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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 1938
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for East Ham]
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METEOROLOGICAL RECORD—YEAR 1938.
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 | 56° | 33° | 48°.7 | 39°.2 | 43°.9 | 22 | 2.49 | 0.11 | 0.30 | 29th |
| February | 57° | 30° | 46°.7 | 36°.4 | 41°.6 | 9 | 0.66 | 0.07 | 0.17 | 13th & 26th |
| March | 67° | 34° | 59°.7 | 41°.4 | 50°.6 | 3 | 0.33 | 0.11 | 0.16 | 25th |
| April | 65° | 31° | 55°.6 | 39°.1 | 47°.3 | 2 | 0.10 | 0.05 | 0.08 | 2nd |
| May | 77° | 33° | 61°.0 | 44°.9 | 52°.9 | 13 | 1.54 | 0.12 | 0.29 | 14th&17th |
| June | 79° | 45° | 70°.6 | 53°. 6 | 62°.1 | 4 | 0.38 | 0.10 | 0.16 | 27th |
| July | 84° | 47° | 71°.0 | 55°.0 | 63°.0 | 11 | 1.34 | 0.12 | 0.21 | 8th |
| August | 85° | 46° | 72°.9 | 55°.8 | 64°.3 | 12 | 1.43 | 0.12 | 0.29 | 9th |
| September | 82° | 43° | 68°.5 | 52°.3 | 60°.4 | 18 | 2.72 | 0.15 | 0.74 | 27th |
| October | 65° | 30° | 58°.6 | 45°.6 | 52°.2 | 17 | 2.42 | 0.14 | 0.39 | 15th |
| November | 68° | 34° | 55°.7 | 45°.7 | 50°.7 | 16 | 2.81 | 0.18 | 1.13 | 25th |
| December | 56° | 20° | 44°.9 | 35°.7 | 40°.3 | 18 | 2.56 | 0.14 | 0.44 | 16th |
| Means and Totals for the Year | 85° | 20° | 59°.5 | 45°.4 | 52°.4 | 145 | 18.78 | 0.13 | 1.13 | 25th Nov. |
The Rainfall for the Year was 10.39 ins. below, and the number of days on which rain fell 22 below the year
1937, at East Ham.