APPENDIX Lit 
METEOROLOGICAL RECORDS 
Botanic Gardens, Singapore, 1958 
Reading daily at 0200 hours G.M.T. = 9.30 a.m. Local Time 
Gardens Office 
Month 
1 
[ 
Total rainfall 
Highest 
fall in 
24 hours 
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 
Relative 
Humidity 
ins. 
ins. 
1 ' - ■ ■ ■ — 
, 
°F 
°F 
op 
°F 
°F 
V 
/O 
\ 
January 
7.79 
* 
(11.40) 
1.61 
15 
85.0 
91.5 
73.9 
70.0 
80.5 
76.2 
81.9 
Februarv .. 
5.68 
( 7.35) 
1.57 
15 
87.8 
91.0 
75.3 
71.0 
78.0 
76.8 
83.5 
March 
3.68 
( 8.41) 
1.54 
11 
87.7 
92.5 
75.4 
72.0 
82.0 
77.3 
80.9 
April 
3.45 
( 8.11) 
0.92 
14 
90.8 
92.8 
76.2 
72.5 
84.0 
78.6 
77.8 
May 
7.44 
( 7.48) 
1.84 
19 
89.0 
93.0 
76.3 
73.0 
81.8 
76.2 
85.7 
June 
11.90 
( 6.39) 
2.55 
15 
88.7 
92.5 
76.3 
71.0 
81.8 
78.3 
85.4 
July 
2.09 
( 6.20) 
0.83 
9 
90.4 
93.0 
76.0 
71.0 
82.0 
78.6 
85.9 
August 
12.81 
( 7.44) 
2.10 
19 
86.6 
91.0 
74.3 
72.0 
79.3 
76.8 
89.1 
September . . 
3.18 
( 8.18) 
i 1.35 
13 
88.5 
91.5 
76.0 
73.0 
83.0 
78.0 
82.7 
October 
12.73 
( 7.88) 
1.78 
19 
88.0 
92.0 
75.4 
71.8 
81.2 
78.0 
86.7 
November ,. 
21.56 
(10.64) 
5.24 
19 
86.8 
91.5 
74.8 
71.5 
80.4 
77.2 
84.4 
December .. 
4.32 
(12.75) 
1.36 
13 
87.2 
89.5 
73.8 
71.5 
80.4 
76.2 
82.2 
Total/Mean .. 
j 96.63 
(97.22) 
• ■ 
181 
88.0 
91.8 
75.3 
71.7 
81.2 
77.3 
83.7 
*Mean for 1914-58. 
