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Hendon 1925
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hendon]
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TABLE III.
REGISTER OF RAINFALL.
1925.
| Kept at Hendon Central School in the County of Middlesex, by J. Burgess, Esq. | |||||||||||||
| Time of observation—9 a.m. | |||||||||||||
| Nearest Railway Station—Midland. | |||||||||||||
| Diameter of Rain Gauge—5 inches. | |||||||||||||
| Height of top of Rain Gauge above ground—1ft. 2ins. | |||||||||||||
| Height of top of Rain Gauge above sea level—200ft. | |||||||||||||
| Date | Jan. | Feb. | Mar. | April | M ay | June | July | Aug. | Sept. | Oct. | Nov. | Dec. | Date |
| in. | in. | in. | in. | in. | in. | in. | in. | in. | in. | in. | in. | ||
| 1 | .43 | .00 | .20 | .00 | .05 | .00 | .00 | .04 | .09 | .00 | .31 | .00 | 1 |
| 2 | .20 | .01 | .00 | .21 | .00 | .00 | .01 | .01 | .06 | .00 | .58 | .00 | 2 |
| 3 | .00 | .00 | .00 | .00 | .29 | .00 | .00 | .02 | .00 | .00 | .00 | .00 | 3 |
| 4 | .05 | .00 | .00 | .00 | .15 | .00 | .00 | .22 | .05 | .02 | .06 | .00 | 4 |
| 5 | .00 | .31 | .00 | .27 | .05 | .00 | .00 | .01 | .18 | .00 | .01 | .00 | 5 |
| 6 | .00 | .04 | .00 | .20 | .13 | .00 | .28 | .00 | .00 | .00 | .42 | .00 | 6 |
| 7 | .00 | .11 | .00 | .00 | .05 | .00 | .01 | .00 | .02 | .01 | .02 | .09 | 7 |
| 8 | .10 | .01 | .02 | .07 | .02 | .00 | .00 | .02 | .03 | .00 | .00 | .08 | 8 |
| 9 | .00 | .01 | .00 | .04 | .01 | .00 | .00 | .06 | .08 | .00 | .05 | .00 | 9 |
| 10 | .00 | .00 | .04 | .00 | .29 | .00 | .00 | 016 | .09 | .00 | .05 | .00 | 10 |
| 11 | .00 | .06 | .01 | .00 | .00 | .00 | .00 | .10 | .02 | .00 | .04 | .00 | 11 |
| 12 | .00 | .65 | .00 | .00 | .00 | .00 | .00 | .17 | .00 | .15 | .00 | .00 | 12 |
| 13 | .00 | .52 | .10 | .06 | .00 | .00 | .00 | .00 | .00 | .02 | .00 | .00 | 13 |
| 14 | .18 | .02 | .03 | .16 | .00 | .00 | .00 | .00 | .00 | .00 | .00 | .01 | 14 |
| 15 | .23 | .00 | .00 | .02 | .00 | .00 | .00 | .00 | .00 | .22 | .00 | .00 | 15 |
| 16 | .01 | .08 | .00 | .01 | .00 | .00 | .00 | .00 | .19 | .08 | .00 | .00 | 16 |
| 17 | .00 | .00 | .00 | .01 | .06 | .00 | .02 | .00 | .00 | .07 | .00 | .00 | 17 |
| 18 | .00 | .03 | .00 | .00 | .13 | .00 | .13 | .00 | .04 | .00 | .00 | .00 | 18 |
| 19 | .00 | .00 | .00 | .00 | .00 | .00 | .00 | .03 | .41 | .74 | .00 | .28 | 19 |
| 20 | .00 | .00 | .07 | .00 | .01 | .00 | .15 | .05 | .56 | .26 | .00 | .18 | 20 |
| 21 | .00 | .01 | .02 | .00 | .00 | .00 | .26 | .17 | .10 | .68 | .00 | .32 | 21 |
| 22 | .00 | .00 | .04 | .18 | .08 | .00 | 1.58 | .08 | .45 | .51 | .00 | .34 | 22 |
| 23 | .00 | .15 | .02 | .02 | .15 | .00 | .18 | .76 | .05 | .21 | .00 | .01 | 23 |
| 24 | .00 | .26 | .04 | .00 | .18 | .09 | .00 | .02 | .00 | .10 | .11 | .08 | 24 |
| 25 | .02 | .57 | .00 | .06 | .00 | .00 | .11 | .00 | .25 | .03 | .00 | .04 | 25 |
| 26 | .01 | .20 | .00 | .02 | .02 | .00 | .14 | .25 | .03 | .15 | .00 | .10 | 26 |
| 27 | .22 | .10 | .00 | .00 | .14 | .00 | .40 | .00 | .00 | .01 | .15 | .02 | 27 |
| 28 | .20 | .00 | .00 | .08 | .00 | .00 | .00 | .00 | .01 | .00 | .00 | .11 | 28 |
| 29 | .08 | — | .00 | .11 | .13 | .00 | .04 | .00 | .00 | .00 | .10 | .25 | 29 |
| 30 | .00 | — | .00 | .36 | .14 | .00 | .38 | .00 | .00 | .04 | .04 | .28 | 30 |
| 31 | .15 | — | .05 | — | .05 | — | .01 | .00 | — | .00 | — | .08 | 31 |
| Total | 1.88 | 3.14 | .64 | 1.88 | 2.13 | .09 | 3.70 | 2.17 | 2.71 | 3.30 | 1.94 | 2.27 | Total for year 25.85 in. |
| No. of rain days | 13 | 18 | 12 | 17 | 20 | 1 | 15 | 17 | 19 | 17 | 13 | 16 | 178 |