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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 ON T H E W E A T H E R EXPERIENCED DURING T H E Y E A R 1935.
The Mean Temperature as recorded in the screen at Nicosia during 1935 was 67.25°F.,
as against 66°.LF. tor the last 15 vears. The Mean Maximum was 79°.3F.. and the Mean
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Minimum 55°.IF., as against 7S°.3F. and 54°.7F. respectively for the last 15 years.
The average Rainfall for the whole Island for 1935 was 22.16 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 o-iven in the Return is reduced to 32°F., Mean Gravitv and Mean Sea
Level.