3 
89.0 
88.2 
88.5 
88.5 
op 
93.5 
94.5 
94.0 
92.0 
93.0 
93.2 
91.2 
92.5 
91.5 
91.0 
92.0 
92.0 
°F 
71.2 
71.4 
73.2 
74.2 
74.3 
74.3 
74.2 
74.2 
74.6 
72.5 
72.1 
72.5 
°F 
68.0 
68.5 
69.2 
71.5 
72.0 
72.5 
72.0 
71.0 
70.5 
70.2 
69.0 
69.8 
°F 
73.4 
73.7 
75.4 
76.2 
76.7 
76.4 
77.1 
77.2 
77.4 
76.8 
76.0 
82.2 
°F 
72.5 
72.3 
74.5 
75.6 
75.9 
75.5 
76.0 
76.1 
76.3 
75.8 
75.1 
74.6 
% 
95.5 
93.1 
95.7 
97.4 
94.1 
96.1 
94.7 
94.6 
94.8 
95.0 
95.7 
96.0 
°F 
69.9 
68.2 
71.5 
72.0 
72.3 
71.9 
72.0 
70.4 
71.3 
72.4 
71.5 
72.1 
°F 
78.1 
79.1 
80.4 
81.7 
81.2 
81.7 
81.2 
81.2 
81.5 
80.7 
80.0 
80.0 
°F 
79.7 
81.5 
82.2 
83.3 
82.8 
83.4 
82.9 
83.2 
83.6 
83.0 
82.0 
81.7 
°F 
79.9 
81.6 
82.4 
83.0 
83.0 
83.2 
83.1 
83.1 
83.9 
83.4 
82.6 
82.2 
°F 
125.4 
137.3 
136.8 
136.0 
132.8 
134.1 
129.5 
130.2 
134.0 
131.8 
129.8 
127.5 
hours 
5.15 
8.10 
5.79 
5.81 
5.34 
6.52 
4.59 
5.49 
6.00 
5.42 
5.50 
4.13 
91.38 
4.85 
173 
•• 
•* 
•• 
•• 
•• 
88.9 
95.2 
73.2 
72.8 
76.5 
75.0 
95.2 
71.3 
80.6 
82.4 
81.8 
132.1 
5.82 
