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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 1957
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Marylebone, Metropolitan Borough]
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TABLE 3.—Weather Statistics, Year 1957.
Station: Regent's Park. Height of rain-gauge above mean sea level: 129 feet.
| 1957 | Air Temperature in Degrees Fahrenheit | Rainfall | Weather Number of Days | Bright Sunshine | |||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Means of | Highest and Lowest | Most in a day | Precip'n | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| .01 in. (0.2 mm.) or more | .04 in. (1.0 mm.) or more | 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* | |||||||||||||||
| A Max. | B Min. | Mean of A and B | Highest Max. | Date | Lowest Min. | Date | Lowest Max. | Date | Highest Min. | Date | Total | Amt. | Date | ||||||||||||||
| °F. | °F. | °F. | °F. | °F. | °F. | °F. | in. | in. | hr. | hr. | % | ||||||||||||||||
| Jan. | 48.2 | 38.8 | 43.5 | 57 | 26 | 32 | 2,25 | 37 | 14 | 54 | 5 | 1.37 | 0.35 | 24 | 10 | 8 | 1 | - | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 13 | - | 45.3 | 1.46 | 154 |
| Feb. | 49.0 | 39.6 | 44.3 | 57 | 3,4 | 31 | 16,18 | 38 | 19 | 51 | 1 | 3.04 | 0.57 | 5 | 14 | 12 | 1 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 13 | - | 61.1 | 2.18 | 136 |
| Mar. | 57.7 | 44.6 | 51.1 | 68 | 13 | 34 | 4 | 48 | 5 | 52 | 10, 17 | 1.17 | 0.28 | 26 | 11 | 9 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 7 | - | 93.2 | 3.01 | 101 |
| April | 57.4 | 42.4 | 49.9 | 68 | 5 | 33 | 12 | 48 | 9 | 49 | 18 | .27 | 0.09 | 22 | 5 | 4 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | - | 144.2 | 4.81 | 110 |
| May | 61.0 | 45.2 | 53.1 | 73 | 31 | 36 | 6 | 48 | 8 | 53 | 15 | 1.32 | 0.37 | 12 | 12 | 8 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | - | 186.8 | 6.03 | 100 |
| June | 74.2 | 52.4 | 63.3 | 93 | 29 | 42 | 12 | 59 | 10 | 68 | 30 | 0.81 | 0.35 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 261.6 | 8.72 | 128 | |
| July | 72.6 | 57.8 | 65.2 | 90 | 6 | 52 | 11, 21 | 65 | 14, 15 | 66 | 4 | 3.44 | 0.63 | 14 | 16 | 14 | 0 | - | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 155.3 | 5.01 | 81 |
| Aug. | 69.8 | 55.4 | 62.6 | 81 | 1 | 47 | 30 | 60 | 15 | 63 | 8 | 2.68 | 1.21 | 12 | 15 | 9 | 0 | - | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 142.1 | 4.58 | 81 |
| Sept. | 63.7 | 51.3 | 57.5 | 71 | 22 | 37 | 30 | 55 | 24, 30 | 60 | 22 | 2.27 | 0.50 | 24 | 15 | 11 | 0 | - | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | — | 92.1 | 3.07 | 73 |
| Oct. | 60.8 | 47.6 | 54.2 | 68 | 13, 14 | 39 | 20 | 55 | 22 | 56 | 26, 30 | 2.05 | 0.77 | 16 | 9 | 8 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | - | 76.9 | 2.48 | 93 |
| Nov. | 49.0 | 41.1 | 45.1 | 56 | 4 | 30 | 24 | 43 | 15 | 48 | 12 | 2.25 | 0.79 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | - | 56.9 | 1.90 | 139 |
| Dec. | 46.1 | 36.1 | 41.1 | 55 | 20 | 23 | 17 | 36 | 4, 16 | 44 | 21, 22, 23 | 1.76 | 0.75 | 12 | 11 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 11 | — | 28.3 | 0.91 | 106 | |
| Totals | — | - | — | — | — | - | — | — | — | — | — | 22.43 | — | — | 131 | 103 | — | — | - | — | 1343.8 | — | — | ||||
| * Average for years 1921-1950. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||