The more even distribution and the appearance of two maxima as the Equator is approached are also well shown in this table, which further shows that the north-east coast of the Bay of Bengal includes some of the rainiest places on the face of the globe.
Although the Burmese coast has so moist a climate, the greater part of the moisture pouring in from the sea is precipitated on the rather high range of hills that extends along the entire length of this peninsula, at no great distance from the coast; so that as we ascend the Irrawaddy, the rainfall steadily diminishes, until in the far inland regions of Upper Burmah we get a climate reproducing, in many respects, that of north-western India, though of course to a much less marked degree. This change from extreme moisture to moderate dryness may be followed by comparing the three following climatic tables of stations in Burmah.
=========+========================+========================+ Month | RANGOON, near Coast. | MANDALAY, Inland. | | Lat. 16° 30′ N. | Lat. 22° N. | +------------------------+------------------------+ | Mean | Mean | Mean | Mean | Mean | Mean | |Monthly|Monthly| Monthly|Monthly|Monthly|Monthly | |Maxima |Minima |Rainfall|Maxima |Minima |Rainfall| ---------+-------+-------+--------+-------+-------+--------+ January | 89·1 | 64·2 | 0·11 | 84·1 | 56·0 | 0·06 | February | 92·8 | 65·9 | 0·23 | 89·9 | 60·1 | 0·08 | March | 96·6 | 71·1 | 0·16 | 97·7 | 67·9 | 0·21 | April | 98·6 | 76·2 | 1·74 | 102·3 | 77·8 | 1·19 | May | 91·9 | 77·3 | 11·73 | 99·0 | 79·0 | 5·26 | June | 86·5 | 76·5 | 18·30 | 95·0 | 78·5 | 5·71 | July | 85·3 | 75·8 | 21·37 | 94·2 | 78·4 | 3·26 | August | 85·1 | 75·7 | 19·65 | 93·3 | 77·6 | 4·16 | September| 85·7 | 75·9 | 15·89 | 92·8 | 76·9 | 6·21 | October | 87·7 | 75·6 | 7·12 | 91·8 | 74·8 | 4·54 | November | 87·6 | 72·3 | 2·52 | 86·7 | 67·2 | 1·67 | December | 87·3 | 67·3 | 0·07 | 82·3 | 59·3 | 0·28 | ---------+-------+-------+--------+-------+-------+--------+ Year | 89·5 | 72·8 | 98·89 | 92·4 | 71·1 | 32·63 | =========+=======+=======+========+=======+=======+========+
=========+======================== Month |BHAMO, Chinese Frontier. | Lat. 24° 20′ N. +------------------------ | Mean | Mean | Mean |Monthly|Monthly|Monthly |Maxima |Minima |Rainfall ---------+-------+-------+-------- January | 77·2 | 48·5 | 0·71 February | 82·2 | 53·1 | 0·39 March | 89·0 | 60·1 | 0·69 April | 93·9 | 67·6 | 1·65 May | 93·7 | 72·7 | 6·15 June | 90·5 | 74·9 | 13·35 July | 87·8 | 75·1 | 19·17 August | 88·1 | 75·4 | 16·40 September| 90·1 | 74·5 | 8·79 October | 88·5 | 69·6 | 3·47 November | 81·8 | 59·2 | 0·93 December | 76·3 | 50·7 | 0·44 ---------+-------+-------+-------- Year | 82·6 | 65·1 | 72·14 =========+=======+=======+========