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St Pancras 1920
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Pancras, Metropolitan Borough]
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Table No. 6.
METEOROLOGICAL TABLE FOR SAINT PANCRAS, 1920.
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 32° F. at Station Level | 29315 | 30105 | 29.833 | 29.617 | 29.952 | 29.94 | 29.833 | 30.00 | 29.947 | 29.89 | 30.003 | 29.905 | |
| Air Temperature. | Mean of | ( Maximum a. | 47.8 | 502 | 559 | 56.5 | 68.2 | 72.7 | 70.2 | 690 | 67.4 | 61.5 | 50.2 | 45.2 |
| (. Minimum B. | 36.1 | 365 | 38'7 | 42.8 | 47.8 | 52.2 | 53.2 | 50.4 | 50.5 | 44.9 | 36.9 | 36.8 | ||
| Mean of A. and B | 42.0 | 43.3 | 47.3 | 49.7 | 58.0 | 62.5 | 61.7 | 59.7 | 58.9 | 53.2 | 43.6 | 41.0 | ||
| Difference from Average † | +3.2 | +33 | +4.4 | +1.3 | +2.9 | +1.5 | .2.6 | —35 | +0.3 | +2.5 | —0.7 | +0.5 | ||
| Humidity—Morning | 86% | 86% | 83% | 88% | 85% | 68% | 72% | 73% | 82% | 90% | 89% | 90% | ||
| • Earth Temperature at 4 ft. depth | 44.3 | 44.0 | 44.0 | 47.0 | 51.0 | 55.7 | 58.1 | 61.2 | 57.2 | 55.4 | 49.6 | 45.7 | ||
| Bright Sunshine. | Total Observed (Daily mean) Hours | 1.48 | 2.14 | 4.26 | 2.90 | 7.4.2 | 7.23 | 4.77 | 510 | 3.57 | 4.32 | 213 | 0.90 | |
| Per cent of total possible | 18 | 22 | 36 | 21 | 48 | 44 | 30 | 35 | 28 | 40 | 24 | 12 | ||
| . Difference from Average† Hours | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| Rain and other forms of Precipita. tion. | Number of Days | 21 | 11 | 18 | 21 | 13 | 9 | 16 | 7 | 14 | 13 | 9 | 23 | |
| Total Fall Inches | 2.5 | 0.58 | 1.42 | 3.07 | 0.69 | 1.59 | 4.06 | 1.75 | 3.27 | 1.09 | 1.12 | 2.36 | ||
| Difference from Average † | +0.75 | —106 | —0.43 | +1.54 | —1.06 | .0.43 | +1.65 | —0.47 | +1.46 | —1.54 | —1.26 | —004 | ||
* 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. to 3 p.m., local time.
The Readings for Humidity and Bright Sunshine are also those taken at Enfield; no readings being recorded at Camden Square during 1920.
†The averages used are obtained from observations extending over 35 years for Rainfall, Temperature, and Sunshine,