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Lewisham 1971

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Table: Table 51ATMOSPHERIC CONDITIONS IN 1971

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ATMOSPHERIC CONDITIONS IN 1971

		January	February	March	April	May	June	July	August	September	October	November	December	Average or actual
Temperature—1
Mean	C	5.3	5.0	5.7	8.1	12.1	13.5	17.5	16.4	13.7	11.7	6.1	6.9	10.2
Rainfall
Total2	in.	2.46	0.31	1.74	1.53	2.39	4.42	0.54	2.55	0.71	2.03	1.93	0.73	21.34
Per cent, of averages		124	33	112	79	145	299	40	149	29	94	106	35	104
Sunshine—1
Daily mean	hrs.	1.48	2.88	3.53	3.83	7.79	5.61	7.70	4.99	5.88	4.93	3.44	1.02	4.42
Per cent, of average		99	127	97	72	122	79	121	82	124	157	194	80	113
Wind—1
NE/E/SE	%	26	19	25	66	44	25	33	18	33	24	3	23	28
S/SW/W	%	58	52	43	20	36	44	35	61	31	55	51	58	45
NW/N/Calm	%	16	29	32	14	20	31	32	21	36	21	46	19	27
Atmospheric pollution
Creekside Depot Water insol. matter	tpm	21.49	19.30	22.13	30.54	26.23	27.23	16.08	16.88	11.50	10.58	64.77	32 67	24.95
Water sol. matter	tpm	11.89	5.65	7.66	2.95	6.98	9.55	17.05	8.35	6.18	6.30	17.50	6.77	8.90
Lewisham Town Hall—
Smoke, daily average	*	115	111	71	63	57	41	57	51	81	93	117	118	81
Sulphur, dally average	*	217	221	175	203	183	100	152	99	173	112	176	202	168
Valentine Court—
Smoke, daily average	*	63	56	28	30	23	12	21	18	40	38	54	50	36
Sulphur, daily average	*	198	198	141	159	177	90	141	67	146	85	94	77	131
Deptford Town Hall—
Smoke, daily average	*	78	111	78	93	75	53	44	41	68	56	73	Closed	70
Sulphur, daily average	*	260	282	207	262	257	125	195	118	228	142	183	down	205
Creekside—
Smoke, daily average	*	102	95	59	62	49	33	41	41	74	70	92	100	68
Sulphur, daily average	*	251	238	199	240	235	128	191	112	211	134	172	211	194
Weather Summary		Mainly Mild	Changeable	Changeable	Dull, cold and dry	Sunnier than average	Very cool much heavy rain	Sunny but some heavy thunder storms	Very changeable some heavy rain	Long dry and sunny spells	Warm with dry and sunny spells	Much sunnier than average	Very mild duller and drier than average

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

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Table: Table 51ATMOSPHERIC CONDITIONS IN 1971

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