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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
East Ham 1925
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for East Ham]
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METEOROLOGICAL RECORD—YEAR 1925.
Rain Gauge 5-in. in diameter, placed 1-foot above ground, 15 feet above sea level. Temperature taken in the shade of a Stevenson's Screen, 5 feet from the ground.
| Months. | Temperature of Air during the Month. | Mean Temperature of Air. | Rainfall. | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Highest Maximum. | Lowest Minimum. | Mean of | No. of Days on which Rain fell, 0.01 inches and over. | Amount collected in inches. | Mean rate of fall for Rainy Days. | Greatest fall in 24 hours. | Date of greatest fall. | |||
| All Highest. | All Lowest. | |||||||||
| January | 56° | 24° | 48°.6 | 38°.4 | 42°.5 | 13 | 1.69 | 0.13 | 0.65 | 1st |
| February | 54° | 27° | 47°.7 | 39°.8 | 43°.7 | 15 | 2.53 | 0.17 | 0.46 | 25th |
| March | 54° | 25° | 47°.7 | 34°.1 | 44°.2 | 13 | 0.67 | 0.05 | 0.10 | 13th&22nd |
| April | 62° | 28° | 54°.6 | 38°.6 | 46°.6 | 13 | 1.61 | 0.12 | 0.29 | 28th |
| May | 81° | 36° | 64°.2 | 45°.8 | 55°.0 | 14 | 1.28 | 0.08 | 0.34 | 22nd |
| June | 86° | 43° | 71°.0 | 50°.0 | 60°.5 | 1 | 0.13 | 0.13 | 0.13 | 24th |
| July | 87° | 49° | 74°.0 | 54°.7 | 64°.3 | 13 | 3.96 | 0.30 | 1.73 | 22nd |
| August | 81° | 44° | 69°.7 | 53°.6 | 61°.7 | 14 | 2.87 | 0.20 | 0.50 | 23rd |
| September | 68° | 37° | 62°.2 | 47°.3 | 54°.7 | 16 | 1.86 | 0.12 | 0.35 | 20th |
| October | 70° | 36° | 59°.9 | 45°.7 | 52°.8 | 13 | 3.13 | 0.24 | 0.88 | 22nd |
| November | 61° | 27° | 46°.3 | 36°.3 | 41°.3 | 14 | 1.35 | 0.09 | 0.30 | 2nd |
| December | 57° | 22° | 43°.6 | 34°.3 | 38°.9 | 16 | 2.56 | 0.16 | 0.65 | 30th |
| Means and Totals for the Year. | 87° | 22° | 57°.3 | 43°.2 | 50°.5 | 155 | 23.64 | 0.15 | 1.73 | July 22nd |
The Rainfall for the Year was 5.86 ins. below, and the number of days on which rain fell 16 below
the year 1924, at East Ham.