Month | Progress of the Seasons | Wind | Weather |
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Jan. | Country verdant with young corn, groves and meadows adorned with many flowers. Oranges begin to ripen. | N.W., N., N.E | Heavy rains; thunder storms; occasionally snow, and thin ice; ground never frozen. |
Feb. | Amond tree and peach tree in blossom; in the lower and warmer parts, orange tree laden with ripe fruit. | N.W., N., N.E | Heavy rains, etc.. in Jan and Feb, called by the Arabs the "fathers of rain." |
Mar. | All trees in full leaf, many in bloom. In the lowlands, orange and lemon trees laden with fruits. Palm tree blossoms; barley ripening. | W. | Rain, hurricanes, sometimes snow; rivers much swollen. |
Apr. | Fruits of oleaster and white mulberry ripen. Barley harvest. Wheat harvest beginning | S. | Occasionally rain; sometimes Sirocco from the S.E. |
May | Principal harvest month, especially of wheat. Apricots and apples ripen (in Jordan valley vegetation withered and burnt up). | S. | Rain very seldom; from this to September no rain occurs. |
Jun. | Amonds ripe. (Beyrouk honey of the Jordan valley collected in May, June and July.) Grapes begin to ripen. | E. | Frequent hot winds (Simoons); air motionless. |
Jul. | Various fruits: apples, pears, plums, etc. Grapes fully ripe. Pumpkins. Harvest of corn in the higher mountains. | E. | Greatest heat in general; sky serene. |
Aug. | Principal fruit month. Grapes, figs, etc.; in the plains, walnut and olive. | E. | Dew begins to fall; at times large and dense clouds (Nile Clouds). |
Sep. | Commencement of vintage. Harvest of the dourra and maize. Cotton and pomegranate begins. | N.E | Much lightning without thunder [Editor's Note: This is probably referring to heat lightning]; very rarely rain. |
Oct. | End of vintage. Gathering of cotton. Ploughing and sowing commence. Pistachio-nuts ripen. | N.E | Dews very heavy; autumnal rains begins. |
Nov. | Month of ploughing and sowing. Rice harvest. Fig tree laden with fruit. Orange and citron tree in bloom. | N.W., N., N.E | Rainy month. Thunder storms. Rains from the W. or S.W. |
Dec. | Trees lose their leaves. The brown and desolate plains and deserts become green pastures. | N.W., N., N.E | Rainy, etc. In Dec, Jan and Feb greatest amount of rain in the year. |
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