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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 1946
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for East Ham]
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Table 28.—METEOROLOGICAL RECORD—YEAR 1946.
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° | 24° | 43°.6 | 35° | 37°.3 | 8 | 1.18 | 0.15 | 0.41 | 10th |
| February | 57° | 23° | 50°.l | 39°.4 | 42°.9 | 17 | 2.13 | 0.12 | 0.42 | 27th |
| March | 65° | 26° | 48°.8 | 35°.4 | 40°.5 | 8 | 1.17 | 0.15 | 0.30 | 4th & 21st |
| April | 78° | 30° | 61°.6 | 42°.4 | 50°.9 | 11 | 1.49 | 0.14 | 0.29 | 5th |
| May | 71° | 36° | 62°.6 | 44°.4 | 52°.9 | 15 | 3.19 | 0.21 | 0.88 | 8th |
| June | 75° | 46° | 66°.6 | 50°.7 | 58° | 19 | 2.2 | 0.12 | 0.28 | 2nd, 8th & 26th |
| July | 86° | 46° | 75° | 55°.3 | 65°.3 | 8 | 2.38 | 0.30 | 1.58 | 26th |
| August | 81° | 45° | 70° | 53°.7 | 60°.9 | 13 | 3.58 | 0.28 | 1.13 | 9th |
| September | 76° | 47° | 65°.8 | 53°.2 | 58°. 5 | 18 | 2.44 | 0.14 | 0.45 | 8th |
| October | 71° | 32° | 57°.3 | 46°.3 | 51°.1 | 11 | 1.15 | 0.15 | 0.28 | 26th |
| November | 66° | 36° | 50°.3 | 43°.8 | 46°.9 | 18 | 2.98 | 0.17 | 0.66 | 14th |
| December | 52° | 22° | 43°.2 | 33°.3 | 37°.4 | 20 | 2.05 | 0.10 | 0.34 | 2nd & 8th |
| Means & Totals for the Year | 70° | 34° | 57°.9 | 44°.4 | 50°.2 | 166 | 25.94 | 0.16 | 1.58 | 26th July |