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Table  11   (Cli., Rainfall )
Mean Rainfall (Annual) (1869-1998)
Cli11e  ( mm )
Year Anuradhapura Badulla Colombo Galle Hambantota Jaffna Kandy Kurunegala Nuwara-Eliya Ratnapura Trincomalee
1869 1,052 1,480 1,760 1,824 893 1,124 2,118 n.a. 2,212 3,715 1,384
1870 1,147 1,629 2,323 1,717 822 1,054 1,770 n.a. 1,917 4,084 1,180
1871 1,729 2,365 1,612 1,669 930 942 2,307 n.a. 2,574 3,798 1,894
1872 1,259 1,778 1,315 2,010 808 1,586 2,487 n.a. 2,719 3,853 1,260
1873 829 1,857 1,721 1,927 776 1,284 1,650 n.a. 2,653 3,049 1,544
1874 1,167 1,989 1,313 2,113 989 1,139 2,011 n.a. 2,435 3,795 1,563
1875 1,445 2,487 1,942 2,510 841 873 1,971 n.a. 2,178 3,599 1,483
1876 934 1,757 2,049 2,189 844 651 1,805 n.a. 2,210 3,223 1,400
1877 1,908 2,070 2,741 3,545 2,063 1,471 2,526 n.a. 3,272 4,523 1,791
1878 1,295 2,008 3,547 3,114 1,222 818 1,910 n.a. 2,829 4,849 1,820
1879 1,604 1,589 2,142 2,596 682 957 2,618 n.a. 2,372 3,266 1,232
1880 1,290 2,175 1,814 1,809 489 930 1,863 n.a. 2,502 3,634 1,478
1881 1,354 2,124 2,269 2,092 919 1,130 2,592 n.a. 2,694 3,974 1,515
1882 1,500 1,947 2,023 2,388 953 1,820 2,823 n.a. 3,350 3,845 1,919
1883 1,735 2,631 2,632 2,161 662 1,719 1,894 n.a. 2,530 4,282 1,940
1884 1,376 2,606 2,087 1,825 683 1,749 1,706 n.a. 1,941 4,282 1,471
1885 1,710 2,154 2,174 2,478 844 1,744 2,307 2,620 2,120 3,517 1,402
1886 1,316 1,869 2,212 2,564 1,049 1,087 2,392 1,775 2,498 3,936 1,542
1887 2,039 2,362 2,137 2,322 840 1,416 2,234 2,418 2,393 3,681 1,668
1888 1,028 1,644 2,568 2,193 778 1,107 1,961 1,631 2,491 3,711 1,567
1889 1,253 1,656 2,760 3,006 1,102 756 2,364 1,859 2,137 3,755 887
1890 1,037 1,354 1,852 2,180 657 704 1,672 1,766 1,747 3,773 1,243
1891 1,896 3,841 3,025 2,729 1,294 1,874 2,518 3,439 2,737 3,281 1,674
1892 1,206 2,759 1,673 1,838 1,011 795 1,948 1,872 2,518 4,463 1,527
1893 1,013 1,802 2,275 2,597 1,127 1,118 1,730 1,812 1,740 4,627 2,033
1894 1,159 1,327 1,970 2,068 696 868 1,456 1,797 1,677 3,959 1,359
1895 1,516 1,615 2,342 1,956 722 1,349 2,201 1,764 2,383 3,678 1,880
1896 1,867 2,677 2,566 2,706 1,125 1,452 2,522 2,687 2,666 3,433 2,072
1897 1,432 1,803 2,103 1,967 1,120 1,218 2,228 2,208 2,388 3,386 1,910
1898 1,441 1,369 2,618 1,854 957 1,629 1,772 1,738 1,895 3,823 2,045
1899 1,283 1,884 1,866 2,155 952 1,091 2,274 1,956 2,603 3,968 1,578
1900 1,206 1,609 2,127 2,503 1,495 1,455 2,605 2,219 1,895 3,462 1,500
1901 1,160 1,327 1,971 2,677 667 1,052 1,958 1,927 2,603 4,558 1,458
1902 1,961 1,887 3,016 2,710 1,289 1,565 2,436 2,838 2,473 3,846 1,965
1903 1,546 1,490 2,017 2,337 1,061 1,848 1,651 2,055 2,187 4,248 1,504
1904 1,099 1,645 1,947 2,090 813 936 2,454 2,154 2,320 4,240 1,691
1905 1,000 1,464 1,686 2,046 1,336 971 1,633 1,894 1,967 3,706 954
1906 1,504 1,423 1,818 2,645 696 1,868 1,904 1,912 2,874 3,430 1,810
1907 1,346 1,371 1,795 2,304 855 996 1,870 1,877 2,052 4,092 1,845
1908 1,338 1,684 1,478 1,666 640 894 1,619 1,540 2,388 3,510 1,364
1909 1,076 1,325 1,679 2,314 1,203 933 2,068 1,918 2,496 2,999 1,132
1910 1,367 1,922 1,161 2,058 838 1,112 2,059 1,705 2,183 4,129 1,898
1911 1,252 2,094 1,481 2,229 998 1,737 2,207 1,853 2,066 3,355 1,683
1912 977 1,533 2,053 2,574 1,511 781 2,055 2,207 2,444 3,811 1,141
1913 1,556 2,622 1,914 2,386 1,156 1,711 2,923 2,595 2,356 4,043 2,417
1914 1,403 1,679 1,408 1,845 1,063 1,467 2,004 1,966 1,916 3,254 1,861
1915 1,200 1,737 1,946 3,075 1,047 862 2,322 1,756 2,333 4,799 1,143
1916 1,398 1,573 2,127 2,567 835 907 1,909 1,708 1,970 4,215 1,077
1917 1,742 2,246 1,582 1,771 1,083 1,201 2,405 2,122 2,405 3,460 1,635
1918 1,757 1,377 1,482 2,018 1,003 1,335 1,795 2,379 2,060 3,456 1,319
1919 1,609 1,828 1,876 2,314 742 1,603 2,154 1,944 2,371 4,527 1,919
1920 1,273 1,571 1,740 2,876 798 1,663 2,396 2,666 2,274 3,585 1,200
1921 1,845 1,896 1,361 2,118 868 1,280 1,864 1,838 1,803 3,396 2,285
1922 1,212 1,450 2,231 2,103 853 1,000 2,040 2,113 2,350 3,256 1,680
1923 1,641 2,132 2,154 3,647 1,515 1,583 2,961 2,595 3,249 4,420 2,045
1924 1,338 1,872 3,109 2,604 1,356 1,039 1,835 1,953 2,310 4,615 1,409
1925 1,383 1,975 3,148 3,064 1,221 1,174 2,358 2,904 2,767 4,316 1,393
1926 1,509 1,501 2,669 2,212 1,110 1,246 1,880 2,276 2,075 4,286 1,709
1927 1,194 2,302 2,318 2,497 1,281 945 2,099 2,197 2,673 4,008 1,509
1928 1,381 1,734 2,511 2,213 898 1,354 2,381 1,853 2,158 3,911 1,912
1929 1,483 1,829 2,292 2,199 1,077 1,218 1,775 1,779 2,082 3,030 1,614
1930 1,541 1,774 2,960 2,255 1,068 1,739 2,469 2,350 2,342 3,886 1,971
1931 1,824 2,386 2,702 2,604 1,450 1,707 2,559 2,160 2,951 4,462 1,854
1932 1,662 1,311 3,159 2,283 1,124 1,875 1,801 1,855 1,810 3,538 1,509
1933 1,460 2,597 2,275 2,737 1,315 1,506 3,102 3,045 3,449 4,837 1,465
1934 1,245 1,610 2,916 3,096 967 1,347 1,691 1,615 1,639 3,443 1,239
1935 1,245 1,746 2,453 2,047 1,461 1,694 1,841 1,741 1,911 3,499 2,053
1936 1,684 1,695 2,546 2,359 919 823 2,259 2,167 2,313 3,549 1,784
1937 1,294 1,788 2,637 2,610 827 1,171 1,926 2,331 1,834 4,278 1,485
1938 1,260 1,825 1,645 1,873 975 1,322 1,845 1,450 2,343 2,835 1,792
1939 1,786 1,653 2,467 2,046 956 2,027 2,298 2,349 2,015 4,029 1,682
1940 1,442 1,579 2,128 2,235 1,484 1,127 2,733 2,621 1,994 4,084 1,590
1941 1,327 1,939 2,290 2,935 1,192 1,721 2,237 2,198 2,165 4,501 2,134
1942 1,331 1,695 2,072 2,529 1,217 1,357 1,970 2,033 2,028 5,224 1,660
1943 1,604 1,278 2,311 3,084 1,215 1,846 2,593 2,587 2,548 4,167 1,613
1944 2,194 2,372 2,259 3,418 1,060 1,568 2,084 2,435 1,935 4,964 2,170
1945 1,338 1,632 2,103 2,028 791 1,209 1,580 1,488 1,658 3,177 1,504
1946 1,628 1,939 2,434 2,890 915 1,201 2,089 2,196 2,053 3,641 2,338
1947 1,210 1,421 2,304 2,381 1,157 943 2,263 1,910 1,939 4,414 2,454
1948 1,556 1,549 1,902 2,639 1,116 1,251 1,876 1,682 1,957 3,295 1,461
1949 1,356 1,040 2,245 2,154 1,222 1,008 2,115 1,653 1,894 4,191 1,986
1950 890 1,229 2,006 2,467 602 801 1,772 1,558 1,863 3,021 1,410
1951 1,664 2,107 2,798 2,856 1,404 1,088 2,540 2,144 2,744 4,262 1,576
1952 1,053 1,650 2,058 2,331 774 914 2,077 2,073 2,672 3,473 1,341
1953 1,547 1,860 3,265 2,774 1,021 989 1,600 1,708 1,722 3,288 1,565
1954 1,656 1,587 2,626 2,661 1,325 1,633 2,193 2,149 2,101 3,760 1,682
1955 1,539 1,944 2,437 2,889 955 934 2,077 2,218 2,343 4,362 1,546
1956 741 1,399 2,007 2,226 709 1,180 1,449 2,183 1,975 3,538 1,435
1957 2,428 2,360 2,259 2,279 1,307 1,963 2,746 2,525 2,659 3,855 2,527
1958 1,023 1,464 1,730 2,453 610 1,019 1,767 2,277 1,907 3,548 1,711
1959 1,610 1,554 2,498 2,861 1,058 1,376 2,233 2,302 2,058 4,188 1,472
1960 1,265 2,141 2,427 1,883 959 1,340 2,094 1,833 2,377 3,208 1,711
1961 1,477 2,011 3,679 2,722 1,833 961 1,995 2,138 2,119 3,755 2,042
1962 1,616 1,535 2,579 2,282 991 1,341 1,762 2,078 1,852 3,533 1,449
1963 1,949 2,060 3,927 3,864 1,528 1,360 2,076 2,288 1,979 4,467 2,580
1964 1,239 1,555 2,244 2,499 881 622 1,904 1,871 1,727 4,158 1,037
1965 1,828 2,530 2,573 2,568 1,248 1,190 2,054 1,996 1,999 3,811 2,407
1966 1,266 1,805 2,409 2,084 1,175 1,294 1,515 2,173 1,628 3,184 1,587
1967 1,015 1,849 3,000 2,761 1,171 1,628 2,150 2,892 2,092 4,036 1,624
1968 862 1,183 1,862 1,975 791 786 1,984 2,203 2,020 3,867 1,081
1969 1,494 1,873 2,760 2,544 1,395 1,545 1,774 2,024 1,998 3,544 1,761
1970 1,371 2,135 2,851 2,096 1,044 1,320 1,669 2,296 2,022 3,529 1,866
1971 1,721 2,003 2,122 2,507 904 1,159 2,366 2,853 2,169 4,060 2,103
1972 1,190 1,962 2,097 2,244 1,144 1,151 2,121 2,919 2,133 3,778 1,885
1973 1,014 1,631 2,244 2,311 1,119 1,062 1,456 1,482 1,322 3,006 1,694
1974 865 1,582 2,522 2,398 754 576 1,743 1,879 2,168 3,905 1,114
1975 1,025 1,786 2,563 2,384 1,438 1,432 2,139 2,041 2,073 4,675 1,278
1976 1,195 1,563 2,096 2,667 806 995 1,437 1,646 1,298 3,378 1,214
1977 1,413 1,693 3,011 2,346 978 1,523 1,695 2,334 1,918 3,631 1,547
1978 1,195 1,550 2,383 2,348 978 1,163 2,002 2,407 2,605 3,744 1,386
1979 1,371 1,940 2,525 2,597 795 1,468 1,995 2,166 2,193 3,486 1,498
1980 1,125 1,325 1,997 2,008 1,126 874 1,553 1,551 1,418 3,273 765
1981 1,061 1,565 2,078 2,087 753 1,471 1,539 1,913 1,760 3,099 1,403
1982 1,034 1,699 2,007 2,556 1,234 967 2,057 2,588 1,866 4,499 1,474
1983 1,126 1,449 1,752 1,552 638 1,185 1,324 1,548 1,226 3,356 1,307
1984 1,877 1,933 2,494 2,246 997 1,900 2,141 2,485 2,095 4,201 2,573
1985 1,274 1,551 2,233 2,220 1,050 1,178 2,087 2,246 2,048 3,997 1,241
1986 1,115 2,462 1,456 1,693 975 1,495 1,724 1,530 2,153 3,548 1,521
1987 1,177 1,506 2,451 2,468 890 1,079 1,628 1,894 1,754 3,013 1,480
1988 1,017 1,803 2,036 2,421 842 1,346 1,685 2,245 1,741 4,311 1,323
1989 1,105 1,714 2,266 2,326 826 999 1,849 2,065 2,249 3,734 1,304
1990 1,298 1,903 2,342 1,798 1,194 n.a. 2,035 1,949 1,757 3,280 1,315
1991 1,457 1,658 2,096 2,190 1,283 n.a. 1,770 2,193 1,836 3,323 1,290
1992 939 1,302 2,577 2,212 604 n.a. 1,515 1,798 1,842 3,535 1,598
1993 1,579 1,780 2,648 2,479 920 n.a. 2,158 2,012 2,141 4,043 1,943
1994 1,405 1,821 2,483 n.a. 1,055 n.a. 1,832 n.a. 2,303 3,246 1,974
1995 849 1,401 2,399 n.a. 963 n.a. 1,835 n.a. 2,082 4,116 1,379
1996 1,068 1,497 2,161 n.a. 943 n.a. 1,707 n.a. 2,176 3,674 1,459
1997 1,330 2,010 2,530 n.a. 1,377 n.a. 1,912 n.a. 2,028 4,163 1,618
1998 1,207 1,198 2,388 n.a. 885 n.a. 1,542 n.a. 1,784 4,558 1,129
Year Anuradhapura Badulla Colombo Galle Hambantota Jaffna Kandy Kurunegala Nuwara-Eliya Ratnapura Trincomalee
© ２００９， KRI (Kusaka Research Institute) 
Source:
Department of Meteorology, Sri Lanka.
Revised:  2009(y)/10(m)/10d)
Chief Editor:
      Dr. Milton Rajaratne (B.Com., M.Sc., Ph.D.)
      The former Head, Department of Management Studies
      University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka