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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Greenwich 1966
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Greenwich Borough]
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METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATIONS—1966
I am indebted to the Director of the National Maritime Museum
and, in particular, to Lieutenant-Commander D. W. Waters, R.N.,
Curator of Navigation and Astronomy, for the following meteorological
data for the year ended December, 1966:—
Temperature
Highest screen temperature 80° on 20th August
Lowest screen temperature 20° on 19th January
Maximum in January 56° on 29th
„ „ February 56° on 1st and 8th
„ „ November 62° on 7th
„ „ December 56° on 29th and 31st
Sunshine
TOTAL FOR YEAR 1231.0 hours.
Sunniest Day 14.7 hours on 30th May.
Number of Days without sun, 101, distributed as follows:—
January 21
February 15
March 2
April 16
May Nil
June Nil
July 2
August 1
September 2
October 10
November 14
December 18
Rainfall
TOTAL 28.80 ins.
Highest Fall in 24 hours 1.12 ins. on 22nd June.
Driest Month 0.39 ins. March
Wettest Month 4.10 ins. December.