London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972

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Leyton 1933

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Leyton]

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TABLE 1— continued.

1933Cloud.Rain and other forms of Precipitation.Weather Number of days ofWind. Number of Observations at 9 a.m., 3 p.m. and 9 p.m.
Mean of Observations of amount at 9 a.m. and 9 p.m. (Scale 0-10.)Total Fall.Difference from Normal.†Most in a Day.Precipitation (0.2 mm and above).Precipitation (1 mm. and above).Snow.Hall.Thunderstorm.Persistently Clear.Generally Clear.*Generally Overcast.*Persistently Overcast.Fog at 9 a.m.Gale.Force.Direction.
Amount.Day of Month.GaleModerate and Strong WindCalm.N.N.E.E.S.E.S.S.W.W.N.W.
January6.7mm. 27mm. 16mm. 44 71492000313312009128201221220125
February7.142+ 2101014710110115330083124519720107
March4.361+ 17121615120116129040092113209143492
April5.719— 18525861110381000891511721524196
May6.957+ 131823171000401141000921131410111581011
June5.539— 1211249700605800008911851713613116
July5.535— 228111190030270000930351631033176
August4.913— 4333175000048000093076176721227
September5.368+ 2321191080010651100900122518781046
October5.838— 26728181200004112400930913118918178
November7.922— 365141562000017480089123168696714
December8.59— 48430733000020412009121021247314102
Year6.2430—16621Sept. 19th14594183176411351944001085101331441618311522114880
*A day is reckoned as "generally clear" if the average of the estimates of the fraction of sky covered by cloud at 9 a.m., 3 p.m., and 9 p.m. is less than .2, and as "generally overcast" if the average is greater than .8. Days persistently cloudless and days persistently overcast refer to the period midnight to midnight.