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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 Cyprus as from the
14th
November, 1921.
REMARKS O N T H E W E A T H E R EXPERIENCED DURING T H E YEAR 1930.
The Mean Temperature as recorded in the screen at Nicosia during 1930 was 66°.8F.,
as against 66°.4F.forthe last 15 years. The Mean Maximum was 78°.5F, and the Mean
Minimum 55°.1F., as against 77°.i-«F. and 54°.8F. respectively for the last 15 years.
The average Rainfall for the whole Island for 1930 was 24.14 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.