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A REPORT
OF THE
METEOROLOGY, MORTALITY, AND SICKNESS
OF
ST. MARYLEBONE
FOR THE YEAR 1904.
By A. Wynter Blyth.
METEOROLOGICAL SUMMARY.
March Quarter.
The first two weeks of January were practically sunless.
During the rest of the month from 5 to 19 per cent, of bright
sunshine was registered in Regent's Park. There was very little
frost or fog ; the mean temperature was 50º. There were 20 rainy
days giving a rainfall of 2 2 inches. Winds S.E. and S.W.
February opened with two weeks of wet weather; altogether
15 rainy days were recorded with a rainfall of 2.84 inches. The
winds were mostly westerly. During three out of the four weeks
the temperature was mild and seasonable, but a cold spell sent
the temperature down below freezing point in the last week. The
mean temperature of the whole month was 40.0º. Sunshine
varied from 6 to 14.4 per cent. The winds were mostly N.E.
March was cooled by easterly and north-easterly winds, the
mornings being mostly frosty. The mean temperature of the
month was, however, 43.4°. There were 12 rainy days with a
rainfall of 1.06 inch. During three out of the four weeks
sunshine was almost absent.
June Quarter.
April was fairly sunny and of moderate temperature, the
mean being 50.2º. There were 14 showery days, the total rainfall
being 1.33 inch. Winds N.W. Frosts were absent. Sunshine
varied from 24 to 40 per cent.
May was a fine spring month with a mean temperature of
54º, the second week being particularly bright with a recorded