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 14.
METEOROLOGICAL RECORD—YEAR 1948.
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 Maxi-mumf | Lowest Minimum | Mean of | 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 | |||
All Highest | All Lowest | |||||||||
January | — | — | — | — | 42.95 | 21 | 2.86 | 0.14 | 0.47 | 23rd |
February | — | 16 | — | 32.58 | 40.41 | 11 | 1.29 | 0.12 | 0.37 | 21st |
March | — | 27 | — | 35.84 | 45.76 | 5 | 0.66 | 0.13 | 0.25 | 17th/31st |
April | — | 32 | — | 38.63 | 51.48 | 13 | 1.20 | 0.92 | 0.34 | 3rd |
May | — | 30 | — | 40.90 | 54.79 | 9 | 1.99 | 0.22 | 0.44 | 11th |
June | — | 41 | — | 47.30 | 58.11 | 19 | 5.06 | 0.27 | 2.41 | 14th |
July | — | 42 | — | 50.42 | 61.80 | — | 0.92 | 0.13 | 0.30 | 4th |
August | — | 42 | — | 50.03 | 61.03 | 14 | 3.79 | 0.27 | 1.47 | 6th |
September | — | 34 | — | 48.40 | 59.02 | 9 | 1.18 | 0.13 | 0.48 | 12th |
October | — | 24 | — | 40.03 | 50.10 | 10 | 1.85 | 0.19 | 0.44 | 25th |
November | — | 24 | — | 36.23 | 44.45 | 8 | 1.38 | 0.17 | 0.50 | 6th |
December | — | 19 | — | 34.90 | 43.10 | 17 | 2.07 | 0.12 | 0.61 | 30th |
Means & Totals for the Year | — | 30 | — | 41.4 | 51.1 | 143 | 24.25 | 0.17 | 2.41 | 14th June |
f The Highest Maximum Thermometer was stolen at the beginning of the year and has not yet been replaced by the
Meteorological Office.