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 33.
METEOROLOGICAL RECORD—YEAR 1933.
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. | |||||||
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Highest Maximum. | Lowest Minimum. | Mean of All Highest. All Lowest. | No. of Days on which Rain fell, 0.01 and over. | Amount collected in inches. | Mean rate of fall for Rainy Days. | Greatest fall in 24 hours. | Date of greatest fall. | |||
January | 54° | 23° | 42.2° | 34.1° | 38.2° | 15 | 0.95 | 0.06 | 0.20 | 8th |
February | 57° | 25° | 46.7° | 36.0° | 41.3° | 13 | 1.54 | 0.12 | 0.49 | 11th |
March | 64° | 29° | 54.5° | 38.1° | 46.3° | 14 | 1.98 | 0.14 | 0.42 | 17 th |
April | 71° | 31° | 58.6° | 42.2° | 50.4° | 7 | 0.80 | 0.11 | 0.18 | 26th |
May | 80° | 42° | 64.8° | 47.6° | 56.2° | 12 | 2.21 | 0.18 | 0.50 | 28th |
June | 84° | 47° | 71.0° | 52.6° | 61.8° | 11 | 2.28 | 0.21 | 0.53 | 12th |
July | 92° | 53° | 76.1° | 58.1° | 61.8° | 11 | 1.66 | 0.15 | 0.41 | 16th |
August | 92° | 50° | 77.6° | 57.6° | 67.6° | 6 | 0.30 | 0.05 | 0.08 | 16th |
September | 82° | 43° | 70.4° | 53.9° | 62.1 | 11 | 2.69 | 0.24 | 0.72 | 20th |
October | 68° | 33° | 58.6° | 46.5° | 52 .6° | 13 | 1.34 | 0.10 | 0.35 | 29th |
November | 56° | 32° | 47.9° | 39.2° | 43.5° | 14 | 0.99 | 0.07 | 0.22 | 15th |
December | 45° | 25° | 38.0° | 31.6° | 34.8° | 7 | 0.39 | 0.06 | 0.12 | 31st |
Means and Totals for the Year. | 92° | 23° | 58.9° | 44.8° | 51.4° | 134 | 17.13 | 0.13 | 0.72 | 20th Sept. |
The Rainfall for the Year was 6.58 ins. below, and the number of days on which rain fell 34 below
the year 1932, at East Ham.
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