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 Finchley]
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MONTH | RAINFALL | TEMPERATURE | DIRECTION OF WIND (Days) | |||||||||||
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Total Inches | Greatest in 24 Hours | Days on which 0.01 in. or more fell | Mean | Maximum | Minimum | No. of Nights at or below 32° F. | S.W. Quadrant including W. | S.E. Quadrant including S. | N.E. Quadrant including E. | N.W. Quadrant including N. | ||||
Depth inches | Date | Degrees | Date | Degrees | Date | |||||||||
January | 2.23 | 0.65 | 23 | 14 | 39.1 | 52 | 4. 6, 23, 24, 25 | 24 | 13 | 14 | 16 | 3 | 7 | 5 |
February | 2.53 | 0.57 | 25 | 15 | 39.6 | 60 | 29 | 21 | 18 | 10 | 14 | 2 | 8 | 5 |
March | 1.86 | 0.51 | 28 | 14 | 44.1 | 60 | 1 | 32 | 7, 20, 23 | 3 | 9 | 2 | 19 | 1 |
April | 0.51 | 0.11 | 2 and 6 | 10 | 49.9 | 67 | 21 | 33 | 17 | ... | 14 | 2 | 9 | 5 |
May | 2.27 | 0.95 | 20 | 8 | 57.2 | 79 | 27 | 41 | 2 and 4 | ... | 12 | 8 | 6 | 5 |
June | 1.53 | 0.43 | 10 | 11 | 63.1 | 85 | 6 | 44 | ... | 17 | 5 | 4 | 4 | |
July | 3.33 | 0.49 | 8 | 22 | 61.4 | 76 | 21 | 45 | 3 | ... | 27 | ... | ... | 4 |
August | 2.24 | 0.82 | 12 | 18 | 61.3 | 75 | 5 | 44 | 15 | ... | 21 | 3 | ... | 7 |
September | 3.84 | 0.86 | 2 | 12 | 57.9 | 77 | 12 | 40 | 28 | ... | 12 | 7 | 4 | 7 |
October | 6.15 | 1.00 | 26 | 25 | 51.6 | 66 | 3 and 7 | 32 | 13 | 1 | 9 | 11 | 4 | 7 |
November | 4.30 | 0.71 | 25 | 25 | 46.0 | 61 | 2 | 31 | 28 | 1 | 21 | 1 | 1 | 7 |
December | 2.97 | 0.89 | 3 | 21 | 39.5 | 54 | 4 | 30 | 29 | 6 | 3 | ... | 4 | 24 |
Year 1960 | 33.76 | 1.00 | 26 Oct. | 195 | 50.9 | 85 | 6 June | 21 | 18 Feb. | 35 | 175 | 44 | 66 | 81 |
*N.B'The temperature readings for the first 17 days in January were
obtained from records kept at the Sewage Disposal Works.
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