Annual report on the Medical Department / Straits Settlements.

  • Straits Settlements. Medical Department.
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[1931]
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Credit: Annual report on the Medical Department / Straits Settlements. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    TABLE IV Meteorological returns for the Straits Settlements for the year 1931, and also two graphs shewing the wettest and driest years since 1869, and the annual rainfall in inches and millimetres since 1862. Meteorological Return for the Year 1931 Singapore Temperature Rainfall Winds Remarks Shade Maximum Shade Minimum Range Mean Amount in m. m. Degree of Humidity at 9 a.m. General Direction Average Force January 87.2 73-3 13-9 80.3 293.6 83 E.N.E. 3 February 90.4 73-8 16.6 82.1 150.1 79 E.N.E. 3 March 89.9 74-7 15.2 82.3 131-6 78 E.N.E. 3 April 89.0 75-7 13-3 82.3 172.7 80 s. 2-3 May 88.8 76.5 12.3 82.6 176.8 82 s.s.w. 2-3 June 88.3 76.9 11-4 82.6 258.3 82 S-S.E. 2-3 Ju’y 87-3 76.1 11.2 81.7 176.3 81 S.S.E. 2-3 August 89.7 77.6 12.1 83-7 145.8 81 S.S.E. 3 September 87.4 74-9 12.5 81.1 248.7 83 S.S.E. 2-3 October 86.6 75-i 11.s 80.9 233-9 80 w.s.w. 2-3 November 87.4 73-6 13-8 80.5 266.2 79 N.N.E. 2 December 84.2 73,-3 10.9 78.7 303-0 85 N.N.E. 3 Mean ... 88.0 75-i 12.9 81.5 213-1 81 | Meteorological Return for the Year 1931 Penang Temperature Rainfall Winds Remarks Shade Maximum Shade Minimum Range Mean Amount in m.m. Degree of Humidity at 9 a.m. General Direction Average Force J anuary 90.2 74-8 15.4 82.5 150.9 74 February 93-5 74-8 18.7 84.1 31-8 74 March 93-7 75-9 17.8 84.8 113.8 75 G April 92.0 75-9 16.1 83-9 203.2 78 O May 92.0 75-9 16.1 84.1 366.5 75 a > June 90-3 75-5 14.8 82.9 348.2 78 u <D July 90.5 75-2 15-3 82.9 160.5 76 •Q August 90.5 74.6 1-5-9 82.5 186.7 77 O September 88.3 73-4 14.9 80.9 209.3 77 O October 88.5 73-9 14.6 81.2 35i-5 80 November 89.4 73-8 15.6 81.6 335-8 77 December 89.0 73-6 15-4 81.3 182.6 77 90.7 74 9 15.9