Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Woolwich]
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Meteorological Observations taken at the Royal Observatory, Greenwich, during the year 1926.
Week ending | Temperature of the Air. | Departure from average mean air temperature for 65 years. | Average Temperature 4 feet below ground. | Number of days on which rain fell. | Rainfall in inches. | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Highest during Week. | Lowest during Week. | Mean Temperature. | |||||
Jan. 9 | 54.2 | 33.6 | 44.6 | + 6.5 | 44.5 | 4 | 0.59 |
16 | 51.6 | 160 | 32.8 | — 5.2 | 43.8 | 3 | 0.20 |
23 | 50.9 | 16.5 | 371 | — 1.6 | 42.3 | 4 | 0.39 |
30 | 55.6 | 36.8 | 46.1 | + 6.7 | 42.4 | 4 | 0.44 |
Feb. 6 | 56.6 | 37.3 | 46.9 | + 7.3 | 43.4 | 7 | 1.14 |
13 | 520 | 29.6 | 39.4 | + 0.4 | 44.0 | 3 | 0.52 |
20 | 56.0 | 260 | 460 | + 6.5 | 43.7 | 5 | 0.94 |
27 | 55.3 | 39.3 | 500 | + 10.0 | 44.4 | 4 | 0.13 |
March 6 | 60.5 | 33.2 | 45.6 | + 50 | 450 | 4 | 0.11 |
13 | 57.0 | 36.6 | 48.4 | + 7.3 | 45.1 | — | — |
20 | 53.3 | 341 | 42.2 | + 0.4 | 45.2 | — | — |
27 | 56.5 | 32.1 | 41.3 | — 1.2 | 44.7 | 2 | 0.02 |
April 3 | 73.2 | 29.4 | 49.4 | + 4.5 | 44.8 | . | — |
10 | 70.7 | 38.2 | 52.3 | + 61 | 46.1 | 4 | 1.00 |
17 | 67.8 | 34.7 | 47.6 | + 10 | 47.0 | 3 | 0.87 |
24 | 60.9 | 361 | 45.5 | — 3.0 | 47.1 | 5 | 0.97 |
May 1 | 64.9 | 39.3 | 50.1 | + 1.2 | 47.2 | 6 | 108 |
8 | 59.0 | 36.0 | 46.9 | — 3.4 | 48.0 | 2 | 0.27 |
15 | 62.0 | 32.8 | 48.5 | — 3.5 | 48.3 | 5 | 0.86 |
22 | 70.5 | 36.6 | 49.9 | — 3.7 | 48.6 | 4 | 0.37 |
29 | 78.2 | 42.4 | 59.8 | + 4.1 | 49.9 | 3 | 006 |
June 5 | 67.4 | 450 | 54.7 | — 3.0 | 51.5 | 4 | 1.21 |
12 | 74.7 | 46.4 | 57.3 | — 0.9 | 52.4 | 5 | 0.80 |
19 | 76.6 | 450 | 58.2 | — 0.8 | 53.4 | 3 | 0.80 |
26 | 78.4 | 41.2 | 58.6 | — 2.3 | 54.5 | 2 | 0.23 |
July 3 | 77.2 | 45.2 | 61.1 | — 0.5 | 55.0 | 3 | 0.34 |