APPENDIX m 
METEOROLOGICAL RECORDS 
BOTANIC GARDENS, SINGAPORE 1956 
Reading daily at 8.00 a.m. Local Time 
ORCHID ENCLOSURE FROM 21-1-56 
i 
Month 
5‘ Total Rainfall 
- Highest Fall in 
• 24 hrs. 
No. of days 
Rainfall 
* 
c3 
23 d 
G £ 
Sh 
33 
°F 
o Highest Max. 
71 Temp. 
d 
It 
<u H 
33 
°F 
1 
d 
2 . 
GO C 
o H 
°F 
o Mean Temp. 
71 Dry bulb 
0 Mean Temp. 
71 Wet bulb 
T3 
3 Mean Relative 
8 Humidity 
a 
o Mean Min. 
71 Grass Temp. 
o Mean Earth 
71 Temp. 4" 
o Mean Earth 
71 Temp. 1' 
xi 
PJ o. 
7- 6 
SS 
4) i -1 
2 
°F 
j tr Mean Daily hrs. 
j« Sunshine 
o Mean Solar 
171 Radiation 
January 
8.48 
4.00 
6 
83.4 
89.0 
71.2 
69.0 
71.0 
72.4 
96.6 
69.3 
78.1 
80.5 
82.3 
• *•’ j 
• • 
February 
• • 
4.92 
1.22 
17 
87.1 
91.0 
72.6 
70.0 
74.4 
73.7 
96.4 
70.1 
80.2 
82.4 
82.3 
• • 
* * 
March 
4.29 
0.96 
11 
88.8 
91.8 
73.3 
71.0 
75.4 
74.8 
96.4 
72.1 
81.4 
83.8 
83.7 
6.0 
• • 
: * * - > 
April 
2.66 
0.63 
11 
87.8 
91.5 
74.5 
72.2 
76.7 
76.1 
97.0 
71.3 
82.4 
84.7 
84.3 
5.1 
• • 
May 
9.52 
3.79 
19 
85.2 
91.0 
74.4 
71.0 
77.0 
76.4 
96.6 
72.0 
80.7 
83.7 
84.2 
3.1 
• » 
June 
4.61 
2.00 
13 
85.4 
89.0 
74.2 
72.0 
76.6 
76.1 
94.2 
72.4 
80.9 
82.8 
83.5 
4.5 
• t 
July 
13.73 
4.00 
16 
84.1 
89.0 
73.3 
71.0 
75.2 
74.8 
97.3 
71.1 
79.3 
81.6 
82.8 
4.0 
136.4 
August 
8.67 
1.84 
24 
85.7 
88.8 
73.3 
71.0 
75.6 
75.1 
97.6 
71.6 
80.3 
82.3 
82.5 
4.4 
140.5 
September 
12.20 
3.00 
20 
85.8 
89.0 
73.5 
71.0 
76.5 
75.3 
94.3 
71.2 
80.8 
83.0 
82.9 
4.4 
139.6 
October 
5.07 
1.00 
21 
85.2 
89.0 
73.7 
71.5 
76.5 
75.8 
96.2 
71.1 
81.1 
83.1 
83.7 
3.7 
135.4 
November 
18,12 
3.53 
22 
83.8 
88.0 
73.5 
71.0 
75.9 
75.1 
96.1 
67.0 
80.2 
81.8 
83.2 
2.7 
131.4 
December 
7.98 
1.49 
22 
85.9 
89.5 
72.3 
70.0 
74.4 
73.5 
94.7 
69.9 
78.9 
82.0 
82.4 
4.0 
140.9 
'Total or Mean 
100.25 
4.00 
202 
85.7 
91.8 
73.3 
69.0 
75.4 
74.9 
96.1 
70.7 
80.3 
82.6 
83.1 
4.2 
137.3 
