Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for East Ham]
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TABLE 12.
METEOROLOGICAL RECORD - YEAR 1951.
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 | |||||||||
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
January . | 53 | 26 | 48.3 | 36.7 | 40.5 | 20 | 2.18 | 0.11 | 0.67 | 1st |
February | 50 | 29 | 46.8 | 35.9 | 39.3 | 25 | 5.74 | 0.23 | 0.83 | 8th |
March | 57 | 29 | 47.5 | 36.8 | 40.6 | 15 | 2.26 | 0.15 | 0.56 | 18th |
April .. | 73 | 35 | 54.3 | 39.4 | 44.5 | 15 | 2.8 3 | 0.19 | 0.49 | 7th |
May | 72 | 38 | 59.6 | 45.9 | 50.9 | 20 | 2.01 | 0.10 | 0.44 | 26th |
June | 74 | 68.5 | 51.4 | 57.4 | 8 | 1.06 | 0.13 | 0.42 | 11th | |
July | 82 | 50 | 74.0 | 57.0 | 66.0 | 10 | 0.79 | 0.08 | 0.43 | 12th |
August .. | 76 | 51 | 69.0 | 57.0 | 61.2 | 17 | 2.93 | 0.17 | 0.86 | 6th |
September | + | 46 | - | 54.7 | 58.9 | 11 | 2.72 | 0.25 | 1.20 | 27th |
October | + | 30 | - | 44.5 | 49.5 | 11 | 0.83 | 0.08 | 0.23 | 31st |
November | 59 | 33 | 54.3 | 44.8 | 48.5 | 20 | 3.95 | 0.20 | 0.74 | 17th |
December | 55 | 21 | 49.1 | 39.3 | 42.8 | 16 | 1.58 | 0.10 | 0.35 | 28 th |
Means & Totals for the Year | 82 | 21 | Ø57.1 | 45.3 | 50.0 | 188 | 28.88 | 0.15 | 1.20 | 27th September |
+ Thermometer under repair. Ø Mean for 10 months.