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Lewisham 1915

Annual report on the vital statistics and sanitary condition of the Borough of Lewisham for the year 1915

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Table VI.

METEOROLOGICAL TABLE for LONDON, 1915.

(Deduced from Observations at Greenwich, under the Superintendence of the Astronomer Royal.)

1915.AIR TEMPERATURE.Bright Sunshine.Rain and other forms of Precipitation.
Mean ofMean of A and B.Difference from Normal.†Absolute Maximum and Minimum.Daily Mean. 1Difference from Norrtial.Per cent, of Possible.Total Fall.Difference from Normal. +Most in a day.
ABMaximum.Day of Month| Minimum.Day of Month.Amount.Day of Month.
Maximum.Minimum.
000000hrs.hrs.%m.m.m.m.m.m
January43.635.739.7+1.1531322231.13-0.221393+ 452422
February46.435.040.7+1.152426252.75+ 0.542881+ 43128, 13
March48.135.741.9-0.0592326292.87-0.422420-194a
April55.438.246.8-0.4723029185.33+ 0.063931- 9712
May63.943.453.7+0.6762634316.90+ 0.484583+ 343713
June70.649.059.8+0.68783717.27+0.604414-38330
July71.452.762.0- 0.487445136.42-0.424078+ 171616, 22
August71.453.862.6+ 1.177144305.23-1.223682+ 231910
September67.748.258.0+.0.9791737306.20+0.974951- 44228
October56.842.649.7-0.4681232302.29-0.812150-211831
November44.833.839.3-4.2581223271.83+0.102162+ 61711
December48.339.343.8+ 3.6561029131.16+0.0615131+ 85169
Year57.442.349.9+0.44 .12-0.02347 76+ 162

* The hours of observation are 9 a.m. and 9 p.m. local time.
† The averages used are obtained from observations extending over 65 years for Rain and Temperature, and
15 years for Sunshine.