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Lewisham 1962

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Table: Atmospheric Condition in 1962 Table 22

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Atmospheric Condition in 1962 Table 22

		January	February	March	April	May	June	July	August	September	October	November	December	Average or actual (as applic.)
Temperature—
Mean maximum¹	°C	7.4	7.3	6.7	12.0	14.4	19.3	19.8	19.4	17.1	14.9	8.8	4.8	11.8
Mean minimum'	°C	3.3	3.3	0.9	5.5	8.1	10.2	12.7	12.4	10.5	8.6	4.7	0.8	6.8
Mean¹	°C	5.3	5.3	3.8	8.7	11.2	14.7	16.3	15.9	13.8	11.7	6.7	2.8	9.7
Diff. from average¹	°C	+ 0.5	+ 0.4	—2.9	—0.6	—1.3	-1.0	—1.5	—1.4	—1.1	—0.8	—0.5	—2.3	—1.0
Highest maximum²	°C	12.8	12.2	13.3	21.1	20.5	26.1	25.0	25.5	24.4	18.9	12.8	12.2	26.1
Lowest minimum²	°C	—5.0	—2.2	—2.8	3.3	3.3	5.0	10.5	9.4	5.5	1.7	—1.1	—3.9	—5.0
Rainfall—
Total²	in.	2.92	0.47	1.06	2.21	1.97	0.35	2.16	1.83	2.46	1.34	1.54	1.34	19.6
Percent of average¹	...	107	41	92	92	86	16	95	108	143	96	80	111	89
Sunshine¹
Daily mean	hrs.	2.13	2.43	3.64	4.69	5.43	8.73	4.30	5.57	5.07	3.77	1.22	2.20	4.07
Percent of average	...	154	113	100	94	81	124	67	92	109	121	71	171	108
Wind¹
NE/E/SE	%	10	26	32	31	18	29	23	10	13	33	32	33	24
S/SW/W	%	73	44	28	43	52	44	46	74	60	38	28	35	47
NW/N/Calm	%	17	30	40	26	30	27	31	16	27	29	40	32	29
Atmospheric pollution—
West Division³:
Water insol. matter	tpm	12.31	5.58	11.22	9.89	12.75	9.56	9.71	12.22	9.55	7.40	8.38	4.87	9.45
Water sol. matter	tpm	6.73	3.96	5.15	5.85	5.00	4.16	4.55	3.95	4.86	6.46	5.33	3.85	4.99
Sulphur	†	2.17	1.99	1.53	2.83	1.02	0.58	0.64	0.59	0.56	1.11	1.42	2.28	1.39
Smoke, daily average	*	114	97	112	49	41	23	25	16	36	110	113	191	77
„ maximum	*	748	412	460	128	128	65	56	57	113	280	471	1868	—
„ minimum	*	4	28	16	4	9	7	5	5	4	14	46	16	—
Sulphur, daily average	*	147	165	222	127	83	75	75	42	69	194	233	384	151
„ maximum	*	929	467	483	477	288	232	213	136	169	425	756	2394	—
minimum	*	23	62	48	57	18	13	13	13	13	28	60	73	—
North Division⁴ :
Smoke, daily average	*	129	88	105	49	39	22	22	20	36	98	102	195	75
„ maximum	*	688	296	344	108	108	68	54	64	95	259	391	1340	—
„ minimum	*	24	24	26	12	8	6	2	6	6	14	35	82	—
Sulphur, daily average	*	216	137	331	100	71	88	75	67	69	124	120	230	136
„ maximum	*	861	288	239	183	153	271	157	123	127	284	290	1294	—
„ minimum	*	55	66	57	36	13	13	40	13	13	36	52	82	—
South Division⁵ :
Water insol. matter	tpm	11.59	7.18	10.94	10.03	12.52	9.10	7.74	8.18	7.65	7.00	7.46	5.35	8.73
Water sol. matter	tpm	7.84	5.22	6.61	6.53	6.28	4.16	5.98	4.24	4.87	7.96	6.25	4.17	2.03
Sulphur	†	1.33	0.56	1.40	1.07	0.84	0.43	0.52	0.28	0.43	1.01	1.49	2.03	0.95
Smoke, daily average	*	149	138	140	71	59	25	23	14	39	102	99	166	85
„ maximum	*	884	496	464	136	148	52	77	68	120	279	391	1496	—
„ minimum	*	20	32	32	12	24	2	1	1	4	12	20	24	—
Sulphur, daily average	*	245	179	222	136	94	79	74	44	73	214	248	405	168
,, maximum	*	1246	535	542	518	303	222	226	160	181	505	692	2678	-
„ minimum	*	54	44	71	32	24	14	12	13	13	27	⁵⁷	95	-
Weather summary	...	Changeable but sunny	Dry, somewhat stormy	Unusually cold	Rather cold	Coo and dull	Sunny, but cool and dry	Cool, very dull	Cool, wet, dull	Cool and wet	Bright and quiet	Dull, fairly dry	Cold, fog, then sunny

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Notes : 1Kew; 2Lewisham; 3Valentine Court for smoke and sulphur, Pool allotments for others Paragon Place for smoke and sulphur; 5Pendragon school for smoke and sulphur, Verdant Lane for others
tpm: tons per square mile per month; †as trioxide in mg per 100sq. cms. per day microgrammes per cubic metre.

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