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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 1937
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for East Ham]
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METEOROLOGICAL RECORD—YEAR 1937.
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 | 54° | 28° | 47°.2 | 37°. 5 | 42°. 3 | 23 | 3.14 | 0.14 | 0.46 | 1st |
| February | 57° | 32° | 49°. 1 | 39°. 5 | 44°. 3 | 23 | 3.93 | 0.17 | 0.74 | 7th |
| March | 58° | 27° | 46°. 0 | 34°. 7 | 40°. 3 | 16 | 2.79 | 0.17 | 0.36 | 6th &10th |
| April | 62° | 33° | 56°.4 | 43°.1 | 49°.7 | 14 | 2.76 | 0.20 | 0.55 | 2nd |
| May | 80° | 42° | 63°.7 | 48°.5 | 56°.1 | 16 | 3.97 | 0.25 | 1.15 | 12th |
| June | 82° | 46° | 69°.6 | 52°.8 | 61°.1 | 11 | 1.95 | 0.18 | 0.66 | 18th |
| July | 84° | 50° | 71°.3 | 56°.7 | 64°.0 | 8 | 1.91 | 0.24 | 1.68 | 15 th |
| August | 88° | 50° | 75°.5 | 57°.1 | 66°.3 | 7 | 0.80 | 0.11 | 0.28 | 16th |
| September | 79° | 42° | 68°.0 | 50°.4 | 59°.2 | 14 | 1.13 | 0.08 | 0.32 | 17th |
| October | 69° | 38° | 60°.0 | 47°.4 | 53°.7 | 12 | 2.12 | 0.18 | 0.47 | 22nd |
| November | 56° | 25° | 47°.6 | 37°.4 | 42°.5 | 6 | 1.15 | 0.19 | 0.48 | 21st |
| December | 54° | 26° | 43°.1 | 35°.0 | 39°.0 | 17 | 3.52 | 0.21 | 0.72 | 13th |
| Means and Totals for the Year | 88° | 25° | 58°.2 | 45°.1 | 51°.5 | 167 | 29.17 | 0.17 | 1.68 | 15th July |
The Rainfall for the Year was 7.03 ins. above, and the number of days on which rain fell 4 below the year
1936, at East Ham.