August. There are what are called rainy seasons, commencing about March and September, but they are very uncertain, and, even in the rainy seasons, rain rarely falls continuously for more than a few hours. Rain is plentiful most of the year, June and December being the only really dry months. Hailstorms are frequent, and sometimes severe. Some thirty years ago, the natives say, there was a terrible storm of hail, and the hailstones remained on the ground for three days. Numbers of people were killed, and numerous others died from cold. Many huts were knocked down by the force of the stones, and most of the plantations very severely damaged. Thunder-storms are frequent, and often terrific, houses being constantly struck by lightning and destroyed.
It does not seem as though Uganda proper is a country for settlers, but probably the heat is not the greatest barrier to this.
