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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
Marylebone 1956
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Marylebone, Metropolitan Borough]
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TABLE 3.—Climatological Summary, Year 1956.
Station: Regent's Park. Height of rain-gauge above mean sea level: 129 feet.
| 1956 | Air Temperature in Degrees Fahrenheit | Rainfall | Weather Number of Days | Bright Sunshine | |||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Means of | Mean of A and B | Highest and Lowest | Total | Most in a day | Precip'n | Snow or Sleet | Snow lying at 9h. G.M.T. | Hail | Thunder heard | Fog (9h. G.M.T.) | Air Frost | Ground Frost | Gale, force 8 or more | Total | Daily Mean | Per cent. of Average* | |||||||||||
| .01 in. (0.2 mm.) or more | .04 in. (1.0 mm.) or more | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| A Max. | B Min. | Highest Max. | Date | Lowest Min. | Date | Lowest Max. | Date | Highest Min. | Date | Amt. | Date | ||||||||||||||||
| °F. | °F. | °F. | °F. | °F. | °F. | °F. | in. | in. | hr. | hr. | % | ||||||||||||||||
| Jan. | 45.3 | 35.3 | 40.3 | 54 | 1, 26 | 29 | 19, 25 | 34 | 31 | 43 | 12 | 3.47 | 0.79 | 30 | 16 | 14 | 4 | - | 0 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 13 | — | 35.6 | 1.15 | 121 |
| Feb. | 36.7 | 26.4 | 31.5 | 54 | 28 | 16 | 2 | 25 | 1 | 44 | 29 | 0.50 | 0.16 | 12 | 8 | 6 | 13 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 25 | — | 48.5 | 1.67 | 104 |
| Mar. | 52.0 | 38.3 | 45.1 | 65 | 26 | 29 | 16 | 39 | 13 | 49 | 3 | 1.06 | 0.52 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 1 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 11 | — | 112.4 | 3.63 | 122 |
| April | 53.5 | 37.5 | 45.5 | 66 | 10 | 32 | 20 | 42 | 14 | 44 | 13 | 1.13 | 0.43 | 13 | 5 | 5 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 15 | — | 126.4 | 4.21 | 96 |
| May | 67.7 | 46.8 | 57.3 | 80 | 28 | 40 | 20 | 60 | 13, 18 | 54 | 9, 29 | 0.36 | 0.26 | 29 | 4 | 3 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 227.3 | 7.33 | 121 | |
| June | 65.1 | 50.4 | 57.7 | 75 | 25 | 43 | 15 | 50 | 8 | 57 | 24 | 2.43 | 0.52 | 11 | 14 | 9 | 0 | - | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 132.6 | 4.42 | 65 | |
| July | 70.0 | 56.3 | 63.1 | 84 | 25 | 50 | 12 | 59 | 13 | 62 | 8, 9 | 6.51 | 2.21 | 8 | 14 | 14 | 0 | - | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 162.1 | 5.23 | 84 |
| Aug. | 65.8 | 52.8 | 59.3 | 72 | 8, 9 | 46 | 29 | 58 | 4 | 60 | 10 | 4.43 | 0.53 | 1 | 25 | 19 | 0 | - | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 147.4 | 4.75 | 84 |
| Sept. | 67.0 | 54.0 | 60.5 | 77 | 22,24 | 48 | 1 | 59 | 1 | 59 | 23 | 2.00 | 0.49 | 4 | 11 | 10 | 0 | - | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | -_ | 98.2 | 3.11 | 74 |
| Oct. | 57.1 | 44.9 | 51.0 | 64 | 23 | 34 | 26 | 47 | 30 | 56 | 17,18 | 2.05 | 1.13 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 0 | - | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 5 | - | 94.0 | 3.03 | 113 |
| Nov. | 49.1 | 39.3 | 44.2 | 59 | 8 | 26 | 23 | 37 | 23 | 48 | 9 | 0.39 | 0.23 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 1 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 17 | - | 40.2 | 1.34 | 98 |
| Dec. | 47.9 | 40.4 | 44.1 | 56 | 12, 16 | 30 | 22 | 35 | 25 | 49 | 6, 16 | 2.78 | 0.61 | 23 | 16 | 13 | 1 | - | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 9 | - | 7.6 | 0.25 | 29 |
| Totals | 27.11 | 133 | 106 | 20 | - | 0 | 13 | 9 | 52 | 95 | — | 1227.2 | |||||||||||||||
| Means or Extremes | 56.4 | 43.5 | 49.9 | 84 | July 25 | 16 | Feb. 2 | 25 | Feb. 1 | 62 | July 8, 9 | 2.21 | July 8 | 3.35 | 92 | ||||||||||||
*Average for years 1921-1950.