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St Pancras 1936

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Pancras, Metropolitan Borough]

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Meteoroligical Table for Saint Pancras, 1936.

( Deduced from observations at Camden Square, N. W. 1.)

January.February.March.April.May.June.July.August.September.October.November.December.
Barometer—Mean Pressure at 32° F. at station level (Bar. 112 ft. above V.S.L.)29.629.729.830.030.030.029.830.130.030.129.930.1
Air Temperature— Mean of—
A. Maximum45.042.452.652.265.771.269.273.167.057.048.747.2
B. Minimum37.433.240.939.346.854.555.956.054.543.639.037.6
Mean of A and B41.237.846.745.756.362.962.564.560.750.343.942.4
Difference from Average+ 11—2.7+3.0—2.60.0+2.2—1.8+ 1.3+ 1.9—1.4+0.2+1.3
Humidity—Morning88.989.285.070.272.573.370.577.584.580.790.090.0
Earth Temperature at 4 ft. depth44.842.842.945.749.563.857.858.358.756.050.847.1
Bright Sunshine—Total Observed (daily mean) Hrs.0.601.661.483.896.006.154.115.682.8323.30.921.13
Per cent. of total possible7171328383726392222914
Difference from average Hrs.—0.37+0.05—1.16—0.25—0.20—0.31—2.48—0.12—1.14—0.20—0.31+0.40
Rain and other forms of precipitation— Number of Days2014151461920616131819
Total Fall Ins.4.021.471.111.860.483.822.950.482.992.043.071.87
Difference from average+2.20—0.20—0.76—0.16—1.32+ 1.84+ 3.04—1.76+ 1.20—0.0+0.72—0.56

Hour of observation, 9 a.m. (Greenwich time). The readings for Bright Sunshine are those taken at Regent.s Park—no readings being recorded at
Camden Square.