as
follows:

Days.
January 12
February 7
March 16
April 12
May 23
June 18
July 11
August 21
September 16
October 20
November 15
December 13]

_Kandy_, from its position, shares in the climate of the western coast;
but, from the frequency of the mountain showers, and its situation, at
an elevation of upwards of sixteen hundred feet above the level of the
sea, it enjoys a much cooler temperature. It differs from the low
country in one particular, which is very striking--the early period of
the day at which the maximum heat is attained. This at Colombo is
generally between two and three o'clock in the afternoon, whereas at
Kandy the thermometer shows the highest temperature of the day between
ten and eleven o'clock in the morning.

In the low country, ingenuity has devised so many expedients for defence
from the excessive heat of the forenoon, that the languor it induces is
chiefly experienced after sunset, and the coolness of the night is
insufficient to compensate for the exhaustion of the day; but, in Kandy,
the nights are so cool that it is seldom that warm covering can be
altogether dispensed with. In the colder months, the daily range of the
thermometer is considerable--approaching 30 deg.; in the others, it differs
little from 15 deg. The average mean, however, of each month throughout the
year is nearly identical, deviating only a degree from 76 deg., the mean
annual temperature.[1]

[Footnote 1: The following Table appeared in the _Colombo Observer_, and
is valuable from the care taken by Mr. Caley in its preparation;

_Analysis of the Climate at Peradenia, from 1851 to 1858 inclusive._

|Months. | Temperature. | Rainfall. | Remarks. |
| | | | |Aver-| |Average| |
| |Max. |Min.|Mean.|age | In.|of | |
| | | | | of | |Years / |
| | | | |Years| \ / |
|January |85.0 |52.5|74.06|6 |4.04 |6 |Fine, sunny, heavy dew at |
| | | | | | | |night, hot days, and cold |
| | | | | | | |nights and mornings. |
|February |87.75|55.0|75.76|7 |1.625 |6 |Fine, sunny, dewy nights, |
| | | | | | | |f