London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972

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Leyton 1937

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Leyton]

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TABLE 1—continued.

1937Cloud.Rain and other forms of Precipitation.Weather Number of days ofWind. Number of Observations at 9 a.m., 3p.m.and 9 p.m.
Mean of Observations of amount at 9 a.m. and 9 p.m. (Scale 0-10).Total Fall.Percentage from Average. †Most in a Day.Precipitation (0.2 mm. and above).Precipitation (1 mm. and above).Snow.Hall.Thunder heardPersistently Clear.Generally Clear. ‡Generally Overcast.‡Persistently Overcast.Fog at 9 a.m.Gale.Force.Direction.
Amount.Day of Month.GaleModerate and Strong WindCalm.N.N.E.E.S.E.S.S.W.W.N.W.
January7.586201mm. 13125173000318460092137972524143
February6.91002511872218120001202008406017930229
March6.47416817618131210001321009031419115141287
April7.76216712214120010118340083713910411151110
May6.98719718201412012001511008679121951113143
June6.64893201811600401120000846146745221115
July7.51832915940030016000090386509282212
August5.4437726308501403910008112178124813811
September5.232726914110010391200882151261728910
October6.759921523148011018050086720156717993
November5.735591218700002831300828139171251484
December8.4871521721910700002347008112171462141684
Year6.773112226Aug. 30176123236160141611941001027681491061056314522414491
‡ A day is reckoned as "generally clear" if the average of the estimates of the fraction of sky covered by cloud at 9 a.m., 3 p.m., and 9 p.m. is less than .2, and as "generally overcast" if the average is greater than .8. Days persistently cloudless and days persistently overcast refer to the period midnight to midnight.