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SECTION 29.
METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATIONS.
1. Nicosia is in longitude 33°21'55", which gives time at 2 hours 13-*^ minutes fast on
Greenwich.
2. Zone Time (i.e. 2 hours fast on Greenwich) was adopted in Cvprus as from the
14th November, 1921.
REMARKS ON T H E W E A T H E R EXPERIENCED DURING T H E YEAR 1923.
The Mean Temperature as recorded in the screen at Nicosia during 1923 was 67°.0F.
as against 65°.9F. for the.last 15 years. The Mean Maximum 78°.8F ; Mean Minimum
55°.2F. as against 77°.5F. and 54°.2F. respectively for the last 15 years.
Tho -average Rainfall for the whole Island Tor 1923 was 16.57 inches.
The rainy and cool season is from October to March. The climate is varied ; hot and
dry in the plains in summer ; damp on the sea-shore and cool on the hills.
The Mean Pressure given in the Return is reduced to 32°F., Mean Gravity and Mean Sea
Level.