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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 1926
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for East Ham]
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METEOROLOGICAL RECORD—YEAR 1926.
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. | Rainfall. | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Me^n of | Mean Temperature of Air. | No. of Days on which Rain fell, o'oi inches and over. | Amount collected in inches. | Mean rate of fall for Rainy Days. | Greatest fall in 24 hours. | Date of greatest fall. | ||||
| Highest Maximum. | Lowest Minimum. | All Highest. | All Lowest. | |||||||
| January | 55° | 15° | 45°.9 | 35°.3 | 40°.6 | 17 | 2.13 | 0.12 | 0.35 | 1st |
| February | 59° | 27° | 51°.0 | 40°.6 | 45° .8 | 16 | 3 .07 | 0.19 | 0.91 | 17th |
| March | 60° | 30° | 51°1 | 39° 1 | 45°.1 | 5 | 0.17 | 0.03 | 0 05 | 4th |
| April | 69° | 34° | 57°'4 | 42°.5 | 49°.9 | 18 | 3.71 | 0.21 | 0.77 | 25th |
| May | 76° | 35° | 59° .5 | 45°.1 | 52°.3 | 12 | 1.60 | 0.13 | 0.41 | 14th |
| June | 76° | 45° | 66°.2 | 50° 5 | 58°.3 | 13 | 3.47 | 0.27 | 0.72 | 2nd & 17th |
| July | 84° | 50° | 71°.6 | 55°.8 | 63°.7 | 13 | 2.48 | 018 | 0.50 | 18th |
| August | 81° | 48° | 72°.5 | 55°.8 | 64°.1 | 11 | 2.74 | 0.25 | 1.40 | 31st |
| September | 87° | 41° | 69°.0 | 53°.0 | 61°.0 | 9 | 1.19 | 0.13 | 0.43 | 2nd |
| October | 72° | 28° | 55°.2 | 41°.5 | 48°.3 | 14 | 2.42 | 0.17 | 0 45 | 14 th |
| November | 56° | 30° | 50°.1 | 40° 3 | 45°.2 | 22 | 4.50 | 0.20 | 0.92 | 13th |
| December | 50° | 30° | 44°.5 | 35°.4 | 39°.9 | 6 | 0.62 | 0.10 | 0.31 | 17th |
| Means and Totals for the Year. | 87° | 15° | 57°.9 | 44°.6 | 51°.2 | 156 | 28.10 | 0.18 | 1.40 | Aug. 31st |
The Rainfall for the Year was 4 "46 ins. above, and the number of days on which rain fell 1 above
the year 1925 at East Ham.