[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Lewisham Borough] page 72

Lewisham 1968

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Lewisham Borough]

This page requires JavaScript

Download table as:

Table 56

ATMOSPHERIC CONDITIONS IN 1968

		January	February	March	April	May	June	July	August	September	October	November	December	Average or actual
Temperature—1
Mean	C	5.0	3.4	7.6	9.3	11.3	16.2	16.7	16.5	15.1	13 .7	7.5	3 .4	10.5
Rainfall
Total2	in.	2.52	1.07	0.93	1.55	1.88	1.75	2.18	3.21	7.70	2.00	2.19	2.22	29.20
Per cent. of averages		105	62	62	123	139	117	116	136	245	91	61	136	116
Sunshine—1
Daily mean	hrs.	1.39	2.35	4.64	6.20	5.39	5.55	4.74	3.95	4.49	2.49	1.43	1.05	3.64
Per cent. of average		93	104	127	116	84	78	74	65	95	79	81	82	90
Wind—1
NE/E/SE	%	11	57	26	37	46	31	34	26	26	19	48	34	33
S/SW/W	%	67	28	11	41	35	59	33	36	53	72	25	30	41
NW/N/Calm	%	22	15	63	22	19	10	33	38	21	9	27	36	26
Atmospheric pollution
Creekside Depot
Water insol. matter	tpm	24.93	38.50	41.79	22.62	34.18	20.84	28.16	41.29	32.17	14.36	47.35	34.91	31.76
Water sol. matter	tpm	7.57	13.60	9.58	9.85	9.94	7.80	8.13	8.30	15.15	8.30	10.37	9.09	9.81
Lewisham Town Hall—
Smoke, daily average	*	114	119	67	81	61	57	42	38	82	86	98	122	81
Sulphur, daily average	•	275	283	155	146	151	97	120	146	112	160	207	266	176
Valentine Court—
Smoke, daily average	*	54	73	29	38	25	14	19	20	27	33	51	82	39
Sulphur, daily average	*	228	237	148	135	109	81	91	101	85	130	139	190	139
Deptford Town Hall—
Smoke, daily average	•	105	104	57	64	59	39	48	45	56	73	102	130	73
Sulphur, daily average	*	290	253	205	181	201	105	134	148	126	139	245	316	195
Creekside—
Smoke, daily average	*	131	129	71	60	53	34	35	40	27	74	96	122	73
Sulphur, daily average	*	297	282	176	179	168	114	132	158	142	194	255	315	201
Weather Summary		Cold first mild later	Cold with severe night frosts	Dry	Cold first warmer later	Cold and cloudy	unsettled	Dull and wet	Dull and wet	Wet and unsettled	Dull and mild	Cold first mild later	Cold and dull

Copy text to clipboard

[Notes— 1Kew; 2Lewisham; tpm: Tons per square mile per month; * microgrammes per cubic metre