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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 1928
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for East Ham]
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METEOROLOGICAL RECORD—YEAR 1928.
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. | T.owest Minimum. | Mean of | No. of Days on which Rain fell, o.oi inches and over. | Amount collected in inchcs. | Mean rate of fall for Rainy Days. | Greatest fall in 24 hours. | Date of greatest fall. | |||
| All Highest. | All Lowest. | |||||||||
| January | 56° | 23° | 42°.3 | 40°.5 | 42°.6 | 20 | 3.04 | 0.15 | 0.54 | 2nd |
| February | 56° | 29° | 49°.9 | 37°.5 | 42°.7 | 12 | 1.32 | 0.11 | 0.44 | 2nd |
| March | 66° | 25° | 50°.9 | 38°.8 | 44°.8 | 17 | 1.46 | 0.08 | 0.27 | 29th |
| April | 71° | 43° | 55°.6 | 41°.4 | 48°.5 | 16 | 1.13 | 0.07 | 0.32 | 15th |
| May | 77° | 36° | 61°.2 | 45°.2 | 53°.2 | 11 | 1.92 | 0.17 | 0.32 | 3rd |
| June | 76° | 41° | 67°.3 | 50°.4 | 58°.8 | 12 | 2.24 | 0.19 | 0.79 | 13th |
| July | 88° | 51° | 75°.8 | 57°.2 | 61°.6 | 7 | 1.95 | 0.27 | 0.75 | 27th |
| August | 80° | 47° | 70°.3 | 54°.9 | 62°.6 | 16 | 2.44 | 0.15 | 0.77 | 3rd |
| September | 82° | 36° | 64°.1 | 48°.2 | 56°.2 | 6 | 0.69 | 0.11 | 0.41 | 9th |
| October | 68° | 33° | 59°.5 | 46°.2 | 52°.9 | 20 | 3.28 | 0.16 | 0.77 | 22nd |
| November | 59° | 32° | 53° .3 | 42°.5 | 47°.9 | 17 | 1.91 | 0.11 | 0.26 | 24th |
| December | 55° | 27° | 44°.6 | 35°.2 | 39°.9 | 18 | 2.44 | 0.14 | 0.61 | 27th |
| Means and Totals for the Year. | 88° | 23° | 57°.9 | 50°.7 | 50°.9 | 172 | 23.72 | 0.14 | 0.79 | June 13th |
The Rainfall for the Year was 4.76 ins. below, and the number of days on which rain fell 4 above
the year 1927, at East Ham.
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