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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 1927
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for East Ham]
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METEOROLOGICAL RECORD—YEAR 1927.
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 | 53° | 27° | 46°.3 | 36°.1 | 41°.2 | 14 | 1.13 | 0.08 | 0.22 | 17th |
| February | 55° | 27º | 45°.6 | 35°.0 | 40°.3 | 13 | 3.12 | 0.24 | 0.72 | 1st |
| March | 67° | 33° | 52°.7 | 40°.6 | 46°.6 | 18 | 2.09 | 0.11 | 0.60 | 25th |
| April | 70° | 32° | 56°.1 | 41°.6 | 48°.9 | 12 | 1.69 | 0.14 | 0.50 | 5th |
| May | 75" | 33° | 64°.1 | 45°.5 | 54°.8 | 10 | 1.38 | 0.14 | 0.33 | 16th |
| June | 83° | 44° | 65°.4 | 49°.6 | 57°.5 | 17 | 2.60 | 0.15 | 0.49 | 30th |
| 80° | 49° | 69°.2 | 55°.1 | 62°.1 | 16 | 2.28 | 0.14 | 0.72 | 6th | |
| August | 77° | 49° | 70°.4 | 55°.4 | 62°.9 | 18 | 3.65 | 0.20 | 0.55 | 17th |
| September | 75° | 35° | 63°.2 | 51°.2 | 57°.2 | 14 | 4.18 | 0.30 | 1.45 | 14th |
| October | 66° | 35° | 59°.0 | 45°.7 | 52°.4 | 11 | 1.05 | 0.09 | 0.29 | 27th |
| November | 64° | 28° | 48°.9 | 38°.1 | 43°.5 | 14 | 2.17 | 0.15 | 0.69 | 29th |
| December | 54° | 20° | 40°.0 | 31°.5 | 35°.7 | 11 | 3.14 | 0.28 | 0.85 | 25th |
| Means and Totals for the Year. | 83° | 20° | 56°.7 | 43°.8 | 50°.2 | 168 | 28.48 | 0.17 | 1.45 | Sept. 14th |
The Rainfall for the Year was 0.38 ins. above, and the number of days on which rain fell 12 above
the year 1926 at East Ham.