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METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS, 1953
Summary of Temperature, Rainfall and Sunshine Records
These figures—supplied by the Director of the Meteorological
Office of the Air Ministry—summarise the official recordings of
temperature, rainfall and sunshine made at Kew Observatory
during the year 1953.
From a meteorological point of view the year was regarded
as a dry and sunny one, with the temperature a little above average ;
and the following is a verbal summary of the main features of the
weather in London month by month.
January : Dry ; rather cold.
The driest January at Kew since 1929.
February : Wet and snowy, becoming mild.
March : Very dry and foggy. Fog on 14 days.
The driest March at Kew since 1944.
April : Changeable.
Sunshine above average.
May : Fine, then changeable.
One of the coldest and wettest firsts of May
this century.
The sunniest May at Kew since 1940.
June : Mainly cool; warmer at the end.
Sunshine below normal.
July : Very wet; rather cool.
Wettest July at Kew since 1941 ; and coldest
there since 1940.
Sunshine about average in spite of excessive
rain.
August: Changeable, but sunny.
The sunniest August since 1947.