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Hackney 1861
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hackney]
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SUMMARY OF METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATIONS
TAKEN AT THE TOWN HALL, HACKNEY, BY D E . TRIPE.
| 1861. Month Ending | Barometer | Temperature of the Air. | Moisture. | Wind. | Rain. | Ozone. | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean of 1 Observations, corrected. | Absolute. | Means. | Mean Dew. point Temperature. | General Direction. | Amount collected. | Mean daily Amount. | ||||||
| Highest. | Lowest. | J Range. | Mean of all highest. | Mean of all lowest. | Daily Range. | Adopted Mean Temperature. | ||||||
| Inches. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Inches. | |||
| January 31st | 30156 | 53.3 | 15.6 | 37.7 | 38.6 | 29.0 | 9.6 | 34.1 | 30.0 | East | 0.44 | 0.6 |
| February 28th | 29.740 | 54.0 | 23.8 | 30.2 | 47.8 | 37.2 | 10.6 | 42.4 | 38.7 | South | 1.86 | 0.4 |
| March 31st | 29.686 | 61.4 | 28.4 | 33.0 | 52.6 | 37.3 | 15.3 | 44.5 | 38.4 | West | 2.30 | 1.0 |
| April 30th | 30130 | 64.4 | 28.6 | 35.9 | 56.6 | 36.2 | 20.4 | 44.6 | 37.8 | East | 0.72 | 3.0 |
| May 31st | 30 022 | 81.5 | 30.8 | 50.7 | 64.8 | 44.0 | 20.8 | 52.4 | 46.4 | North | 1.90 | 3.4 |
| June 30th | 29.884 | 83.0 | 42.6 | 40.4 | 71.6 | 51.8 | 19.8 | 59.5 | 62.7 | North | 1.78 | 3.8 |
| July 31st | 29.708 | 77.7 | 48.6 | 29.1 | 73.4 | 53.7 | 19.7 | 61.4 | 53.3 | West | 2.42 | 0.4 |
| August 31st | 29.942 | 87.4 | 47.3 | 40.1 | 74.2 | 54.1 | 20.1 | 62.8 | 54.2 | West | 0.58 | 0.2 |
| September 30th | 29.806 | 81.0 | 36.2 | 44.8 | 68.8 | 47.6 | 21.2 | 57.4 | 49.6 | West | 1.66 | 0.2 |
| October 31st | 29.964 | 74.6 | 39.4 | 35.2 | 63 6 | 48.0 | 15.6 | 55.3 | 51.7 | South | 0.84 | 0.2 |
| November 30th | 29.662 | 57.8 | 23.1 | 34.7 | 47.0 | 34.5 | 12.5 | 41.1 | 36.4 | West | 5.30 | 0.1 |
| December 31st | 30.066 | 53.6 | 23.2 | 30.4 | 45.8 | 36.7 | 9.1 | 41.3 | 36.5 | East | 1.42 | 0.6 |
| 21.22 | ||||||||||||
| Means | 29.897 | 69.1 | 32.3 | 36.8 | 58.7 | 42.5 | 16.2 | 49.7 | 43.8 | West | 1.77 | 1.2 |
Note.—All the Meteorological instruments have been compared and certified by Mr. Glaisher. All the observations have been
corrected for error, diurnal range, &c., and reduced by Glaisher.s Tables, last editions.