======================+===========+=========== Station | December | Year |----+------+----+------ | F. | ~C.~ | F. | ~C.~ ----------------------+----+------+----+------ Algiers (on the coast)|54·9|~12·7~|64·5|~18·1~ Orleansville (on the |49·9| ~9·9~|65·2|~18·4~ low “Tel”) | | | | Térriet el Haad (on |43·5| ~6·4~|57·3|~14·1~ the high “Tel”) | | | | Géryville (on the high|39·8| ~4·3~|56·7|~13·7~ plateau) | | | | Biskra (Sahara) |51·5|~10·8~|68·5|~20·3~ ======================+====+======+====+======
NOTE.--In this and all following tables, F. stands for degrees Fahrenheit; C. for degrees Centigrade; E.F., elevation above the sea in feet; E.M., the same expressed in metres; Ins., inches, English; Mm., millimetres.
The character of the climate of the capital, which may be considered typical of the coast health resorts, may be gathered from the following table:--
ALGIERS. LAT. 33° 47′ N.; LONG. 0° 44′ E. E.F. 105; E.M. 33·5.
========+===========+===========+===========+=====+=============+===== Month | Mean | Mean | Mean |Rela-| Rainfall | Num- |Temperature| Maximum | Minimum | tive| | ber | |Temperature|Temperature| Hu- | | of +----+------+----+------+----+------+midi-+-----+-------+Rainy | F. | ~C.~ | F. | ~C.~ | F. | ~C.~ | ty | Ins.| ~Mm.~ | Days --------+----+------+----+------+----+------+-----+-----+-------+----- January |56·0|~13·3~|62·7|~17·0~|50·2|~10·1~| 60 | 3·25| ~82·5~| 16 February|61·3|~16·3~|70·2|~21·2~|54·8|~12·7~| 61 | 3·17| ~80·6~| 9 March |57·2|~14·0~|64·5|~18·1~|51·5|~10·8~| 62 | 3·14| ~79·1~| 15 April |60·5|~15·8~|67·8|~19·9~|54·2|~12·3~| 65 | 3·46| ~88·4~| 10 May |66·7|~19·3~|74·7|~23·7~|60·2|~15·7~| 62 | 3·53| ~89·2~| 6 June |72·5|~22·5~|79·7|~26·5~|66·7|~19·3~| 71 | 0·75| ~19·1~| 6 July |75·8|~24·1~|83·0|~28·3~|68·5|~20·3~| 68 | 0·70| ~17·2~| 2 August |77·0|~25·0~|84·3|~29·1~|70·0|~21·1~| 67 | 0·20| ~4·9~| 4 Septem- | | | | | | | | | | ber |75·5|~24·2~|83·2|~28·4~|70·3|~21·3~| 73 | 0·28| ~7·1~| 9 October |71·2|~21·8~|79·2|~26·2~|66·0|~18·9~| 72 | 1·52| ~38·6~| 11 November|59·8|~15·5~|67·3|~19·6~|55·7|~13·2~| 70 | 9·0 |~228·3~| 22 December|56·8|~13·8~|67·5|~19·7~|51·7|~10·9~| 69 | 1·65| ~42·0~| 7 --------+----+------+----+------+----+------+-----+-----+-------+----- Year |65·8|~18·8~|73·2|~22·9~|59·8|~15·5~| 66·7|30·5 |~777·0~| 117 ========+====+======+====+======+====+======+=====+=====+=======+=====