Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for East Ham]
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TABLE 35.
METEOROLOGICAL RECORD—YEAR 1930.
Rain Gauge 5-in. in diameter, placed 1-foot above ground, 15 feet above sea level. Temperature taken in the shade of a Stevenson's Screen, 5 feet from the ground.
Months. | Temperature of Air during the Month. | Mean Temperature of Air. | Rainfall. | |||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Highest Maximum. | Lowest Minimum. | Mean ot | No. of Days on which Rain fell, o' or and over. | Amount collected in inches. | Mean rate of fall for Rainy Days. | Greatest fall in 24 hours. | Date of greatest fall. | |||
All Highest. | All Lowest. | |||||||||
January | 59° | 30° | 49.0° | 39.7° | 44.3° | 20 | 2.17 | 0.11 | 0.30 | 4th |
February | 51° | 31° | 42.4° | 34.9° | 38.7° | 5 | 0.84 | 0.17 | 0.45 | 1st |
March | 60° | 27° | 50.2° | 37.5° | 43.8° | 11 | 1.45 | 0.13 | 0.67 | 15th |
April | 69° | 32° | 54.8° | 42.5° | 48.6° | 15 | 1.20 | 0.08 | 0.34 | 3rd |
May | 71° | 40° | 61.4° | 44.0° | 52.7° | 17 | 2.93 | 0.17 | 0.43 | 25th |
June | 81° | 45° | 70.5° | 53.6° | 62.0° | 6 | 2.55 | 0.42 | 1.83 | 18 th |
July | 80° | 51° | 69.4° | 55.9° | 62.7° | 13 | 1.90 | 0.15 | 0.46 | 20th |
August | 92° | 51° | 71.9° | 56.1° | 64.0° | 16 | 4.27 | 0.26 | 1.88 | 29th |
September | 79° | 46° | 65.2° | 53.2° | 59.2° | 16 | 2.67 | 0.17 | 0.43 | 6th |
October | 69° | 35° | 59.6° | 47.1° | 53.4° | 15 | 0.98 | 0.06 | 0.21 | 22nd |
November | 59° | 27° | 51.6° | 39.9° | 45.8° | 19 | 2.93 | 0.15 | 0.50 | 28th |
December | 53° | 29° | 45.0° | 36.5° | 41.0° | 15 | 1.60 | 0.11 | 0.36 | 11th |
Means and Totals for the Year. | 92° | 27° | 57 .6° | 45.1° | 51.4° | 168 | 25.49 | 0.15 | 1.88 | Aug. 29th |
The Rainfall for the Year was 4'20 ins. above, and the number of days on which rain fell 38 above
the year 1929, at East Ham.