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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Croydon 1910
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Croydon]
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TABLE XIII.
METEORO LOGIC AI RECORD—YEAR 1910.
Rein Gauge 5-in. in diameter, 1-ft. above ground, 146-ft. above sea level. Temperature taken in the shade of a Stevenson's Screen, 4-ft. from the ground. The Ground Thermometer is suspended in an iron tube, the
bulb being 4-ft.
| Months | Temperature of Air during the Month. | Mean Temperature of Air. | Difference from average 50 years at Greenwich. | Mean Temperature of Ground at 4-ft. | Mean Temperature of the Dew Point. | Mean Tensional Differen e between Ground and Dew Point at 9 a.m. and 3 p.m. | Rainfall. | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean of | No. of Days on which Rain fell. | Amount collected in Inches. | Difference from average 85 years at Greenwich | |||||||||
| Highest. | Lowest. | All Highest. | All Lowest. | |||||||||
| January | 55° | 19° | 43°.2 | 35°.0 | 39°.1 | 0° .6 | 42°.9 | 38°. 1 | in — 0.046 | 16 | in. 2.38 | in. + .57 |
| February | 53° | 27° | 46°.2 | 36°.1 | 41°1 | + 1°.6 | 41°.0 | 40°.4 | 007 | 25 | 3 .91 | + 2.38 |
| March | 59° | 28° | 50°.5 | 35°.7 | 43°.1 | + 1°.4 | 40°.4 | — 019 | 8 | 1.34 | .17 | |
| April | 64° | 26° | 52°.7 | 39°.6 | 46°.1 | — 1°.1 | 440.4 | 44°.1 | — 004 | 19 | 2.12 | + -52 |
| May | 79° | 30° | 61°.3 | 46°.0 | 53°.6 | + 0°.5 | 48°.8 | 50°.5 | + 022 | 16 | 1.81 | — .14 |
| June | 83° | 45° | 70°.4 | 52°.6 | 61°.5 | + 2°.1 | 55°.4 | 57°.6 | + 036 | 14 | 1.84 | — .12 |
| July | 77° | 47° | 66°.6 | 52°.6 | 59°.6 | — 2°.9 | 56°.3 | 54°.3 | - 032 | 15 | 1. 99 | — .46 |
| August | 79° | 48° | 69°.6 | 54°.1 | 61°.8 | + 0°.2 | 57°.7 | 58°.0 | + 005 | 15 | 3.10 | + .78 |
| September | 74° | 37° | 64°.0 | 49°.3 | 56°. 6 | — 0°.6 | 55°.9 | 53°.9 | - 031 | 7 | 1.06 | — 1.18 |
| October | 72° | 40° | 58°.4 | 48°.2 | 53°.3 | + 3°.3 | 53°.9 | 50°.5 | - 049 | 17 | 2.87 | + .16 |
| November | 52° | 23° | 43°. 3 | 32°03 | 37°.8 | — 5°.4 | 470.4 | 35°.3 | - 122 | 14 | 3.42 | + 1.14 |
| December | 53° | 27° | 47°.1 | 40°.1 | 43°.6 | + 3°.9 | 44°.6 | 41°.8 | .030 | 25 | 4.20 | + 2. 24 |
| Means and Totals for the Year. | 83° | 19° | 56°.1 | 43°.5 | 49°.8 | + 0°.3 | 49°.2 | 47° 1 | .027 | 191 | 30.04 | |
The Rainfall for the Year was 4*27 inches above, and the number of days on which rain fell 31 above the average of 46
years at Croydon. GEO. CORDEN, F.R. Met. Soc.,
Croydon.