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=j 1'3# ksrSCIK uOHia:dk wkqj jdrAIsl iy udisl idudkH WIaK;ajh " 2008 \ 2015
ml;ltiz 1.3 mtjhd epiyakl;lj;jpy; tUlhe;j> khjhe;j ruhrup gtd
ntg;gepiy> 2008 – 2015
Table 1.3: Annual and monthly average air temperature at observation stations,
2008- 2015
(fikag(f.%avz wxYl nrd;upfpNwl; ghiffs; Degrees Celsius)

idudkHh
uOHia:dkh iy epiyaKk; khjKk; Station and ruhrup
udih month Average 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015
1961 - 1990
fld<U nfhOk;G Colombo
jdrAIsl idudkH tUlhe;j ruhrup Annual average 27.4 27.5 27.9 28.0 27.9 28.0 28.0 28.0 28.1
ckjdrs ij January 26.6 26.9 27.0 27.7 26.6 26.8 27.3 27.5 27.4
fmnrjdrs khrp February 26.9 27.1 27.0 28.6 27.0 27.6 27.7 27.6 25.7
udrA;= gq;Fdp March 27.7 27.4 27.9 29.0 28.2 28.2 28.5 28.6 28.1
wfm%a,a rpj;jpiu April 28.2 27.6 28.6 28.8 28.0 27.9 29.4 28.7 28.4
uehs itfhrp May 28.3 28.7 29.2 28.6 29.0 29.2 29.0 29.1 29.2
cQks Mdp June 28.0 27.9 28.0 28.6 28.6 28.7 27.8 29.0 28.6
cQ,s Mb July 27.6 27.5 27.9 27.8 28.2 28.6 27.8 28.8 29.0
wf.daia;= Mtzp August 27.5 27.6 28.3 28.0 28.2 28.1 28.0 27.9 29.0
iema;euznrA Gul;lhjp September 27.5 27.8 28.0 27.9 28.3 28.0 27.7 28.0 27.9
Tlaf;danrA Ig;grp October 27.0 27.3 27.7 27.9 28.1 27.7 28.0 27.5 27.8
fkdjeuznrA fhu;j;jpif November 26.7 27.3 27.1 27.0 27.6 27.5 27.6 27.0 27.6
foieuznrA khh;fop December 26.6 27.1 27.6 26.5 27.1 27.3 27.4 26.7 27.9
hdmkh aho;g;ghzk; Jaffna
jdrAIsl idudkH tUlhe;j ruhrup Annual average 27.9 28.1 28.3 28.5 28.2 28.5 28.2 23.9 28.5
ckjdrs ij January 25.5 25.5 25.5 25.9 25.5 25.0 25.6 25.2 25.5
fmnrjdrs khrp February 26.5 26.5 25.9 26.5 26.0 26.5 26.4 25.5 26.1
udrA;= gq;Fdp March 28.3 27.2 27.7 28.8 27.8 28.7 28.0 27.9 28.1
wfm%a,a rpj;jpiu April 29.9 29.1 29.1 31.2 29.0 29.9 30.2 30.7 29.7
uehs itfhrp May 29.5 29.9 30.3 30.6 29.9 30.5 30.1 30.5 30.1
cQks Mdp June 29.0 29.9 29.8 30.1 30.1 30.2 29.8 31.3 30.2
cQ,s Mb July 28.6 29.5 29.7 30.3 30.1 30.2 29.5 30.9 30.3
wf.daia;= Mtzp August 28.3 28.9 29.5 29.4 29.5 29.8 29.0 29.7 30.2
iema;euznrA Gul;lhjp September 28.3 29.5 29.7 28.4 29.5 29.7 28.7 28.9 30.0
Tlaf;danrA Ig;grp October 27.7 28.3 28.8 28.2 28.3 28.0 28.8 .. 27.7
fkdjeuznrA fhu;j;jpif November 26.7 26.6 27.2 27.0 26.8 27.1 26.8 .. 26.9
foieuznrA khh;fop December 25.8 26.1 26.1 25.6 25.9 26.5 25.3 26.1 26.7
;%sl=Kdu,h jpUNfhzkiy Trincomalee
jdrAIsl idudkH tUlhe;j ruhrup Annual average 28.5 27.5 28.8 29.2 .. 29.2 28.5 28.8 28.8
ckjdrs ij January 26.0 26.3 26.4 27.0 .. .. 25.9 25.7 26.6
fmnrjdrs khrp February 26.8 27.1 27.1 27.8 .. 27.0 26.6 26.7 26.8
udrA;= gq;Fdp March 27.9 27.4 27.7 29.1 .. 27.9 27.8 28.2 27.9
wfm%a,a rpj;jpiu April 29.4 28.9 29.3 30.8 .. 29.3 29.6 29.6 29.1
uehs itfhrp May 30.5 31.1 30.3 30.9 .. 31.5 30.2 30.5 30.1
cQks Mdp June 30.5 30.5 30.8 31.3 .. 31.2 29.9 32.2 30.6
cQ,s Mb July 30.1 30.4 31.0 30.4 .. 31.2 29.6 31.4 31.1
wf.daia;= Mtzp August 29.9 29.2 30.3 30.0 .. 31.5 29.4 30.3 30.8
iema;euznrA Gul;lhjp September 29.6 30.4 30.6 29.2 .. 30.7 29.8 30.1 29.8
Tlaf;danrA Ig;grp October 28.2 28.4 29.5 28.9 .. 27.6 29.9 28.4 28.1
fkdjeuznrA fhu;j;jpif November 26.7 27.2 27.0 .. 26.9 26.8 27.1 26.5 27.0
foieuznrA khh;fop December 26.1 26.3 26.2 25.9 .. 26.2 25.8 26.3 27.4
1'3 fjks j.=j ^iuznkaOhs& ml;ltiz 1.3 (njhlh;r;rp) Table 1.3 (Contd.)
idudkHh
uOHia:dkh iy epiyaKk; khjKk; Station and ruhrup

udih month Average 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015
1961 - 1990
yuznkaf;dg mk;ghe;Njhl;il Hambanthota
jdrAIsl idudkH tUlhe;j ruhrup Annual average 27.2 27.6 27.8 .. 27.9 28.0 28.0 28.4 28.1
ckjdrs ij January 26.3 26.7 26.9 27.6 26.5 27.5 27.4 27.9 28.0
fmnrjdrs khrp February 26.6 27.6 27.4 .. 27.0 27.9 27.7 28.1 28.2
udrA;= gq;Fdp March 27.4 27.1 28.3 .. 28.0 28.2 28.7 28.9 28.5
wfm%a,a rpj;jpiu April 28.1 27.7 29.0 .. 28.1 28.4 29.4 29.0 27.3
uehs itfhrp May 28.1 28.0 28.6 .. 28.8 28.4 28.7 28.9 28.6
cQks Mdp June 27.8 28.2 27.5 28.3 29.1 28.0 28.1 29.9 28.9
cQ,s Mb July 27.7 27.9 28.3 28.6 28.7 28.8 28.1 29.8 28.5
wf.daia;= Mtzp August 27.3 27.6 28.0 28.7 28.3 28.0 27.9 27.8 27.9
iema;euznrA Gul;lhjp September 27.2 28.1 27.2 28.3 27.9 28.0 27.7 27.4 27.4
Tlaf;danrA Ig;grp October 27.1 27.7 27.7 28.5 28.2 27.7 27.6 27.8 27.9
fkdjeuznrA fhu;j;jpif November 26.7 27.0 26.9 27.7 27.8 27.5 28.1 27.5 27.8
foieuznrA khh;fop December 26.4 27.2 27.6 27.1 27.2 27.3 27.0 27.4 27.9
r;akmqrh ,uj;jpdGhp Ratnapura
jdrAIsl idudkH tUlhe;j ruhrup Annual average 27.5 27.1 27.4 27.5 .. 27.6 27.6 27.7 27.9
ckjdrs ij January 27.2 26.7 27.2 27.1 25.8 27.6 27.0 27.7 27.9
fmnrjdrs khrp February 27.8 27.5 28.0 28.2 27.1 27.8 28.0 28.1 27.7
udrA;= gq;Fdp March 28.3 27.5 28.2 29.2 28.0 28.4 28.6 28.6 28.5
wfm%a,a rpj;jpiu April 28.5 27.3 28.5 28.6 27.7 27.8 29.2 28.6 28.7
uehs itfhrp May 27.9 27.4 28.0 27.9 28.0 28.5 28.0 28.5 28.7
cQks Mdp June 27.3 26.7 26.9 27.4 27.8 27.7 26.9 28.0 28.0
cQ,s Mb July 27.1 26.5 27.3 27.1 27.3 27.6 27.0 27.9 27.7
wf.daia;= Mtzp August 27.1 26.8 27.0 27.1 27.1 27.3 27.5 26.9 27.7
iema;euznrA Gul;lhjp September 27.0 27.2 26.9 27.2 27.3 27.2 27.0 27.6 27.3
Tlaf;danrA Ig;grp October 27.1 27.3 27.6 27.1 28.1 27.5 27.3 27.3 27.5
fkdjeuznrA fhu;j;jpif November 27.1 26.9 26.7 26.7 .. 27.5 27.6 26.8 27.4
foieuznrA khh;fop December 27.1 27.2 27.0 26.0 .. 26.9 27.1 26.7 27.5
wkqrdOmqrh mEuhjGuk; Anuradhapura
jdrAIsl idudkH tUlhe;j ruhrup Annual average 27.7 28.1 28.6 28.5 28.3 28.6 28.3 28.3 28.4
ckjdrs ij January 25.3 26.1 25.7 26.5 25.2 26.2 25.8 25.7 26.6
fmnrjdrs khrp February 26.5 27.1 26.9 27.8 26.3 27.0 27.0 26.7 26.8
udrA;= gq;Fdp March 28.3 27.6 29.0 29.9 28.7 29.1 28.7 28.8 28.7
wfm%a,a rpj;jpiu April 29.2 28.7 29.6 30.4 29.1 28.9 30.1 29.8 29.2
uehs itfhrp May 28.8 29.5 30.0 29.7 29.7 30.0 29.7 29.4 29.3
cQks Mdp June 28.8 29.4 29.5 29.8 29.8 30.0 29.1 30.0 29.5
cQ,s Mb July 28.8 29.1 29.7 29.6 29.6 30.0 29.1 30.0 29.7
wf.daia;= Mtzp August 28.8 29.1 29.3 28.8 29.8 30.2 29.4 29.4 29.8
iema;euznrA Gul;lhjp September 28.6 29.1 29.7 28.6 29.9 30.3 28.5 29.5 29.1
Tlaf;danrA Ig;grp October 27.7 28.1 29.4 28.1 29.0 28.5 29.0 28.1 28.0
fkdjeuznrA fhu;j;jpif November 26.4 27.0 27.2 27.2 27.0 27.1 27.5 26.4 27.2
foieuznrA khh;fop December 25.5 26.0 26.6 25.5 26.2 26.0 25.8 26.1 27.0
1'3 fjks j.=j ^iuznkaOhs& ml;ltiz 1.3 (njhlh;r;rp) Table 1.3 (Contd.)
idudkHh
uOHia:dkh iy epiyaKk; khjKk; Station and ruhrup

udih month Average 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015
1961 - 1990
lgq.iaf;dg fl;Lf];Njhl;il Katugastota
jdrAIsl idudkH tUlhe;j ruhrup Annual average 24.6 24.9 25.1 25.2 24.9 25.1 24.9 25.1 25.1
ckjdrs ij January 23.3 23.8 23.8 23.9 22.6 23.9 23.1 23.8 23.2
fmnrjdrs khrp February 24.2 24.7 24.3 25.3 23.9 24.7 24.4 24.4 24.2
udrA;= gq;Fdp March 25.6 25.1 25.9 26.9 25.5 25.8 26.1 26.4 25.7
wfm%a,a rpj;jpiu April 26.1 25.5 26.4 27.2 25.8 25.9 26.8 26.8 25.6
uehs itfhrp May 25.6 25.8 26.1 26.4 26.1 26.0 26.0 26.0 25.3
cQks Mdp June 24.8 25.4 25.3 25.6 25.6 25.7 24.7 25.6 25.7
cQ,s Mb July 24.5 24.7 25.2 25.2 25.4 25.3 24.9 25.6 25.4
wf.daia;= Mtzp August 24.4 25.1 25.1 24.8 25.3 25.1 24.9 24.8 25.5
iema;euznrA Gul;lhjp September 24.3 24.9 24.9 24.9 24.8 25.4 24.5 25.3 25.4
Tlaf;danrA Ig;grp October 24.4 25.1 25.2 24.6 25.6 25.3 24.9 25.1 25.1
fkdjeuznrA fhu;j;jpif November 24.2 24.4 24.7 24.6 24.7 24.7 25.0 23.9 24.9
foieuznrA khh;fop December 23.7 23.9 24.5 23.4 23.8 24.0 23.5 23.7 24.9
nKavdrfj, gz;lhutis Bandarawela
jdrAIsl idudkH tUlhe;j ruhrup Annual average 20.2 20.7 21.1 21.1 20.7 21.0 20.7 20.9 20.9
ckjdrs ij January 18.2 18.8 18.5 19.1 18.3 18.7 18.5 18.8 18.6
fmnrjdrs khrp February 18.9 19.5 19.4 20.3 19.1 19.5 19.5 19.2 19.2
udrA;= gq;Fdp March 20.0 20.1 20.9 21.4 20.1 20.6 20.6 20.3 20.0
wfm%a,a rpj;jpiu April 20.9 20.7 21.5 21.9 21.0 21.2 21.8 21.6 21.1
uehs itfhrp May 21.5 22.0 22.3 22.7 22.2 22.8 22.3 22.2 22.2
cQks Mdp June 21.4 21.8 22.5 21.8 22.6 22.6 21.6 22.6 22.0
cQ,s Mb July 21.2 22.1 22.6 21.6 22.3 22.3 21.5 22.5 22.6
wf.daia;= Mtzp August 21.1 21.8 22.0 22.3 21.8 22.2 21.9 22.1 22.1
iema;euznrA Gul;lhjp September 20.7 21.4 22.3 21.6 22.0 22.4 21.4 21.8 21.8
Tlaf;danrA Ig;grp October 20.2 20.3 21.3 21.3 20.6 20.8 21.0 20.8 20.7
fkdjeuznrA fhu;j;jpif November 19.6 20.1 20.0 20.2 19.9 20.4 19.9 19.6 20.6
foieuznrA khh;fop December 18.9 19.3 19.7 19.3 19.0 19.2 18.7 19.5 20.3
kqjr t<sh Etnuypah Nuwara Eliya
jdrAIsl idudkH tUlhe;j ruhrup Annual average 15.9 16.2 15.9 16.5 16.1 16.1 16.1 16.3 16.4
ckjdrs ij January 14.7 15.4 14.4 15.6 15.1 14.6 15.2 15.1 14.9
fmnrjdrs khrp February 15.3 15.4 14.9 17.0 15.6 15.3 15.2 15.6 14.9
udrA;= gq;Fdp March 16.3 16.0 16.5 17.3 16.0 15.7 16.6 16.5 16.1
wfm%a,a rpj;jpiu April 17.1 17.1 16.6 17.8 16.4 16.7 17.3 17.0 17.0
uehs itfhrp May 17.1 17.5 16.3 17.9 17.2 17.4 17.7 17.6 17.6
cQks Mdp June 16.1 16.5 15.8 16.8 16.8 16.6 15.6 16.5 17.1
cQ,s Mb July 15.7 16.0 15.4 16.1 16.0 16.4 15.6 16.0 16.4
wf.daia;= Mtzp August 15.7 16.6 16.5 16.3 16.4 16.3 16.2 16.3 16.6
iema;euznrA Gul;lhjp September 15.7 16.5 16.3 16.3 16.5 16.6 15.6 16.2 16.9
Tlaf;danrA Ig;grp October 15.8 16.2 16.1 15.9 16.4 16.4 16.0 16.7 16.9
fkdjeuznrA fhu;j;jpif November 15.6 16.1 16.0 16.0 15.7 16.0 15.8 15.9 16.7
foieuznrA khh;fop December 15.2 15.1 16.3 15.3 15.3 15.6 15.2 15.9 16.0
1'3 fjks j.=j ^iuznkaOhs& ml;ltiz 1.3 (njhlh;r;rp) Table 1.3 (Contd.)
uOHia:dkh iy epiyaKk; khjKk; Station and 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015
udih month

.d,a, fhyp Galle

jdrAIsl idudkH tUlhe;j ruhrup Annual average 27.2 27.4 27.4 27.3 27.3 27.3 27.4 27.5
ckjdrs ij January 25.9 26.7 27.0 26.1 26.3 26.8 26.5 26.7
fmnrjdrs khrp February 27.0 27.1 27.4 26.8 26.9 27.3 27.2 26.6
udrA;= gq;Fdp March 27.5 28.2 28.4 27.5 27.8 28.2 28.4 28.0
wfm%a,a rpj;jpiu April 27.3 28.5 28.4 27.6 27.6 29.0 28.3 28.1
uehs itfhrp May 28.2 27.9 28.1 28.3 28.3 28.1 28.2 28.1
cQks Mdp June 27.4 27.5 27.7 27.8 27.4 27.0 27.7 28.3
cQ,s Mb July 27.0 27.1 26.9 27.1 27.2 26.8 27.5 27.6
wf.daia;= Mtzp August 27.3 27.4 27.0 27.5 27.2 26.9 26.7 27.7
iema;euznrA Gul;lhjp September 27.7 27.3 26.9 27.8 27.2 27.0 .. 27.4
Tlaf;danrA Ig;grp October 27.3 27.6 27.3 27.7 27.5 27.1 .. 27.3
fkdjeuznrA fhu;j;jpif November 27.3 26.8 26.8 27.0 27.2 27.2 26.9 27.2
foieuznrA khh;fop December 26.9 27.1 26.4 26.6 26.6 26.6 26.7 27.5
mq;a;,u Gj;jsk; Puttalam
jdrAIsl idudkH tUlhe;j ruhrup Annual average 27.7 23.8 28.1 27.8 28.1 27.9 27.9 ..
ckjdrs ij January 25.8 22.0 26.1 25.2 25.9 25.6 25.9 25.9
fmnrjdrs khrp February 26.7 22.4 27.5 25.8 27.2 26.4 26.6 27.5
udrA;= gq;Fdp March 27.2 22.7 29.0 27.4 27.9 28.1 28.7 ..
wfm%a,a rpj;jpiu April 28.1 23.0 29.3 27.9 28.3 29.2 28.6 28.1
uehs itfhrp May 29.5 23.4 29.5 29.3 29.8 29.8 29.3 29.0
cQks Mdp June 29.4 23.8 29.3 29.4 29.4 28.8 29.8 28.8
cQ,s Mb July 28.6 24.2 28.8 28.8 29.2 28.7 29.3 29.4
wf.daia;= Mtzp August 28.5 24.4 28.2 29.0 29.2 28.7 28.7 29.6
iema;euznrA Gul;lhjp September 28.4 24.6 28.3 29.3 29.3 28.1 28.0 29.0
Tlaf;danrA Ig;grp October 27.4 24.8 27.9 28.6 27.9 28.2 27.8 27.9
fkdjeuznrA fhu;j;jpif November 26.7 25.0 27.5 27.0 26.9 26.9 26.3 27.2
foieuznrA khh;fop December 25.9 25.2 25.6 26.2 26.2 25.7 26.0 27.0
l=reKE., Fwehfy; Kurunegala
jdrAIsl idudkH tUlhe;j ruhrup Annual average 27.3 27.3 27.3 26.9 27.7 27.8 27.6 27.9
ckjdrs ij January 25.9 26.1 26.0 24.5 26.1 26.5 26.4 26.6
fmnrjdrs khrp February 27.1 27.3 28.0 25.8 27.0 27.3 27.5 27.1
udrA;= gq;Fdp March 27.5 28.4 29.5 27.7 28.6 28.9 29.2 28.5
wfm%a,a rpj;jpiu April 27.9 28.3 28.7 27.5 28.0 28.7 28.9 28.3
uehs itfhrp May 28.5 28.4 28.1 28.0 29.2 29.3 28.7 28.7
cQks Mdp June 27.9 27.2 27.5 27.6 28.2 28.0 28.6 28.4
cQ,s Mb July 27.2 27.4 27.2 27.8 28.1 27.9 28.3 28.8
wf.daia;= Mtzp August 27.8 27.4 27.2 27.5 28.1 28.1 27.5 28.8
iema;euznrA Gul;lhjp September 27.8 27.3 27.2 27.3 28.4 28.1 27.4 28.1
Tlaf;danrA Ig;grp October 27.4 27.3 26.8 27.6 27.9 28.1 27.2 27.6
fkdjeuznrA fhu;j;jpif November 26.6 26.4 26.3 26.3 26.8 26.8 26.0 27.2
foieuznrA khh;fop December 25.9 26.2 25.1 25.6 26.4 26.2 25.7 26.9
në,a, gJis Badulla
jdrAIsl idudkH tUlhe;j ruhrup Annual average 23.1 23.5 23.5 23.3 23.5 23.2 23.3 23.3
ckjdrs ij January 21.1 20.5 21.2 20.4 21.0 20.5 21.0 21.3
fmnrjdrs khrp February 21.9 21.2 22.0 21.5 21.6 22.0 20.9 21.4
udrA;= gq;Fdp March 22.8 23.4 23.6 22.8 22.9 23.4 22.4 22.4
wfm%a,a rpj;jpiu April 23.4 23.9 24.8 23.5 23.7 24.5 24.5 23.8
uehs itfhrp May 24.3 25.0 25.1 24.4 24.5 24.5 24.4 24.5
cQks Mdp June 24.1 25.0 24.9 24.6 25.4 23.9 24.8 24.2
cQ,s Mb July 24.2 25.0 24.3 24.8 24.6 23.9 25.2 24.2
wf.daia;= Mtzp August 24.1 24.5 24.5 24.8 24.8 24.2 24.5 24.4
iema;euznrA Gul;lhjp September 23.7 24.9 23.8 24.7 24.8 23.9 24.4 24.5
Tlaf;danrA Ig;grp October 23.4 24.3 23.3 23.9 23.8 23.7 23.3 23.3
fkdjeuznrA fhu;j;jpif November 22.5 22.4 22.6 22.5 22.8 22.6 21.9 22.8
foieuznrA khh;fop December 21.3 22.0 21.6 21.4 21.6 20.9 21.7 22.6
1'3 fjks j.=j ^iuznkaOhs& ml;ltiz 1.3 (njhlh;r;rp) Table 1.3 (Contd.)
uOHia:dkh iy epiyaKk; khjKk; Station and 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015
udih month

ukakdru kd;dhh; Mannar

jdrAIsl idudkH tUlhe;j ruhrup Annual average 28.3 28.3 28.1 28.3 28.1 28.2 28.4
ckjdrs ij January 26.3 26.8 26.0 26.3 26.6 26.3 26.9
fmnrjdrs khrp February 26.9 27.4 26.5 27.7 27.0 26.9 27.0
udrA;= gq;Fdp March 28.1 29.1 28.2 28.6 28.3 28.7 28.4
wfm%a,a rpj;jpiu April 29.7 30.1 28.5 29.0 29.7 29.4 28.6
uehs itfhrp May 30.3 30.0 29.6 30.2 29.8 29.7 29.4
cQks Mdp June 29.3 29.6 29.6 29.3 29.0 30.0 29.9
cQ,s Mb July 28.7 29.2 28.9 29.0 28.6 29.3 29.3
wf.daia;= Mtzp August 28.6 28.2 28.6 29.0 28.3 28.5 29.2
iema;euznrA Gul;lhjp September 28.9 28.2 29.1 29.1 28.0 28.5 28.9
Tlaf;danrA Ig;grp October 28.6 28.0 28.4 27.7 28.3 28.0 28.4
fkdjeuznrA fhu;j;jpif November 27.4 27.2 27.1 27.4 27.4 26.8 27.2
foieuznrA khh;fop December 26.5 25.8 26.6 26.4 26.2 26.3 27.3
jjqkshdj tTdpah Vavuniya
jdrAIsl idudkH tUlhe;j ruhrup Annual average 28.1 28.4 28.0 28.4 27.9 28.2 28.2
ckjdrs ij January 25.0 25.8 25.1 25.4 25.2 25.3 26.3
fmnrjdrs khrp February 25.8 26.8 25.8 26.3 26.2 26.0 26.2
udrA;= gq;Fdp March 28.3 29.2 28.0 28.7 27.9 28.1 27.6
wfm%a,a rpj;jpiu April 29.2 30.1 28.9 29.0 29.4 29.9 28.8
uehs itfhrp May 30.3 29.7 29.7 30.1 29.2 29.3 29.2
cQks Mdp June 30.3 30.2 30.0 30.2 29.1 30.1 29.8
cQ,s Mb July 27.9 30.0 29.7 30.2 29.2 30.2 30.1
wf.daia;= Mtzp August 29.4 29.4 29.3 30.3 29.1 29.6 30.0
iema;euznrA Gul;lhjp September 29.4 29.1 29.5 30.3 28.5 29.6 28.6
Tlaf;danrA Ig;grp October 28.7 28.0 28.3 27.9 28.9 27.7 27.8
fkdjeuznrA fhu;j;jpif November 26.8 27.0 26.4 26.7 27.1 26.3 26.7
foieuznrA khh;fop December 26.1 25.2 25.8 25.8 25.3 26.0 26.7
uyb,qmam,a,u k`h,Yg;gs;sk Mahaillukpallama
jdrAIsl idudkH tUlhe;j ruhrup Annual average 27.7 27.7 27.7 28.0 27.6 27.6 27.7
ckjdrs ij January 24.7 25.7 24.4 25.8 25.1 25.2 25.8
fmnrjdrs khrp February 25.6 26.9 25.9 26.4 26.1 26.0 25.9
udrA;= gq;Fdp March 27.8 28.8 27.7 28.1 28.0 28.3 27.6
wfm%a,a rpj;jpiu April 28.8 29.7 28.3 28.3 29.4 29.1 28.5
uehs itfhrp May 29.5 29.0 29.0 29.3 29.1 28.7 28.7
cQks Mdp June 28.8 28.9 29.0 29.2 28.1 29.1 28.7
cQ,s Mb July 29.1 28.5 28.9 29.1 28.4 29.0 29.0
wf.daia;= Mtzp August 28.8 28.1 28.9 29.4 28.6 28.6 29.1
iema;euznrA Gul;lhjp September 28.6 27.9 29.1 29.7 27.9 28.8 28.3
Tlaf;danrA Ig;grp October 28.1 27.4 28.6 27.9 28.3 27.5 27.4
fkdjeuznrA fhu;j;jpif November 26.5 26.7 26.6 26.6 26.8 25.7 26.6
foieuznrA khh;fop December 26.2 25.0 25.8 25.7 25.2 25.5 26.3
uvl,mqj kl;lf;fsg;G Batticaloa
jdrAIsl idudkH tUlhe;j ruhrup Annual average 28.5 28.5 28.2 28.5 28.4 28.3 28.4
ckjdrs ij January 26.1 26.4 24.8 26.1 25.8 25.9 26.5
fmnrjdrs khrp February 26.6 27.1 25.9 26.7 26.6 26.4 26.3
udrA;= gq;Fdp March 28.1 28.4 27.1 28.2 28.0 27.9 27.6
wfm%a,a rpj;jpiu April 28.8 29.7 28.4 29.1 29.3 29.0 29.0
uehs itfhrp May 29.8 30.2 29.7 30.1 29.8 29.3 29.5
cQks Mdp June 30.2 30.5 30.8 30.5 30.5 31.2 30.3
cQ,s Mb July 30.4 30.5 30.4 30.5 30.0 31.1 30.5
wf.daia;= Mtzp August 29.8 29.6 29.9 30.2 29.2 29.2 29.9
iema;euznrA Gul;lhjp September 30.5 28.5 29.5 29.4 29.2 29.3 29.7
Tlaf;danrA Ig;grp October 28.9 28.5 28.1 27.8 28.8 28.0 27.8
fkdjeuznrA fhu;j;jpif November 26.9 27.1 27.2 26.8 27.3 26.8 27.1
foieuznrA khh;fop December 26.1 25.8 26.5 26.4 26.0 25.9 27.1
1'3 fjks j.=j ^iuznkaOhs& ml;ltiz 1.3 (njhlh;r;rp) Table 1.3 (Contd.)

uOHia:dkh iy epiyaKk; khjKk; Station and 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015
udih month

lgqkdhl fl;Lehaf;f Katunayake

jdrAIsl idudkH tUlhe;j ruhrup Annual average 27.9 27.9 27.8 27.8 27.7 27.9 27.9
ckjdrs ij January 26.8 27.1 26.2 26.7 26.6 27.6 27.2
fmnrjdrs khrp February 27.0 28.4 26.9 27.8 27.6 27.4 27.6
udrA;= gq;Fdp March 27.8 28.7 28.2 28.1 28.5 28.6 27.9
wfm%a,a rpj;jpiu April 28.5 28.6 27.8 27.7 29.0 28.5 28.1
uehs itfhrp May 29.3 28.6 29.1 29.1 28.5 28.7 28.8
cQks Mdp June 28.2 28.4 28.7 28.4 27.4 28.9 28.3
cQ,s Mb July 28.1 27.9 28.4 28.5 27.6 28.7 29.0
wf.daia;= Mtzp August 28.3 28.1 28.2 27.8 28.0 27.6 28.3
iema;euznrA Gul;lhjp September 28.1 28.1 28.2 27.8 27.4 27.9 27.8
Tlaf;danrA Ig;grp October 27.7 27.8 27.9 27.4 27.9 27.3 27.4
fkdjeuznrA fhu;j;jpif November 27.1 26.9 27.5 27.2 27.4 26.6 27.1
foieuznrA khh;fop December 27.3 26.2 26.8 27.0 26.9 26.5 27.4
r;au,dk uj;kyhd Ratmalana
jdrAIsl idudkH tUlhe;j ruhrup Annual average 28.3 28.4 28.3 28.4 28.3 27.3 28.6
ckjdrs ij January 27.2 27.7 26.7 27.0 27.4 27.6 27.1
fmnrjdrs khrp February 27.4 28.5 27.3 27.8 28.0 27.6 27.7
udrA;= gq;Fdp March 28.3 29.3 28.6 28.7 28.9 28.8 28.8
wfm%a,a rpj;jpiu April 29.0 29.3 28.4 28.5 29.7 29.1 29.1
uehs itfhrp May 29.6 29.1 29.7 29.9 29.5 29.6 29.8
cQks Mdp June 28.5 29.2 29.3 29.2 28.2 29.5 29.2
cQ,s Mb July 28.5 28.3 28.2 29.0 28.1 29.2 29.6
wf.daia;= Mtzp August 28.7 28.5 28.9 28.5 28.5 28.3 29.4
iema;euznrA Gul;lhjp September 28.5 28.2 28.8 28.3 28.0 28.5 28.4
Tlaf;danrA Ig;grp October 28.3 28.3 28.4 28.0 28.3 27.3 27.7
fkdjeuznrA fhu;j;jpif November 27.4 27.3 27.9 27.9 27.9 27.2 27.9
foieuznrA khh;fop December 27.7 26.7 27.2 27.4 27.6 15.0 28.1
fmd;ݮ,a nghj;Jtpy; Potuvil
jdrAIsl idudkH tUlhe;j ruhrup Annual average 28.6 28.6 28.3 28.6 28.4 28.5 28.5
ckjdrs ij January 25.9 26.6 25.4 26.6 26.0 26.3 26.7
fmnrjdrs khrp February 26.3 27.1 26.3 27.0 26.9 26.6 26.7
udrA;= gq;Fdp March 27.8 28.4 27.4 27.9 28.1 27.8 27.7
wfm%a,a rpj;jpiu April 28.8 29.6 28.5 28.8 29.7 29.0 29.0
uehs itfhrp May 30.1 29.9 29.8 30.5 29.9 30.0 29.8
cQks Mdp June 30.9 30.3 30.4 30.8 29.9 30.8 30.0
cQ,s Mb July 29.9 29.8 30.1 30.0 29.5 30.3 30.5
wf.daia;= Mtzp August 29.9 29.7 29.7 30.1 29.2 29.7 30.1
iema;euznrA Gul;lhjp September 30.3 28.8 29.4 29.7 29.6 29.4 29.3
Tlaf;danrA Ig;grp October 28.8 28.7 28.1 27.8 28.6 28.3 28.1
fkdjeuznrA fhu;j;jpif November 27.1 27.5 27.4 27.4 27.7 26.9 27.3
foieuznrA khh;fop December 26.8 26.2 26.5 26.5 26.0 26.3 27.3
1'3 fjks j.=j ^iuznkaOhs& ml;ltiz 1.3 (njhlh;r;rp) Table 1.3 (Contd.)
uOHia:dkh iy epiyaKk; khjKk; Station and 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015
udih month
fudKrd., nkhdwhfy Monaragala
jdrAIsl idudkH tUlhe;j ruhrup Annual average 27.1 27.6 27.4 27.5 ..
ckjdrs ij January 24.6 25.6 25.3 25.7 25.9
fmnrjdrs khrp February 25.6 26.2 26.2 25.9 25.8
udrA;= gq;Fdp March 26.5 27.3 27.4 27.3 ..
wfm%a,a rpj;jpiu April 27.3 27.4 28.7 28.6 ..
uehs itfhrp May 28.1 28.5 28.3 28.5 ..
cQks Mdp June 28.4 28.9 27.9 29.4 28.4
cQ,s Mb July 28.4 28.7 28.2 29.0 28.7
wf.daia;= Mtzp August 28.9 29.3 27.9 28.6 28.6
iema;euznrA Gul;lhjp September 28.2 29.2 28.2 28.4 28.2
Tlaf;danrA Ig;grp October 27.3 27.5 28.1 27.3 27.2
fkdjeuznrA fhu;j;jpif November 26.2 26.7 26.9 25.9 26.7
foieuznrA khh;fop December 25.5 25.8 25.3 25.8 26.4
fmdf,dkakrej nghyeWt Polonnaruwa
jdrAIsl idudkH tUlhe;j ruhrup Annual average 28.3 28.4 28.6 28.6 28.4
ckjdrs ij January 24.6 25.7 25.3 25.4 26.1
fmnrjdrs khrp February 25.8 26.1 26.2 25.7 26.0
udrA;= gq;Fdp March 27.5 27.8 27.9 27.5 27.1
wfm%a,a rpj;jpiu April 28.6 28.9 29.7 30.0 29.1
uehs itfhrp May 30.1 30.9 29.9 29.8 29.5
cQks Mdp June 31.0 31.6 30.1 31.1 30.2
cQ,s Mb July 30.6 30.8 30.4 31.5 31.1
wf.daia;= Mtzp August 30.4 31.2 30.4 30.7 30.9
iema;euznrA Gul;lhjp September 30.7 26.1 29.8 30.9 29.5
Tlaf;danrA Ig;grp October 28.0 28.2 30.0 28.4 27.7
fkdjeuznrA fhu;j;jpif November 26.4 26.9 27.3 26.2 27.0
foieuznrA khh;fop December 26.0 26.0 25.7 25.5 26.6
u;a;, kj;jy Mattala
jdrAIsl idudkH tUlhe;j ruhrup Annual average 28.5 28.1
ckjdrs ij January 27.0 27.2
fmnrjdrs khrp February 27.6 27.2
udrA;= gq;Fdp March 28.7 27.7
wfm%a,a rpj;jpiu April 28.8 28.2
uehs itfhrp May 29.2 28.9
cQks Mdp June 30.1 29.6
cQ,s Mb July 30.2 29.6
wf.daia;= Mtzp August 29.3 29.0
iema;euznrA Gul;lhjp September 28.4 27.9
Tlaf;danrA Ig;grp October 28.1 27.6
fkdjeuznrA fhu;j;jpif November .. 27.3
foieuznrA khh;fop December 26.4 27.1
uQ,dY%h \ ld,.=K j(oHd fomdrA;fuzka;=j
Mjhuk;- tspkz;lytpay; jpizf;fsk;
igyk Fwpg;G Note : Source - Department of Meteorology
1. ukakdru, jjqkshdj, uyb÷mam,a,u, uvl,mqj, lgqkdhl, r;au,dk yd fmd;›Æ,a
uOHia:dk j, o;a; ,nd .; yelafla 2009 jir issg muKs.
1. 2009 ,ypUe;J kd;dhh;> tTdpah> k`h,Yg;gs;sk> kl;lf;fsg;G>
fl;Lehaf;f> uj;kyhd> nghj;Jtpy epiyaq;fspd; juTfs; fpilf;fg; ngw;Ws;sd.
1. Data are available for Mannar, Vavuniya, Mahailluppallama, Batticaloa, Katunayake,
Ratmalana and Potuvil from 2009 only.
2' fudKrd., yd fmdf,dkakrej uOHia:dk j, o;a; ,nd .; yelafla 2011 jir issg muKs'
2. 2011 ,ypUe;J nkhduhfiy> nghyd;dWt Mfpa
epiyaq;fspd; juTfs; fpilf;fg; ngw;Ws;sd.
2. Data are available for Monaragala and Polanaruwa from 2011 only
3' u;a;, uOHia:dkfha o;a; ,nd .; yelafla 2014 jir issg muKs'
3 2014 ,ypUe;J kj;jy epiyaj;jpd; juTfs; fpilf;fpd;wd
3. Data are available for Mattala from 2014 only