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St Olave 1895
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Olave]
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TABLE VII.
METEOROLOGY OF THE YEAR 1895.
Compiled from Observations taken at the Royal Observatory, Greenwich.
| 1895. MONTHS. | Mean Reading of the Barometer. | Temperature of the Air. | Rain. | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Highest by Day. | Lowest by Night. | Range in Month. | Mean of all Highest. | Mean of all Lowest. | Mean daily range. | Mean for the month. | Departure from average of 124 years: 177 1—1891. | Number of days it fell. | Amount Collected. | ||
| January | in. 29.58 | 0 53.8 | 0 20.3 | 0 33.5 | 0 37.7 | 0 29.5 | 0 8.2 | 0 33.8 | 0 -2.9 | 19 | In. 1.62 |
| February | 29.910 | 45.0 | 6.9 | 38.1 | 35.2 | 22.8 | 12.4 | 28.9 | —9.9 | 4 | 0.22 |
| March | 29.565 | 63.0 | 25.3 | 37.7 | 51.1 | 36.4 | 14.7 | 42.8 | + 1.7 | 19 | 1.43 |
| April | 29.735 | 67.7 | 31.4 | 36.3 | 57.2 | 40.7 | 16.5 | 47.8 | + 1.7 | 12 | 1.25 |
| May | 29.907 | 86.2 | 37.8 | 48.4 | 67.5 | 45.5 | 22.0 | 56.0 | + 3.5 | 6 | 0.45 |
| June | 29.895 | 84.3 | 42.2 | 42.1 | 74.1 | 50.0 | 24.1 | 61.4 | + 3.1 | 8 | 0.21 |
| July | 29.710 | 83.8 | 49.2 | 34.6 | 72.8 | 54.2 | 18.6 | 62.6 | + 1.0 | 16 | 3.39 |
| August | 29.748 | 82.2 | 45.7 | 36.5 | 73.0 | 53.7 | 19.3 | 62.2 | +1.3 | 15 | 2.14 |
| September | 29.977 | 87.3 | 41.2 | 46.1 | 75.4 | 51.3 | 24.1 | 62.2 | + 5.7 | 5 | 0.93 |
| October | 29.671 | 75.8 | 27.4 | 48.4 | 54.2 | 39.6 | 14.6 | 46.5 | —3.0 | 15 | 2.69 |
| November | 29.716 | 64.0 | 32.5 | 31.5 | 52.6 | 41.5 | 11.1 | 47.3 | + 4.8 | 20 | 2.89 |
| December | 29.626 | 56.0 | 25.5 | 30.5 | 44.3 | 35.6 | 8.7 | 40.2 | + 1.2 | 19 | 2.51 |
| Means | 29.748 | 70.8 | 32.1 | 38.6 | 57.9 | 41.7 | 16.2 | 49.3 | +0.7 | 158 sum. | 19.73 sum. |
The rainfall of 1895—viz., 19.73 inches—was 5.33 inches below the average of the past 80 years.