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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 1945
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for East Ham]
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TABLE 32.
METEOROLOGICAL RECORD—YEAR 1945.
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. | Rainfall. | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean of | Mean Temperature of Air. | 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. | ||||
| Highest Maximum. | Lowest Minimum. | All Highest. | All Lowest. | |||||||
| January | 49° | Thermometer under repair | 38°.5 | — | — | 16 | 1.64 | 0.10 | 0.47 | 29th |
| February | 61° | 32° | 52°.7 | 40°.6 | 46°.5 | 11 | 1.32 | 0.12 | 0.46 | 11th |
| March | 68° | 32° | 55°.8 | 40°.6 | 48°.2 | 11 | 1.13 | 0.10 | 0.62 | 25th |
| April | 79° | 32° | 61°.5 | 43°.7 | 53°.0 | 8 | 0.31 | 0.04 | 0.31 | 28th |
| May | 85° | 33° | 66°.0 | 47°.5 | 56°.7 | 13 | 2.13 | 0.16 | 0.52 | 3rd |
| June | 80° | 45° | 69°.5 | Thermometer under repair part of month | — | 16 | 1.9 | 0.12 | 0.45 | 21st |
| July | 86° | 47° | 74°.1 | 56°.0 | 65°.1 | 9 | 2.8 | 0.31 | 1.32 | 14th |
| August | 86° | 49° | 71°.1 | 53°.9 | 62°.5 | 8 | 1.3 | 0.16 | 0.62 | 9th |
| September | 77° | 39° | 66°.7 | 53°.3 | 60°.2 | 12 | 0.72 | 0.06 | 0.39 | 1st |
| October | 73° | 40° | 62°.3 | 47°.0 | 59°.8 | 9 | 1.72 | 0.19 | 0.53 | 23rd |
| November | 61° | 32° | 50°.8 | 42°.0 | 45°.9 | 7 | 0.11 | 0.02 | 0.02 | 1st, 4th, 12 th |
| December | 55° | 26° | 47°.0 | 36°.4 | 40°.4 | 15 | 2.68 | 0.18 | 0.65 | 22nd 27th |
| Means and Totals for the Year | 86° | 26° | 59°.7 | *46°.1 | *53°.8 | 135 | 17.76 | 0.13 | 1.32 | 14th July |
* Mean for 10 months.