Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Croydon]
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Table IV.
METEOROLOGY.
I am indebted to Mr. H. W. Corden for the information
contained in the tables below.
Rain Gauge 5-in. in diameter,
Months 1031. | 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. | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Highest. | Lowest. | Mean of | No. of Days on which Rain fell. | Amount collected in Inches. | Difference from average 50 years at Greenwich | |||||||
All Highest. | All Lowest. | |||||||||||
in. | in. | in. | ||||||||||
January | 52° | 24° | 42°.7 | 34°.1 | 38°.4 | — 0°.1 | 43°.9 | 37°.0 | —.062 | 21 | 1.63 | —0.16 |
February | 54° | 28° | 44°.6 | 34°.3 | 39°.4 | — 0°.1 | 42°.3 | 36°.8 | —.049 | 17 | 1.50 | — 0.03 |
March | 69° | 20° | 48°.8 | 34°.0 | 41°.4 | — 0°.3 | 41°.6 | 36°.6 | —.040 | 6 | 0.37 | — 1.14 |
April | 67° | 33° | 54°.4 | 40°.4 | 47°.4 | + 0°.2 | 45°.5 | 42°.9 | —.027 | 16 | 4.52 | + 2.92 |
May | 77° | 39° | 62°.9 | 46°.4 | 54°.6 | + 1°.5 | 49°.0 | 49°.8 | —.012 | 13 | 2.57 | + 0.69 |
June | 81° | 43° | 70°.0 | 52° | 61°.0 | + 1°.6 | 53°.9 | 54°.5 | +.008 | 10 | 1.91 | — 0.12 |
July | 77° | 45° | 69°.4 | 59°.9 | 64°.0 | + 2°.1 | 57°.4 | 56°.6 | —.012 | 16 | 2.47 | + 0.06 |
August | 78° | 40° | 67°.1 | 51°.6 | 59°.3 | — 2°.3 | 58°.0 | 55°.3 | —.040 | 19 | 4.37 | + 1.99 |
September | 70° | 36° | 60°.8 | 46°.2 | 53°.5 | — 3°.7 | 55°.9 | 50°.1 | —.080 | 11 | 1.60 | —0.60 |
October | 67° | 24° | 56°.6 | 41°.5 | 49°.0 | — 1°.0 | 54°.1 | 46°.3 | —.096 | 5 | 0.69 | — 2.04 |
November | 61° | 31° | 51°.4 | 41°.8 | 46°.6 | + 3°.4 | 50°.0 | 44°.1 | —.068 | 11 | 3.03 | + 0.74 |
December | 59° | 23° | 45°.6 | 37°.8 | 41°.7 | + 2°.0 | 47°.2 | 39°.0 | —.082 | 9 | 0.49 | 1.45 |
Means and Totals for Year. | 81° | 20° | 56°.1 | 43°.3 | 49°.7 | + 0°.3 | 49°.9 | 45°.7 | —.046 | 154 | 25.15 | + 0.86 |