London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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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
Havering 1971
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Havering]
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Details of rainfall at the London Weather Centre are given in the following table for comparison with local figures. This table also includes details of sunshine:—
| Month | RAINFALL | SUNSHINE | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total m.m. | Percentage of Average | Wettest Day | No. of dry days | Total hours | Percentage of Average | Sunniest Day | |||
| Date | m.m. | Date | hours | ||||||
| January | 53.5 | 137 | 23 | 9.75 | 16 | 44 | 93 | 24,29 | 5.7 |
| February | 11.0 | 37 | 15 | 2.75 | 21 | 79 | 136 | 22 | 88 |
| March | 33.5 | 101 | 15 | 13.25 | 20 | 107 | 94 | 30 | 10.3 |
| April | 35.7 | 76 | 24 | 10.25 | 23 | 112 | 89 | 28 | 12.2 |
| May | 54.0 | 155 | 25 | 18.50 | 21 | 237 | 122 | 3 | 14.0 |
| June | 106.2 | 190 | 10,14 | 24.75 | 16 | 165 | 81 | 1 | 14.6 |
| July | 18.75 | 38 | 27 | 10.00 | 25 | 221 | 117 | 15 | 14.1 |
| August | 90.75 | 161 | 5 | 49.50 | 14 | 146 | 82 | 17 | 13.4 |
| September | 16.2 | 28 | 27 | 11.50 | 25 | 168 | 110 | 12 | 11.5 |
| October | 48.7 | 84 | 13 | 22.5 | 23 | 155 | 139 | 7 | 10.0 |
| November | 57.2 | 110 | 28 | 17.5 | 18 | 107 | 185 | 10 | 8.2 |
| December | 13.7 | 24 | 19 | 5.25 | 22 | 32 | 71 | 28 | 5.6 |
| Year | 553.0 | 96 | Aug 5 | 49.50 | 244 | 1573 | 107 | Jun 1 | 14.6 |
| A dry day is defined as one with less than 0.25 mm (.01 inch) of rain during the 24 hours. | |||||||||