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Islington 1874
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Islington, Parish of St Mary]
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TABLE XII.
MONTHLY RESULTS OF METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATIONS MADE AT COMPTON TERRACE.
| THERMOMETEB. | 1 Mean Atmospheric Humidity. Saturation = 100. | Rainfall in Inches. | Number of Days on which Bain fell in appreciable quantity. | Periods embraced. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adopted Mean Temperature. | Mean of I Highest Daily Headings. | Mean of Lowest Daily Headings. | Mean Daily .Range. | |||||
| January | 42.0° | 46.9° | 36.9° | 10.0 | 86 | 0.81 | 10 | 1874. 1874. 4 wka. Jan. 4 —Jan. 31. |
| February | 38.7° | 44.2° | 33.8° | 10.4 | 86 | 0.86 | 13 | 4 „ Feb. 1—Feb. 28 |
| March | 44.4° | 62.8° | 38.4° | 14.4 | 80 | 0.99 | 13 | 6 „ Mar. 1—Apr. 4 |
| April | 51.5° | 63.6° | 43.0° | 20.6 | 70 | 0.66 | 8 | 4 „ Apr. 6—May 2 |
| May | 52.0° | 64.3° | 43.0° | 21.3 | 68 | 1.03 | 6 | 4 „ May 3—May 30 |
| 69.8° | 73.1° | 60.9° | 222 | 66 | 1.97 | 11 | 6 „ May 31—July 4 | |
| 66.3° | 79.9° | 66.2° | 24.7 | 66 | 1.06 | 8 | 4 „ July 6—Aug. 1 | |
| August | 60.7° | 72.7° | 62.6° | 20.2 | 67 | 1.08 | 10 | 4 „ Aug 2—Aug. 29 |
| September | 68.3° | 67.7° | 61.4° | 16.3 | 74 | 3.34 | 19 | 6 „ Aug. 30—Oct. 3 |
| Ootober | 62 0° | 68.3° | 47.0° | 11.3 | 84 | 2.80 | 16 | 4 „ Oct. 4—Oct. 31 |
| November | 41.7° | 47.6° | 36.7° | 10.8 | 84 | 1.46 | 12 | 4 „ Nov. 1—Nov. 28 1876. |
| December | 34.1° | 38.6° | 29.1° | 94 | 84 | 3' 14 | lo | 6 „ Nov. 29—Jan. 2 |
| Means of Year. | 50.0° | 69.1° | 43.1° | 16.0 | 76 | Sum. 19.18 | Sum. 141 | 1874. 1876. Jan. 4. to Jan. 2. |
The highest temperature in the shade attained was 91.3° on July 20th.
The lowest temperature reached was 18.8° on December 23rd.
Snow fell in the 10th, 47th, 60th, 61st and 62nd weeks of the year.
Thunder storms occurred on May 22nd, 26th, June 24tb, July 9th, 11th, August 10th
and October 1st.
Instead of stating the Means of Observations for each Calendar Month, I have stated them in periods
corresponding with those used in my monthly Tables, which alone can serve any useful purpose for
comparison with the coincident Mortality. \