. Bergens Museums skrifter. Science. Sketch of tlie Pl^'sical Nature of Cyprus. 11 while the south-eastern corner (neighbourhood of Larnaka) is the driest part of tlie island. It must, however, be noticed, that the amount of rain is subjected to rather considerable variations from year to year; thus, for instance, the mean rainfall of Cyprus in the period 1881—91 varied from mm. (in 1901—02) to mm. (in 1893 — 94). As already mentioned, the most important quantity of rain falls in the winter months; in the summer half-year (May— October) the rainfall does not make more than about '/
. Bergens Museums skrifter. Science. Sketch of tlie Pl^'sical Nature of Cyprus. 11 while the south-eastern corner (neighbourhood of Larnaka) is the driest part of tlie island. It must, however, be noticed, that the amount of rain is subjected to rather considerable variations from year to year; thus, for instance, the mean rainfall of Cyprus in the period 1881—91 varied from mm. (in 1901—02) to mm. (in 1893 — 94). As already mentioned, the most important quantity of rain falls in the winter months; in the summer half-year (May— October) the rainfall does not make more than about '/u of the total quantity of the year. The average amount of rain at the six stations for each month in the period 1887—91 was as follows:. JFMAMJJASONO Fig. 3. Average Amount of Rainfall for Each Month at the Six District Towis in the Period 1887—91. The months are marked with their initials. Average rainfall Numlier of (mm.) rain-days .Tan. . March . April. May . June . July . Aug. . Septbr. Novbr. The diagram here above (Fig. 3) still better shows, how regularly the monthly rainfall oscillates between the maximum in December ( mm.) and the minimum in July ( mm.). In unusually dry years the summer half-year may be practically without rain; thus for instance, ac- cording to Bellamy, the total rainfall at Larnaka in the months April-September 189s did not exceed mm., and at Kyrenia the same months 1900 mm. The rains gene- rally begin in November, cul- minate in December, and gra- dually decrease in the course of the spring-months and the first part of the summer until July with its complete lack of measurable rainfall. S n 0 w is extremely rare in the lower regions of the island, and when it falls does not last for more than a few hours. Quite otherwise is the „. 4 -i-i^j, l^,^^^l j^e^t of the Winter's Snow. Near the S
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