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METEOROLOGY - 1952
The f.ll.wing table gives brief details .f temperatures9
rainfall and sunshine during each quarter .f the year, and has been
prepared fr.m inf.rmati.n supplied by the Direct.r .f the
Mete.r.l.gical Office, based .n data .btained at Kew Observat.ry,
Daily Temperatures .f the Air T.tal T.tal
Quarter Average .f Average .f Average .f Rainfall Sunshine
Highest L.west .f Mean (inches) (h.urs)
March 46.1° 36,1° 41.l° 5.14 243.8
June 63.8° 47.6° 55.2° 4.54 624.2
September 68„4° 54.1° 6l.2° 5.57 567.O
December 4805° 38„30 43.4° 9.09 220u8
TOTALS 165508
The MARCH quarter opened brightly th.ugh cold; sunshine
during January was well above the average, whilst rainfall was moderate.
Sunny and dry weather marked the opening .o the JUNE quarter
whilst it was the warmest May .f the century; rainfall was below the
normal expectation, despite a fall of 3.27 inches in seventy-five minutes
over south-western suburbs of the metropolis .n the 19th. June was
drier whilst sunshine appreciably exceeded the average in south-eastern
England
"Mainly dry and rather warm" was expressive of the month of
July but taking the SEPTEMBER quarter as aowholes the rainfall was in
excess of normal precipitation, whilst sunshine recorded was up to.
average, though the month of September was unusually cold.
The DECEMBER quarter saw a maintenance of the cold conditions
which prevailed in September, with slightly less rain and average sunshine
f.r October. November ot. was quite cold, and sunshine was below average
and rainfall greater than anticipated., December was notable for a long
spell of sm.ke-laden fog, whilst sunshine and rain both exceeded the
average.