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SECTION 29.
METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATIONS.
1. Nicosia is in longitude 33°21'55", which gives time at 2 hours 13J-; minutes
fast
on
Greenwich.
2. Zone Time (i.s. 2 hours fast on Greenwich) was adopted in Cyprus as from the
14th November, 1921.
R E M A R K S O N T H E W E A T H E R EXPERIENCED DURING THE YEAR 1929.
The Mean Temperature as recorded in the screen at Nicosia during 1929 was 65°.6F.,
as against 66°.4F. tor the last 15 years. The Mean Maximum was 77°.2F. and the Mean
Minimum 53°.9F., as against 7S°.0F. and 54°.8F. respectively for the last 15 years.
The average Rainfall for the whole Island for 1929 was 26.67 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.