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St Pancras 1914
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Pancras, London, Borough of]
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Table No. 7.
METEOROLOGICAL TABLE FOR SAINT PANCRAS, 1914.
Deduced from Observations at Camden Square, n.w., under the Superintendence of H. Robert Mill, d.sc., L L.d.
| January. | February. | March. | April. | May. | June. | July. | August. | September. | October. | November, | December. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Barometer. | Mean Pressure at 32º F. at Station Level1 (Bar 123 ft. above M.S.L.) | 300.39 | 29.647 | 29.515 | 29.973 | 29.970 | 29.923 | 29.764 | 29.929 | 29.964 | 29.893 | 23.770 | 29.524 | ||
| Air Temperature. | Mean of | Maximum A. | 42.1 | 51.1 | 51.2 | 62.5 | 65.4 | 73.9 | 74.6 | 75.5 | 69.6 | 59.6 | 51.1 | 47.0 | |
| Minimum B. | 33.7 | 38.5 | 37.9 | 41.5 | 45.5 | 50.9 | 55.6 | 54.8 | 48.7 | 45.7 | 40.0 | 37.6 | |||
| Mean of A. and B | 38.1 | 44.8 | 44.6 | 52.0 | 55.5 | 62.4 | 65.1 | 65.2 | 59.2 | 52 .7 | 45.6 | 42.3 | |||
| Difference from Average † | -0'5 | +4.8 | +1.6 | +3.5 | + 1.2 | + 1.5 | +0.7 | +19 | +0.7 | +2.6 | +1.7 | +2.3 | |||
| Humidity—Morning | 90 | 89 | 84 | 68 | 65 | 67 | 69 | 76 | 76 | 85 | 87 | 90 | |||
| Earth Temperature at 4 ft. depth | 43.6 | 43.5 | 43.8 | 45.9 | 50.1 | 54.3 | 58.8 | 59.3 | 58.9 | 54.5 | 50.8 | 46.7 | |||
| Bright Sunshine. | Total Observed (Daily mean) Hours | 0.51 | 2.04 | 2.55 | 7.07 | 6 .03 | 7.90 | 4.81 | 5.42 | 5.90 | 1.84 | 1.63 | 0.87 | ||
| Per cent. of total possible | 6 | 21 | 22 | 51 | 39 | 48 | 30 | 38 | 47 | 18 | 19 | 11 | |||
| Difference from Average Hours | - | - | - | — | |||||||||||
| Rain and other forms of Precipitation. | Number of Days | 12 | 14 | 25 | 9 | 8 | 12 | 15 | 9 | 9 | 13 | 18 | 24 | ||
| Total Fall Inches | 0.55 | 2.37 | 4.51 | 0.81 | 1.74 | 1.15 | 1.26 | 1.24 | 1.00 | 1.25 | 3.52 | 6-.34 | |||
| Difference from Average † ,, | -1.32 | +0.74 | +2.85 | + 0.57 | -0.01 | -1.14 | -1.31 | -115 | -1.17 | -1.49 | + 1.16 | + 4.29 | |||
* The hours of observation are 9 a.m. and 9 p.m., local time.
† The averages used are obtained from observations extending over 35 years for Rainfall and Temperature and 25 years for Sunshine.