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Rainfall was below normal from March to May. June and July
were exceptionally wet, while August, although dry, was not unusually
warm or sunny. September was cloudy and sunless with exceptionally
mild nights.
The weather of the last three months of the year was not particularly
unusual, with rain, frost, and fog locally.
The total rainfall for the year, 33.25 inches, is 4.68 inches above the
average, and is about the same as in 1935.
June, with 6.34, inches was easily the wettest month of the year,
July being the second wettest with 4.94 inches. January and November
were also unusually wet, and storms were frequent during October,
November and December.
1936 produced no heat waves, and no prolonged frosts. The highest
screen temperature recorded at Rothamsted was 82.3 degrees on 20th, June
and the lowest, 18.3 degrees on January 19th.
Births.
The births registered in Westminster during 1936 (53 weeks) numbered
1,563, but of these the homes of 967 were in other districts, 3 were either
registered under the Legitimacy Act or were re-registrations, and have
therefore to be deducted from the total. There were, however, 470
children belonging to Westminster parents born in institutions outside
the City, and these must be added. This gives a net total of 1,063, which
is 21 more than the corresponding figure for 1935. The Birth Rate for
the City was 8.5, for London 13.6 and for England and Wales 14.8.
The comparative net totals of the registered births for the last three
years are