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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
Croydon 1923
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Croydon]
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TABLE XI
METEOROLOGICAL RECORD—YEAR 1923.
Rain Gauge 5-in. in diameter, 1-ft. above ground, 146-ft. above sea level Temperature taken in the shade of a Stevenson's Screen, 4-ft. from the ground. The Ground Thermometer is suspended in an iron tubs, the bulb being 4-ft. below the level of the ground.
| Temperature of Air during Month. | Mean Temperature of Air. | Difference from average 50 years at Greenwich. | Mean Temperature of Ground at 4-ft. | Mean Temperature of the Dew Point. | Mean Tensional Difference between Ground and Dew Point at 9 a. m. and 3 p.m. | Rainfall. | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Months 1923. | Highest. | Lowest. | Mean of | No. of Days on which Rain fell. | Amount collected in Inches. | Difference from average 50 years at Greenwica | ||||||
| All Highest. | All Lowest. | |||||||||||
| in | in. | in. | ||||||||||
| January | 53° | 26° | 46°'.7 | 34°.8 | 40°.7 | + 2°.2 | 42°.1 | 37°.6 | —.032 | 13 | 1.35 | — .044 |
| February | 54° | 29° | 48°.1 | 39°.1 | 43°.6 | + 4°.1 | 43°.6 | 39°.8 | - .029 | 23 | 3.94 | + 2.41 |
| March | 68° | 29° | 50°.8 | 39°.1 | 44°.9 | + 3°.2 | 43°.6 | 40°.0 | — .027 | 18 | 1.89 | + 0.38 |
| April | 65° | 29° | 55°.7 | 40°.5 | 48°.1 | + 0°.9 | 47°.1 | 38°.9 | - .059 | 13 | 1.54 | — 0.06 |
| May | 79° | 33° | 60°.1 | 44°.3 | 52°.2 | — 0°.9 | 49°.8 | 43°.6 | — .063 | 15 | 2.22 | — 0.34 |
| June | 79° | 36° | 63°.5 | 48°.5 | 56°.0 | — 3°.4 | 51°.6 | 47°.6 | - .043 | 8 | 0.37 | — 1.66 |
| July | 93° | 50° | 76°.7 | 57°.4 | 67°.0 | + 4°.5 | 58°.8 | 55°.1 | — .045 | 12 | 2.34 | — 0.07 |
| August | 88° | 45° | 71°.6 | 53°.3 | 62°.4 | + 0°.8 | 59°.8 | 52°.3 | -.120 | 10 | 2.46 | + 0.08 |
| September | 75° | 42° | 65° 5 | 48°.1 | 56°.8 | — 0°.4 | 55°.7 | 50°.1 | -.067 | 14 | 1.29 | — 0.91 |
| October | 66° | 33° | 56°.9 | 45°.9 | 51°.4 | + l°.4 | 53°.5 | 46°.9 | —.086 | 22 | 5.83 | + 3.10 |
| November | 57° | 20° | 43°.2 | 32°.7 | 37°.9 | — 5°.3 | 47°.7 | 33°.8 | —.122 | 11 | 1.76 | — 0.53 |
| December | 50° | 22° | 43°.8 | 33°.4 | 38°.6 | — 1°.1 | 42°.8 | 34°.8 | —.059 | 19 | 2.51 | + 0.57 |
| Means and Totals for Year. | 93° | 20° | 56°.8 | 43°.1 | 49°.9 | + 0°.5 | 49°.6 | 43°.3 | —.062 | 178 | 27.50 | + 3.22 |
The Rainfall at Croydon was 346 inches above, and number of days on which rain fell was 16 above the
average of 50 years at Croydon. H. W. CORDEN,
Croydon.