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St Pancras 1916
Report of the Medical Officer of Health for the year 1916
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Table No. 4.
METEOROLOGICAL TABLE FOR SAINT PANCRAS, 1916.
(.Extracted from the Monthly Returns of the Meterological Office.)
Deduced from Observations at Camden Square, n.w., under the Superintendence of H. Robert Mill, d.sc., ll.d.
| January. | February. | March. | April. | May. | June. | July. | August. | September. | October. | November. | December. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Barometer. | Mean Pressure at 32° F. at Station Level1 (Bar 123 ft. above M.S.L.) | 30 063 | 29-638 | 29-533 | 29-776 | 29-803 | 29-80 | 29-917 | 29-809 | 29-914 | 29-749 | 29-761 | 29-506 | |
| Aii- Temperature. | Mean of | Maximum A. | 50.8 | 45.7 | 46.1 | 59.7 | 67.7 | 65.0 | 72.1 | 74.4 | 66.1 | 60.2 | 50.1 | 41.9 |
| Minimum B. | 40.7 | 34.9 | 35.0 | 39.8 | 47.5 | 47.9 | 53.0 | 55.7 | 49.8 | 47.3 | 39.1 | 32.8 | ||
| Mean of A. and B | 45.8 | 40.3 | 40.6 | 49.8 | 57.6 | 56.5 | 62.6 | 65.1 | 58.0 | 53.8 | 44.6 | 37.4 | ||
| Difference from Average† | + 7.4 | +0.3 | -2.1 | +l.6 | +3.1 | —4.4 | —1.5 | +1.9 | —0.4 | +3.2 | +0.6 | -2.4 | ||
| Humidity—Morning | 88% | 86% | 86% | 71% | 68% | 69% | 74% | 72% | 81% | 83% | 90% | 94% | ||
| Earth Temperature at 4 ft. depth | 45.1 | 44.1 | 41.7 | 43.8 | 49.3 | 53.0 | 55.5 | 59.1 | 57.0 | 54.2 | 50.0 | '45.3 | ||
| Bright Sunshine. | Total Observed (Daily mean) Hours | 1.06 | 2.24 | 1.65 | 6.03 | 5.03 | 4.63 | 4.74 | 4.71 | 3.17 | 2.58 | 1.63 | 0.14 | |
| Per cent, of total possible | 13 | 23 | 14 | 44 | 33 | 28 | 30 | 33 | 25 | 25 | 19 | 3 | ||
| Difference from Average† Hours | — | — | - | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| Rain and other forms of Precipitation. | Number of Days | 14 | 21 | 22 | 15 | 13 | 16 | 13 | 16 | 13 | 23 | 12 | 18 | |
| Total Fall Inches | 1.3 | 3.4 | 4.6 | 1.3 | 1.8 | 2.1 | 1.6 | 5.5 | 1.4 | 3.2 | 4.6 | 2.5 | ||
| Difference from Average † ,, | —0-47 | +1.73 | +2.99 | —0.47 | +0.12 | -0.08 | -0.87 | + 3.19 | —0.47 | +0.63 | +2.32 | +0.35 | ||
* The hours of observation are 9 a.m. and 9 p.m., local time.
† The averages used are obtained from observations extending over 35 years for Rainfall and Temperature and 25 years for Sunshine,