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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
Leyton 1936
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Leyton]
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Temperature.
Average
Average annual
temperature. temperature.
London, 1936 50.5° F. London, 1901-1930 50.3° F.
Country, as a whole, Country, as a whole,
1936 47.6° F. 1880-1915 48.5° F.
In London, the mean temperature of the year was 50.5 degrees
Fahrenheit—0.2 degrees Fahrenheit above the average of previous
years. August was the warmest month, with a mean temperature
of 63.5 degrees Fahrenheit. The highest temperature recorded
was 88 degrees Fahrenheit on June 21st. February was the coldest
month, with a mean temperature of 37.3 degrees Fahrenheit.
The coldest day was February 12th, when a temperature of 19
degrees Fahrenheit was recorded.