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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
Enfield 1938
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Enfield]
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METEOROLOGICAL STATISTICS, 1938.
| Month. | Barometer. | Temperatures. | Rainfall. Millimetres. | Sunshine hours. | Thunderstorms. | Fogs on days. | Frosts on days. | Snowfalls. | Prevailing. Winds. | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Highest. | Lowest. | Earth. Means. | Lowest Grass. Min. | Highest Maximum. | Lowest Minimum. | Means of Latter. | ||||||||
| Jan. | 30.553 on 23rd | 28.857 on 9th | 43.5° | 28° on 11th | 54° on 24th | 31° on 11th | 42° | 73.0 3.13 inches. | 40.2 | — | 2 | 8 | 3 | S.W. |
| Feb. | 30.561 on 20th | 29.505 on 1st | 40.3° | 24° on 25 th | 56° on 26th & 27th | 26° on 25th | 40° | 11.8 0.61 inches. | 63.0 | — | 5 | 9 | 4 | N.E. |
| Mar. | 30.728 on 4th | 29.628 on 25th | 44.6° | 29° on 13th | 68° on 30th | 30 ° on 4th | 50° | 9.3 0.32 inches. | 162.6 | — | 4 | 10 | — | S.W. |
| April | 30.808 on 11th | 29.990 on 30th | 47.8° | 26° on 11th | 67 ° on 1 st | 28° on 11th | 46° | 4.4 0.17 inches. | 138.4 | - | — | 8 | — | N.E. |
| May | 30.314 on 22nd | 29.525 on 30th | 50.3° | 27° on 8th | 75° on 14th | 30° on 8th | 52° | 54.1 2.32 inches. | 153.7 | 1 | 1 | 1 | — | S.W. |
| June | 30.347 on 16th | 29.591 on 29th | 55.7° | 41° on 13th | 80° on 14th & 21st | 44 ° on 3rd & 11th | 62° | 10.8 0.41 inches. | 212.2 | — | — | — | — | S.W. |
| July | 30.219 on 18th | 29.546 on 5th | 58.6° | 42° on 2nd | 84 ° on 31st | 45° on 2nd | 62° | 41.8 1.80 inches. | 145.2 | 2 | — | — | - | S.W. |
| Aug. | 30.302 on 2nd | 29.496 on 19th | 61.3° | 41 ° on 21 st, 30 th & 31st | 86° on 1st | 44 ° on 30th & 31st | 63° | 42.3 1.39 inches. | 141.0 | 3 | 1 | — | — | S.W. |
| Sept. | 30.272 on 11th | 29.628 on 20th | 58.6° | 37° on 1st | 81° on 13th | 39° on 1st | 59° | 71.0 2.91 inches. | 121.1 | 1 | 3 | — | — | S.W. |
| Oct. | 30.350 on 20th | 29.174 on 4th | 55.0° | 29° on 24th | 64 ° on 9th | 30° on 25th | 50° | 72.6 3.02 inches. | 119.1 | — | 6 | 2 | — | S.W. |
| Nov. | 30.442 on 15th | 28.979 on 23rd | 51.4° | 27° on 27th | 68° on 5th | 30° on 27th & 30th | 49° | 83.4 3.32 inches. | 51.8 | — | 8 | 5 | — | S.W. |
| Dec. | 30.524 on 25th | 29.325 on 10th | 46.3° | 18° on 21st | 55 ° on 4th & 5th | 19° on 21st | 39° | 80.8 3.52 inches. | 34.8 | — | 7 | 12 | 8 | S.W. |
| Note :—EcLipse of Moon on night of November 7th. | Totals | 555.3 22.92 inches. | 1383.1 hrs. | 7 | 37 | 55 | 15 | |||||||