This remarkable coolness in winter in some respects, more of abassing curse. Tt January, in. Hang chow, were. as "mild. as" April oF Sovemnber,, which would, be" #0, of shared the clemency of the mean of latitude 30° Riy. the farm crops Sout for throu, th inset peat mosquitoes would. be with, us emotes It Is the cool-
Spe ce one Bee of he a Hus, lires ent Being only forty miles from the hai and Nanking. it exceeds their register by 22 per cent. and §0 per cent., respectively. Hangehow's mark even' surpasses that those of FOO chow, Amoy and Swatow. In common with other places in China, most of the rein falls in\ summer, but the distribution throughout the year is much more even than obtains other areas. In the spring Hangchow receives' 266 per cent, in the summer 375 per cent, decreasing the autumn to 213 per cent. and the winter to 146 per cent, In compari son, it may be mentioned, that in Peiping 76 per cent. of annual precipitation comes in summer, while only a little more than 1 por cent. comes in winter. "Even in Shanghai, the distribution is not so uniform as Hangchow has also the distinction of being in a district where the variability of annual rainfall, is the. least in China. "North China is not only handicaped by its scanty rainfall, but also by its great variability. Places like Peiping and 'Kaifeng have mean variability of over 30 er cent. 'The frequent occurrence Of drought and famine is owing at east partially to the extreme vari ability' of rainfall. The mean variability of Hangehow's rainfall is 16 per cent, and Japan only 11 per 'During the present autumn, "we witnessed a remarkable drought. For period of 40 days—September 10 fo 'October 31—it' was practically rainless, with only a trace of pre~ capitation, 04 in, Since 1005, when rainfall records have been regularly kept for Hangchow, only one month—January 1918—elapsed without a ingle drop of rain." Fortunately, this year's drought with its.04 inch. Fain came at a time when it could @o'the least harm to crops.
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