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 Havering]
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TABLE 50
Kew Observatory 1968
| Month | RAINFALL | SUNSHINE | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total inches | Percentage of Average | Wettest Day | No. of Dry Days | Total hours | Percentage of Average | Sunniest Day | |||
| Date | inches | Date | hours | ||||||
| January | 2.28 | 105 | 8 | 0.63 | 13 | 43 | 93 | 11 | 5.9 |
| February | 0.96 | 62 | 5 | 0.32 | 18 | 68 | 107 | 25 | 9.1 |
| March | 0.91 | 62 | 30 | 0.13 | 18 | 144 | 127 | 26 | 10.9 |
| April | 2.22 | 123 | 17 | 0.38 | 18 | 186 | 116 | 26 | 12.8 |
| May | 2.52 | 139 | 18 | 0.54 | 16 | 1.67 | 84 | 28 | 14.1 |
| June | 2.03 | 117 | 27 | 0.44 | 13 | 166 | 78 | 12 | 14.9 |
| July | 2.83 | 116 | 10 | 0.93 | 21 | 147 | 74 | 3 | 15.3 |
| August | 3.06 | 136 | 8 | 0.55 | 15 | 123 | 65 | 12 | 11.6 |
| September | 4.82 | 245 | 15 | 1.69 | 7 | 135 | 95 | 3 | 10.9 |
| October | 203 | 91 | 11 | 0.40 | 17 | 77 | 79 | 14 | 8.9 |
| November | 1.50 | 61 | 29 | 0.38 | 20 | 43 | 81 | 24 | 6.5 |
| December* | 2.79 | 136 | 17 | 1.05 | 23 | 33 | 82 | 21 | 5.4 |
| Year * | 27.95 | 117 | 15 th Sept | 1.69 | 199 | 1332 | 88 | 3rd July | 15.3 |
| A dry day is defined as one with less than .01 inch of rain during the 24 hours. * Provisional | |||||||||