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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
St Pancras 1910
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Pancras, London, Borough of]
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METEOROLOGICAL TABLE FOR SAINT PANCRAS, 1910.
| January. | February. | March. | April. | May. | June. | July. | August. | September. | October. | November. | December. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Barometer. | Mean Pressure at 32J F. at Station Level1 (Bar 159 ft. above M.S.L.) | 29.720 | 29.537 | 30. 034 | 29.711 | 29.757 | 29.765 | 29 .750 | 29 786 | 30.087 | 29 890 | 29515 | 29.588 | |
| Air Temperature. | Mean of | Minimum A | 34.6 | 36.3 | 35.4 | 39.8 | 46.3 | 53.2 | 53.1 | 54 2 | 49.6 | 48.3 | 32.3 | 400 |
| Maximum B. | 45.1 | 48.3 | 51.5 | 56.1 | 65.0 | 72.3 | 68.5 | 70.9 | 66.2 | 60.6 | 454 | 48.7 | ||
| Mean of A. and B | 39 9 | 42.3 | 43.5 | 48.0 | 55.7 | 62.8 | 60.8 | 62.6 | 57.3 | 54.5 | 38.9 | 444 | ||
| Difference from Average † | + 1.3 | +23 | +0.5 | —0.5 | + 1.4 | + 1.9 | —3.6 | —0 7 | —0.6 | +4.1 | —50 | +4.9 | ||
| Humidity | 90 | 89 | 84 | 79 | 78 | 78 | 83 | 82 | 82 | 89 | 90 | 91 | ||
| Earth Temperature at 4 ft. depth | 13.3 | 41.2 | 42.2 | 44.0 | 48.5 | 55.1 | 56.9 | 53.2 | 57.3 | 55.0 | 49.4 | 455 | ||
| Bright Sunshine. | Total | Observed Hours | 50 | 59 | 120 | 115 | 196 | 159 | 102 | 140 | 125 | 57 | 47 | 13 |
| Per c | ent. of total possible | 20 | 22 | 33 | 28 | 41 | 33 | 21 | 31 | 33 | 18 | 18 | 5 | |
| [ Differ | ence from Average † Hours | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| Rain and other forms of Precipitation. | Number of Days | 14 | 21 | 9 | 18 | 19 | 13 | 17 | 21 | 5 | 13 | 16 | 20 | |
| Total Fall Inches | 1.57 | 2.96 | 0.97 | 2.24 | 2.22 | 2.17 | 2.53 | 1.64 | 0.58 | 2.00 | 3'19 | 329 | ||
| Difference from Average † | —0.30 | + 1 33 | —069 | + 0.56 | +0.47 | —012 | —0'u4 | —0.75 | —1.59 | —0.74 | +083 | + 1.24 | ||
* The hours of observation are 9 a.m and 9 p.m., local time.
† The averages used are obtained from observations extending over 35 years for Rainfall and Temperature and 25 years for Sunshine,