Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for East Ham]
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METEOROLOGICAL RECORD—YEAR 1929.
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 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 | 50° | 26° | 34°.8 | 33°.5 | 35°.5 | 12 | 0.80 | 0.12 | 0.28 | 10th |
February | 52° | 15° | 31°.1 | 30°.2 | 32°.8 | 7 | 0.34 | 0.07 | 0.13 | 2nd |
March | 69° | 24° | 41°.5 | 39°.4 | 44°.1 | 2 | 0.03 | 0.01 | 0.02 | 21st |
April | 73° | 28° | 45°.4 | 41°.5 | 45°.6 | 10 | 1.21 | 0.12 | 0.43 | 29th |
May | 80° | 32° | 56°.1 | 50°.6 | 54°.1 | 9 | 1.83 | 0.20 | 0.40 | 5th |
June | 80° | 44° | 59°.5 | 53°.8 | 59°.0 | 11 | 1.05 | 0.09 | 0.32 | 4th |
July | 86° | 45° | 65°.4 | 58°.l | 64°.5 | 8 | 1.71 | 0.21 | 0.76 | 3rd |
August | 89° | 46° | 62°.1 | 57°.6 | 63°.1 | 10 | 2.04 | 0.20 | 0.72 | 16th |
September | 88° | 40° | 63°.3 | 58°.5 | 64°.5 | 3 | 0.70 | 0.23 | 0.55 | 3rd |
October | 64° | 33° | 51°.3 | 48°.4 | 52°.1 | 16 | 2.70 | 0.17 | 0.71 | 24th |
November | 61° | 29° | 46°.0 | 43°.9 | 46°.4 | 19 | 4.85 | 0.25 | 0.66 | 11th &16th |
December | 58° | 27° | 43°.9 | 41°.7 | 43°.9 | 23 | 4.03 | 0.23 | 0.58 | 6th |
Means and Totals for the Year. | 89° | 15° | 50°.0 | 46°.4 | 50°.5 | 130 | 21.29 | 0.14 | 0.76 | July 3rd |
I he Rainfall for the Year was 2.43 ins. below, and the number of days on which rain fell 42 below
the year 1928, at East Ham.