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temperature
READINGS
DATE
Max.
BAGHDAD
Min. Wet bulb
Dry bulb
Max.
BASRAH
Min. Wet bulb
Dry bulb
2nd November
82-0
58-8
52-0
633
87-0
54*2
56 2
66 0
3rd November
83-0
49:8
49'0
600
85-6
520
66 0
63-2
4th November
83-6
50’2
50-8
6T8
842
53 0
62-8
62-8
5th November
83-0
47-8
49 6
620
88’6
52-0
63-0
618
OBSERVATIONS,
Meteorologically, April was an unusually dry month following upon a mild winter
when the accumulation of snow in the hills to the north must have been small. These
three factors appear to have been the cause of the early appearance of hot weather
conditions, of the abnormally hot days experienced in April and of the low flood levels
of the two rivers.
Persia, too, apparently experienced similar weather in April, for the mean tem
perature at Teheran was 12° above the average.
In the plains of northern India on the other hand, exceptionally cold and wet
weather characterised the month.
The hottest April previously recorded in Mesopotamia, was 1901, when the
departures from the normal for the month were :—
Max Min. Max. Min
Basrah ... +59° +53° Baghdad ... +84° +71°
The effect of the low flood level of the rivers and of the small amount of country
covered by flood water, is shown in the Basrah readings which show a consistently
high daily maximum temperature and consistently low humidity compared with the
normals. Qurnah was slightly cooler, but more moist than Basrah, as might be
expected by reason of the proximity of the marshes which lie immediately to the north
and north-west of Qurnah.
Summaries of Meteorological readings from April to September, 1917.
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Average daily max. ...
95'5
95-9
99-7
1041
103-1
1015
103 8
108-9
111 2
1100
113’6
110-0
109-7
Average daily min. ...
Highest daily (or
60:2
66-3
64'8
747
77-7
740
76-5
77 6
773
79 4
78:4
74'4
790
absolute) max.
Lowest daily (or
107'7
108’7
109-0
1120
110’0
110 6
1160
116 8
118 2
120 8
119 6
116 3
1183
absolute) min....
53-0
59-8
59-0
69 0
73 2
67 9
70-0
70-0
70'6
73 0
73-0
68’0
721
MAY.
JULY.
SEPTEMBER
Average daily max. ...
A verage daily min. ...
Highest daily (or
96-2
67 5
98 6
72:1
102-6
695
114-6
828
112*8
83'7
1152
81.1
111-4
78:2
113 4
81*4
113-2
79:0
104-4
70:8
104 5
71 3
106-8
657
105 0
65'4
06-1
70.9
absolute) max...
Lowest daily (or
1070
110'5
116′5
122-8
1210
122*2
117 8
122 1
119-8
1146
1166
115-4
113 6
1166
absolute) min...
56-6
59-8
59 0
74-0
75-9
71-8
| 710
75-0
73-0
58'8
60-4
51 6
510
59'1
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