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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 1967
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Greenwich Borough]
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METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATIONS—1967
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, 1967: —
Temperature
Highest screen temperature 83° on 17th July
Lowest screen temperature 19° on 9th December
Maximum in January 57° on 29th
„ February 56° on 2nd
„ November 61° on 11th
„ December 57° on 23rd
Sunshine
TOTAL FOR YEAR 1428.3 hours
Sunniest Day 14.1 hours on 9th July
Number of Days without sun, 67, distributed as follows :—
| January | 13 | July | Nil |
| February | 7 | August | 2 |
| March | 2 | September | 5 |
| April | 7 | October | 4 |
| May | 3 | November | 11 |
| June | Nil | December | 13 |
Rainfall
TOTAL 25.36 ins.
Highest Fall in 24 hours 1.02 ins. on 25th June
Driest Month 1.08 ins. July
Wettest Month 3.64 ins. October