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Padang Brahrang Estate, Lankat, Sumatra: rainfall for six months from 1st January to 30th June, 1882

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Padang Brahrang Estate, Lankat, Sumatra: rainfall for six months from 1st January to 30th June, 1882

This is a rainfall record table for the Padang Brahrang Estate in Lankat, Sumatra, covering the period from 1 January to 30 June 1882, furnished by A. B. Thompson (p. 171).

Summary

The document presents a day-by-day rainfall table (in inches) for six months, with entries for January, February, March, April, May, and June. Several months are incomplete, with ellipses indicating missing or unrecorded days. Monthly totals are provided where sufficient data exists: January (2.94 inches), April (5.26 inches), May (10.34 inches), and June (4.13 inches), with a combined figure of 8.60 inches also noted (p. 171). The record is of interest as a primary climatological observation from a Sumatran plantation in the early colonial period.

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