An observatory was established at Nagpur in 1869 at an elevation of 1025 feet. The average maximum and minimum temperatures are 840 and 56o in January, 1090 and 280 in May and 880 and 750 in July; the absolute maximum being 950 in January, nearly 1180 in May and 1050 in July, and the absolute minimum 410 in January, 670 in May and 700 in July. The maximum temperature recorded was 117.70 on 20th may 1883 and the lowest 40.60 on 9th January 1899. The climate of the District is mild and dry, salubrious and distantly conducive to long life. It enjoys the reputation of being one of the hottest places in India, and during April and May the heat is excessive, but the hot weather, owing to the great dryness of the atmosphere, is not unpleasant. The monsoon months are however nearly as sultry as is the case in most plain districts of India and during this period the average temperature in the shade is about 800. Though the cold weather is as a rule of short duration, the climate during the period the average temperature in the shade is about 800. Though the cold weather is as a rule of short duration, the climate during the period from the middle of November to the end of February is extremely pleasant. In this district the latter part of the cold weather is the most healthy season, while the end of the unhealthy. Both in the cold and hot weathers the skies seldom remain cloudless for very long together, and during cloudy days the temperature rises and the weather becomes close. In the cold weather considerable damage is done to the following crops by these clods and during the hot months they render the nights, usually remarkable for their coolness, most oppressive. Save for the two months of the hot weather (from the middle of April to the middle of June) when the heat is intense and one month (September 15th to October 15th when the atmosphere becomes steamy and the moist heat is most trying, the climate of Nagpur is very bearable.