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Wandsworth 1883

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wandsworth District, The Board of Works (Clapham, Putney, Streatham, Tooting & Wandsworth)]

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Table: TABLE VII. METEOROLOGICAL TABLE FOR LONDON, 1883. (Deduced from Observations, at Greenwich, under the Superintendence of the Astronomer Royal, and compiled from Quarterly Tables, furnished to the Registrar General by James Glaisher, Esq., F.R.S.

TABLE VII.

METEOROLOGICAL TABLE FOR LONDON, 1883. (Deduced from Observations, at Greenwich, under the Superintendence of the Astronomer Royal, and compiled from Quarterly Tables, furnished to the Registrar General by James Glaisher, Esq., F.R.S.

Winter Jan., Feb., March, Spring April, May, June, Summer July, Aug., Sept. Autumn Oct., Nov., Dec.Temperature ofFlastic Force of Vapour.Weight of Vapour in a Cubic Foot of Air.Degree of Humidity.Reading of Barometer.Weight of a Cubic Fool of Air.Rain.Reading of Thermometer on Grass.
Air.Evaporation.Dew Point.Air— Daily Range.Number of Nights it wasLowest Reading at Night.Highest Reading at Night.
Mean.Diff. from Average of 112 Years.Diff. from Average of 42 years.Mean.Diff. from Average of 42 years.Mean.Diff. from Average of 42 Years.Mean.Diff. from Average of 42 Years.Mean.Diff. from Average of 42 Years.Mean.Diff. from Average of 42 Years.Mean. (Sato=100)Diff. from Average of 42 Years.Mean.Diff. from Average of 42 Years.Mean.Diff. from Average of 42 Years.Mean.Diff. from Average of 42 Years.At or below 30º.Between 30° & 40º.Above 40º.
1883.ºººººººººin.in.grs.gr.in.in.grs.grssum in.in.Sums.ºº
YEAR.40.5+0.80.010.50.013.60.015.6— 0.2.295+0.0013.40.082029.784+0.023512021.90— 0.697816412314.356.9
First Quarter40.0+ 1.2+ 0.137.9— 0.135.2—0.211.7— 0.1.2070.0012.40.083+ 129.796+0.03355205.36+ 0.354840214.319.5
Second do.53.0+ 0.7+ 0.149.10.045.30.020.8+ 0.8.310+ 0.0033.50.077029.801+ 0.019538— 14.75— 1.0818393418.656.3
Third do.59.5+ 0.2—0.756.1— 0.353.2+ 0.119.1— 0.6.4050.0004.5— 0.180+ 229.726—0.02952900.53— 0.120187432.356.9
Fourth do.44.9+ 1.3+ 0.443.0+ 0.440.8+ 0.110.8—1.0.257— 0.0013.0— 0.186— 229.814+ 0.068517+ 15.26— 1.9312671323.750.1
In this Table, + and — respectively signify that the numbers in the preceding column are above or below the average to the extent of the quintities to which these signs are prefixed.