Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Lewisham Borough]
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Weather conditions in 1951
Table 19
Month | Air temperature | Rainfall | Sunshine. percentage of average | Remarks | Average values 1881.1915 | Lewisham Town Hall— Air temperature | |||||||
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Highest °F | Lowest °F | Difference from average daily mean °F | Percentage of average | No. of days difference from average | Daily mean temperature °F | Total rainfall mm. | No. of days | Daily sunshine hrs. | |||||
Highest | Lowest | ||||||||||||
January | 54 | 18 | + 0.8 | 153 | + 2 | 96 | Unsettled and and wet. | 39.4 | 56 | 16 | 1.68 | 49 | 25 |
February | 53 | 23 | —0.2 | 271 | +4.7 | 95 | Unsettled and wet. | 40.1 | 52 | 15 | 2.64 | 48 | 31 |
March | 58 | 20 | —1.0 | 162 | + 5 | 83 | Dull, cold, very wet. | 42.1 | 52 | 15 | 3.94 | 56 | 32 |
April | 79 | 26 | —0.8 | 143 | + 1 | 129 | Cool, unsettled sunny. | 46.7 | 43 | 13 | 5.65 | 77 | 37 39 |
May | 74 | 30 | —26 | 120 | + 3 | 82 | Cool and wet. | 52.2 | 45 | 13 | 6.90 | 78 | |
June | 78 | 34 | —0.2 | 57 | —4 | 125 | Sunny and dry. | 57.7 | 48 | 11 | 7.20 | 78 | 47 |
July | 85 | 39 | + M | 70 | —5 | 112 | Warm, sunny and dry. | 61.1 | 55 | 13 | 6.96 | 85 | 52 |
August | 80 | 37 | —1.1 | 171 | +4 | 97 | Unsettled, wet cool. | 60.9 | 59 | 14 | 6.48 | 84 | 53 |
September | 78 | 37 | + 1.6 | 171 | 0 | 72 | Wa r m, dull, wet. | 57.3 | 54 | 13 | 5.43 | 79 | 47 |
October | 68 | 21 | -0.2 | 40 | —9 | 120 | Very dry, sunny. | 50.8 | 88 | 17 | 3.44 | 63 | 38 |
November | 62 | 27 | +4 | 211 | + 6 | 105 | Very wet, very mild. | 44.9 | 78 | 17 | 2.15 | 59 | 35 |
December | 56 | 17 | + 2.4 | 76 | —4 | 125 | Dryish, rather mild. | 41.3 | 79 | 18 | 1.44 | 53 | 27 |