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 SUL 421 is enabled to feed himself are quite sufficient to account for his inferiority of physique. Average temperature. The average temperature is lowest in January, the mean of that month being about 65°F. It gradually rises till May, when it ranges from 90° to 100°; on the setting in of the rains the mean tem- perature comes down to about 85, and remains about that height till October, when it begins gradually to decrease, reaching its minimum again, in January, There are no severe frosts, but cold blighting winds are not unfrequent in December and January. There are also occasional bailstorms about March and April, which sometimes do great damage to crops.