Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Annual report for the year ending 25th March, 1896
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Table No. 12. METEOROLOGICAL TABLE FOR LONDON, 1895. (Deduced from Observations at Greenwich, under the Superintendence of the Astronomer-Royal, and compiled from Quarterly Tables, furnished to the Registrar-General by fames Glaisher, Esq., F.R.S.)
Winter Jan., Feb., March. Spring April, May, June. Summer July, Aug., Sept. Autumn Oct., Nov., Dec. | Temperature of | Elastic Force of Vapour. | Weight of Vapourin a Cubic Foot of Air. | Degree ofHumidity. | Reading ofBarometer. | Weight of a Cubic Foot of Air. | Rain. | Reading of Thermometer on Grass. | ||||||||||||||||||
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Air. | Evaporation. | Dew Point. | Air— Daily Range. | Number of Nights it was | Lowest Reading at Night. | Highest Reading at Night. | ||||||||||||||||||||
Mean. | Diff. from Average of 124 Years. | Diff. from Average of 54 Years. | Mean. | Diff. from Average of 54 Years. | Mean. | Diff. from Average of 54 Years. | Mean. | Diff. from Average of 54 Years. | Mean. | 1Diff. from Average of 54 Years. | Mean. | Diff. from Average of 54 Years. | Mean (Satn = 100). | Diff. from Average of 54 Years. | Mean. | Diff. from Average of 54 Years. | Mean. | Diff. from Average of 54 Years. | Amount. | Diff. from Average of 80 Years. | At or below 30°. | Between 30° and 40°. | Above 40°. | |||
1895. | º | º | º | º | º | º | º | º | º | in. | in. | grs. | gr. | ins. | in. | grs. | grs. | Sums. | Sums. | º | º | |||||
ins. | ins. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
YEAR | 49.3 | +0.7 | -0.1 | 15.9 | -0.5 | 42.3 | -1.2 | 16.2 | +0.4 | .284 | -.009 | 3.2 | -0.2 | 78 | -4 | 29.748 | - .026 | 541 | 0 | 19.73 | -5.33 | 88 | 130 | 147 | 6.9 | 59.1 |
Winter Qr. | 35.2 | -3.7 | -4.6 | 33.3 | -4.6 | 29.5 | -5.7 | 11.8 | 0.0 | .167 | -.039 | 2.0 | -0.5 | 81 | - 3 | 20.664 | - .109 | 556 | +4 | 3.27 | -1.68 | 55 | 33 | 2 | 6.9 | 42.5 |
Spring do. | 55.1 | +2.8 | +2.2 | 50.1 | + 1.0 | 45.5 | +0.2 | 20.9 | +0.8 | .306 | - .001 | 3.4 | -0.1 | 71 | -7 | 29.846 | + .064 | 537 | -1 | 1.91 | -3.79 | 6 | 43 | 42 | 25.3 | 54.3 |
Summer do. | 62.3 | +2.7 | +2.2 | 57.6 | +1.3 | 53.4 | +0.4 | 20.7 | + 1.0 | .409 | +.005 | 4.5 | -0.1 | 73 | - 5 | 29.812 | + .019 | 528 | -2 | 6.46 | -0.83 | 0 | 7 | 85 | 30.8 | 59.1 |
Autumn do. | 44.7 | +1.0 | +0.4 | 42.8 | +0.3 | 40.7 | +0.2 | 11.5 | -0.3 | .255 | -.001 | 2.9 | -0.2 | 87 | -3 | 29.671 | -.079 | 545 | -2 | 8.09 | + 0.97 | 27 | 47 | 18 | 20.0 | 50.1 |