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TABLE XXX.
Meteorological Summary taken from Observations made at 113 Tenuis
Street, Woolwich, for the Year 1895.
Height above sea level, 39 feet. Latitude, 510 30' N.; Longitude 0° 5' E.
Months.
Barometer.
Temperature
(Fahrenheit).
Rainfall.
Wind.
Number of
Frosty Nights.
Highest.
Lowest.
Mean.
Highest.
Lowest.
Mean.
Total in Inches.
Difference from
average.
Greatest fall in
24 hours.
Resultant.
Jan
30.467
28.910
29.688
53.0
18.7
35.8
1.43
-0.71
0.49
n. 1) e.
25
Total 68 days
of frost.
Feb
30.512
29.570
30.041
44.6
9.6
271
0'20
-1.41
0.07
e. b n.
28
March
30.430
28.880
29.655
62.0
24.3
43.1
1.28
+0.04
0.29
w. b s.
15
April
30.380
29.328
29.534
65.5
30.4
47.9
1.02
-1.11
0.35
w.s.w.
10
May
30.620
29.548
30 054
78.4
37.6
58.0
0.32
-1.46
0.12
w.
3
June
30.422
29.516
29.969
84.3
42.2
63.2
0.22
+2.26
0.03
n.w.ll w.
July
30.295
29.428
29.861
83.0
48.7
65.8
4.15
+1.52
1.32
w.
August
30.305
29.325
29.815
82.5
45.6
64.0
2.40
-0.29
0.47
s.w. b w.
Sept
30.397
29.778
30 087
85.0
41.1
63.0
1.10
-1.33
0.96
s.w.
Oct
30.542
29.102
29.822
74.3
26.4
50.3
3.10
-0.16
1.38
N.w.bvv.
12
Nov
30.489
29.237
29.626
60.9
30.1
45.5
2.97
+ 0.59
0.46
s.w. b w.
9
Dec
30.391
29.210
29.800
57.0
23.9
40.4
2.25
+ 0.18
0.37
s.w.
18
+ Shows that the fall was above the average of ten years, 1871-80
— Shows that it was below it.
Lowest temperature on the grass -1.2° below zero on the 8th February.
Highest temperature in the sun's rays for the year was 132.9°.
The thermometers used are all Kew verified, and are placed in a Stevenson's
screen and are fully exposed to the sun's rays.
The Barometer is a Fortin Standard Barometer with perfect Kew verification.
John George Waller, f. r. met. soc.