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Croydon 1932
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Croydon]
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Table V.
METEOROLOGY.
I am indebted to Mr. H. W. Corden for the information
contained in the table below.
METEOROLOGICAL RECORD YEAR 1932.
Rain
| Months. 1932. | 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. | |||||||||||
| January | 55° | 21° | 49° 0 | 38° 8 | 43°.9 | + 5°.4 | 45°.9 | 41°.0 | in. —.048 | 10 | in. 2.34 | in. + 0.55 |
| February | 49° | 25° | 42° 0 | 32° 8 | 37°.4 | — 2°.1 | 43°.7 | —.089 | 5 | 0.39 | -1.14 | |
| March | 56° | 22" | 49°5 | 33° 6 | 41°.5 | — 0°.2 | 42°.3 | 36°.9 | —.046 | 11 | 1.52 | + 0.01 |
| April | 67° | 31° | 53°-1 | 40° 2 | 46°"6 | — 0°.6 | 44°.8 | 41°.8 | —.033 | 19 | 2.15 | + 0.55 |
| May | 74° | 35° | 60°.2 | 46° 2 | 53°.2 | + 0°.1 | 48°.5 | 48°.4 | +.005 | 14 | 3.79 | + 1.91 |
| June | 82° | 44° | 69°.7 | 51°.3 | 60°.5 | + 1°.1 | 53°.2 | 52°.0 | —.010 | 2 | 0.56 | — 1.47 |
| July | 85° | 46° | 70° .8 | 55°.7 | 63°.2 | + 0°.7 | 56°.9 | 57°.5 | +.012 | 13 | 2.59 | + 0.18 |
| August . | 95° | 52° | 77°.0 | 58°.4 | 67°.7 | + 6°.1 | 59°.4 | 59°.8 | +.011 | 7 | 0.90 | — 1.48 |
| September | 80° | 41° | 65°.7 | 50°.6 | 58°.1 | + 0°.9 | 58°.8 | 54°.3 | —.065 | 15 | 1.83 | — 0.37 |
| October | 640 | 31° | 55°.7 | 43°.9 | 49°.8 | — 0°.2 | 54°.9 | 46°.2 | -.Ill | 23 | 5.27 | + 2.54 |
| November | 58' | 32" | 48°.9 | 41°.1 | 45°.0 | + 1°.8 | 50°.7 | 41°.7 | —.102 | 14 | 0.84 | — 1.45 |
| December | 56" | 26 c | 46°.4 | 38°.5 | 42°.4 | + 2°.7 | 47°.1 | 39°.3 | — .077 | 8 | 0.43 | — 1.51 |
| Means and Totals for Year. | 95° | 21° | 57°.3 | 44°.2 | 50°.7 | + 1°.3 | 50°.5 | 46°.0 | — .046 | 141 | 22.61 | — 1.68 |