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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 1936
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for East Ham]
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TABLE 42.
METEOROLOGICAL RECORD—YEAR 1936.
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 | 57° | 25° | 45°.7 | 36°.9 | 41°.3 | 20 | 3.20 | 0.16 | 0.50 | 28th |
| February | 55° | 21° | 42°.7 | 32°.8 | 37°.7 | 12 | 1.31 | 0.11 | 0.37 | 17th |
| March | 64° | 30° | 52°.1 | 39°.8 | 45°. 9 | 12 | 1.10 | 0.09 | 0.26 | 31st |
| April | 65° | 30° | 51°.7 | 38°.9 | 45°.3 | 12 | 1.33 | 0.11 | 0.31 | 20th |
| May | 76° | 37° | 63°.9 | 46°.1 | 55°.0 | 7 | 0.48 | 0.07 | 0.17 | 22nd |
| June | 84° | 43° | 69°.9 | 53°.6 | 61°.7 | 19 | 3.08 | 0.16 | 0.37 | 25th |
| July | 76° | 48° | 69°.0 | 55°9 | 62°.4 | 21 | 2.76 | 0.13 | 0.54 | 14th |
| August | 84° | 49° | 72°.4 | 55°.5 | 63°.9 | 6 | 0.37 | 0.06 | 0.21 | 10th |
| September | 76° | 41° | 66°.7 | 53°.9 | 60°.3 | 17 | 2.29 | 0.14 | 0.50 | 20th |
| October | 67° | 36° | 57°.1 | 44°.0 | 50°.5 | 12 | 1.51 | 0.13 | 0.46 | 31st |
| November | 56° | 32° | 49°.2 | 38°.8 | 44°.0 | 16 | 2.98 | 0.18 | 0.74 | 11th |
| December | 56° | 28° | 47°.5 | 37°.3 | 42°.6 | 17 | 1.73 | 0.10 | 0.65 | 14th |
| Means and Totals for the Year | 84° | 210 | 57°.3 | 44°.5 | 50°.9 | 171 | 22.14 | 0.12 | 0.74 | 11th Nov. |
The Rainfall for the Year was 1 .02 ins. belo-w. and the number of days 011 which rain fell 8 above the year
1935. at East Ham.
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