CHAPTER III.
RAINFALL AND SEASONS.
Rainfall. Famines and Scarcities— In 1790-92— In 1824- In 1865-6(3— In 1871-72— In 1876-78— In 1885-86— In 1889— In 1896-97— The relief granted — Private charity and Government loans — Cost to the State— Resisting power of the district. Floods and Storms — Storm of 1700- Of 1749 — And of 1752— Cyclone of 1867— Flood and cyclone of 1870— Flood of 1872— Cyclone of 1876 — Two cyclones of 1 878. Earthquakes.
Statistics of the rainfall at the various recording stations in both Rainfall, the plains and the Agency, and for the district as a whole, are given below for the dry weather (January to !March), the hot weather (April and May), the south-west monsoon (Juno to September), the north-east monsoon (October to December) and the whole year. The figures shown are the averages of those recorded between 1904 and the earliest year in which rainfall was systematically registered at each station.
Years recorded. Janu- April June to October station. ary to and Septem- to De- Total. Msrch. May. ber. cember. Koraput Division. Jeypore 1882-1904 0-94 4-18 64-61 5-40 7513 Koraput 1877-1904 0-93 3-96 48-95 5-50 59-34 Malkanagiri ,,. 1882-1904 0-56 3-OS 58-12 4-70 66-46 Naurangijur ... 1882-1904 0-83 3-56 55-99 3-90 64-28 Padwa 1882-1904 1-55 7- 69 37-18 7-28 53-70 Pottangi 1883-1904 1-69 6U8 44-81 10-12 62-70 Narasayatam Diviaion. Anakfi.palle 1870-1904 0-71 2-90 21-34 11-44 36-89 Narasapatam ... 1870-1904 1-64 5-21 . 24-37 11-54 42-76 P61avaram 1895-1904 1-98 2-89 '17-06 9-28 31-21 Yellamanohili 1870-1904 1-00 345 20-55 12-37 37-37 Ch6davaram ... 1870-1904 1-39 4-58 25-42 12-57 43-96 Pdrvatipur Division. Bissamkatak 1890-1904 1-69 5-92 36-40 4-00 48-03 Bobbin 188 J- 1904 1-88 3-91 28-56 7-72 4207 Gunupur 1882-1904 2-02 4-96 34-89 6-05 47-92 P&rvatipnr 1870-1904 1-90 4-55 30-98 8-69 46-12 Rayagada 1877-1904 1-29 5-35 32-30 5-92 44-86 S41dr 1870-1904 1-40 4-39 26-83 10-90 43-58
