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St Pancras 1918
Report of the Medical Officer of Health for the year 1918
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Table No. 4.
METEOROLOGICAL TABLE FOR SAINT PANCRAS, 1918.
(Extracted from the Monthly Returns of the Meteorological Office.)
Deduced from Observations at Camden Square, n.w., under the Superintendence of H. Robert Mill, d.sc., ll.d.
| January. | February. | March. | April. | May. | June. | July. | August. | September. | October. | November. | December. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Barometer. | *Mean Pressure at 320 F. at Station Level | 29.584 | 30.072 | 29.929 | 29.809 | 29.947 | 29.988 | 29.842 | 29.914 | 29.677 | 29.914 | 29.915 | 29.746 | ||
| Air Temperature. | Mean of | Maximum A. | 44.6 | 49.2 | 52.9 | 50.4 | 69.1 | 71.7 | 73.3 | 74.1 | 64.8 | 57.2 | 49.1 | 50.5 | |
| Minimum B. | 34.2 | 38.4 | 31.8 | 38.7 | 47.8 | 48.3 | 54.1 | 54.2 | 49.5 | 43.8 | 37.1 | 41.0 | |||
| Mean of A. and B. | 39.4 | 43.8 | 44.3 | 46.1 | 58.5 | 59.7 | 63.7 | 64.1 | 57.2 | 50.5 | 43.1 | 45.8 | |||
| Difference from Average † | +0.6 | +3.8 | +1.4 | —2.3 | +3.4 | —1.3 | —0.6 | +0.9 | —1.4 | —0.2 | —1.2 | +5.3 | |||
| Humidity—Morning | 87% | 88% | 81% | 86% | 70% | 62% | 70% | 73% | 79% | 86% | 92% | 91% | |||
| Earth Temperature at 4 ft. depth | 41.4 | 43.2 | 42.9 | 44.7 | 49.3 | 55.2 | 57.7 | 19.2 | 57.8 | 54.1 | 50.0 | 48.1 | |||
| Bright Sunshine. | Total Observed (Daily mean) Hours | 0.94 | 1.39 | 3.29 | 2.51 | 5.97 | 6.27 | 5.27 | 5.06 | 4.10 | 1.54 | 0.74 | 0.39 | ||
| Per cent. of total possible | 11 | 14 | 28 | 18 | 39 | 33 | 35 | 33 | 14 | 8 | 5 | ||||
| Difference from Average † Hours | —0.12 | —0.35 | +0.45 | —2.12 | +0.32 | +0.30 | —0.41 | — | 0.03 | —0.78 | —0.49 | —0.19 | |||
| Rain and other forms of Precipitation. | Number of Days | 18 | 15 | 8 | 20 | 11 | 11 | 18 | 12 | 24 | 16 | 16 | 24 | ||
| Total Fall Inches | 2.9 | 1.1 | 1.1 | 3.2 | 2.11 | 1.3 | 4.7 | 1.8 | 5.7 | 1.2 | 2.3 | 2.3 | |||
| Difference from Average † ,, | +1.02 | —0.55 | —0.75 | +1.69 | +0.35 | —0.71 | +2.32 | —0.43 | +3.90 | —1.42 | —0.04 | —0.08 | |||
*The Readings for Pressure (Bar. 103 ft. above M.S.L.) given are those taken at Enfield; the hours of observation are 9 a.m. and 3 p.m., local
time, no readings being recorded at Camden Square during 1918.
†The averages used are obtained from observations extending over 35 years for Rainfall and Temperature and 25 years for Sunshine.