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City of London 1967

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TABLE 1 — Results obtained in 1967 of the monthly observations of rainfall and deposited matter by means of the deposit gauge

MONTHRainfall collected in deposit gauge at Guildha 11DEPOSITS
Equivalent toInsolubleSolubleTotal
MillimetresInches of rainTons per square mile
January371.4612.0711.7623.83
February441.7439.7312.5852.31
March311.2123.458.0631.51
April582.3023.3210.4733.79
May853.3513.1516.6629.81
June602.3724.0012.7536.74
July291.1319.9512.2032.15
August562.2113.6613.4927.16
September542.1114.8513.9428.79
October983.859.2810.1619.44
November371.4615.9810.9426.92
December602.3622.579.7632.32
Averages: 1967542.1319.3311.9031.23
1966491.9417.8510.1127.96
1965542.1219.029.9628.98
1964441.7115.1312.4927.63
1963411.6312.4810.0722.55
1962401.5814.218.4922.69
1962 - 1966461.8015.7410.2225.96

TABLE II — Results obtained in 1967 of the daily observations of the concentration of SMOKE by the volumetric method

MONTHRainfall collected in deposit gauge at GuildhallPublic Services BuildingSnow Hill Police Station
Equivalent toMonthly AverageMonthly Average
MillimetresInches of RainMicrogrammes per cu. metreMicrogrammes per cu. metre
January371.468387
February441.747573
March311.213646
April582.304644
May853.353937
June602.372829
July291.132728
August562.213038
September542.114034
October983.852842
November371.468676
December602.368369
Averages:
1967542.135050
1966491.945956
(Golden Lane)
1965542.127064
1964441.718877
1963411.6310087
1962401.588477
1962- 1966461.808072

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