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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METEOROLOGY.
Meteorological Observations taken at the Royal Observatory Greenwich, during the year 1927.
| Week ending. | Temperature of the Air. | Departure from aver. age 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. 8 | 50.6 | 32.8 | 42.3 | + 41 | 44.7 | 5 | 0.17 |
| 15 | 52.9 | 29.9 | 43.6 | + 5.6 | 44.8 | 3 | 0.26 |
| 22 | 44.0 | 24.0 | 34.9 | — 3.8 | 44.2 | 4 | 0.70 |
| 29 | 52.1 | 30.1 | 43.8 | + 4.5 | 43.1 | 4 | 0.32 |
| Feb. 5 | 50.3 | 27.4 | 39.7 | + 0.2 | 43.2 | 4 | 10.2 |
| 12 | 47.0 | 25.0 | 34.6 | — 4.6 | 42.6 | 1 | 0.32 |
| 19 | 52.8 | 28.9 | 39.8 | + 0.4 | 43.0 | ||
| 26 | 56.3 | 33.0 | 45.1 | + 5.2 | 42.7 | 7 | 1.50 |
| March 5 | 55.8 | 41.7 | 47.6 | + 7.1 | 43.5 | 6 | 0.95 |
| 12 | 53.8 | 33.1 | 43.1 | + 2.1 | 44.0 | 5 | 0.44 |
| 19 | 62.2 | 29.9 | 45.1 | + 3.3 | 43.9 | 1 | 0.02 |
| 26 | 68.1 | 38.7 | 48.9 | + 6.6 | 44.4 | 5 | 10.1 |
| April 2 | 60.2 | 29.4 | 45.1 | — 0.6 | 45.0 | 4 | 0.44 |
| 9 | 61.0 | 33.9 | 45.7 | — 0.4 | 45.2 | 6 | 1.50 |
| 16 | 64.6 | 34.7 | 48.1 | + 1.8 | 45.6 | 3 | 0.06 |
| 23 | 72.4 | 35.2 | 53.0 | + 4.6 | 46.5 | . | — |
| 30 | 62.4 | 28.1 | 46.3 | — 2.4 | 47.1 | 2 | 0.06 |
| May 7 | 75.1 | 29.9 | 56.9 | + 6.9 | 47.9 | 2 | 0.32 |
| 14 | 72.1 | 36.2 | 51.8 | — 0.0 | 48.9 | — | — |
| 21 | 71.1 | 38.1 | 54.9 | — 1.4 | 49.5 | 3 | 0.38 |
| 28 | 76.5 | 33.0 | 52.3 | — 3.2 | 50.1 | 2 | 0.50 |
| June 4 | 69.9 | 35.3 | 55.9 | — 1.5 | 50.8 | 2 | 0.02 |
| 11 | 69.0 | 43.1 | 55.2 | — 3.0 | 51.2 | 4 | 0.19 |
| 18 | 84.9 | 41.8 | 59.0 | + 0.2 | 51.9 | 2 | 0.48 |
| 25 | 70.3 | 46.1 | 57.5 | — 3.0 | 52.7 | 5 | 0.61 |