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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METEOROLOGICAL RECORD—YEAR 1913.
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 inches 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 | 53° | 24° | 46°.4 | 34°.9 | 40°.6 | 17 | 2.65 | 0.15 | 0.45 | 11th |
February | 55° | 26° | 46°.3 | 34°.6 | 40°.4 | 10 | 0.78 | 0.08 | 0.25 | 1st |
March | 58° | 28° | 51°.6 | 37°.6 | 44°.6 | 21 | 2.13 | 0.10 | 0.31 | 15th |
April | 64° | 30° | 54°.5 | 39°.4 | 46°.9 | 18 | 2.32 | 0.13 | 0.44 | 11th |
May | 83° | 37° | 64°.8 | 45°.9 | 55°.3 | 9 | 1.31 | 0.14 | 0.46 | 3rd |
June | 84° | 42° | 69°.2 | 49°.3 | 59°.2 | 6 | 0.32 | 0.05 | 0.09 | 6th & 8th |
July | 74° | 46° | 66°.7 | 51°.4 | 59°.0 | 11 | 1.80 | 0.16 | 0.38 | 10th |
August | 78° | 45° | 69°.6 | 52°.4 | 61°.0 | 11 | 2.01 | 0.18 | 0.67 | 31st |
September | 78° | 41° | 66°.9 | 50°.2 | 58°.5 | 11 | 1.37 | 0.12 | 0.40 | 16th |
October | 67° | 34° | 59°.1 | 45°.2 | 52°.3 | 16 | 3.60 | 0.22 | 0.77 | 26th |
November | 60° | 25° | 54°.1 | 40°.2 | 47°.1 | 13 | 2.30 | 0.18 | 0.59 | 21st |
December | 55° | 28° | 46°.3 | 37°.4 | 41°.8 | 7 | 0.76 | 0.11 | 0.30 | 23rd |
Means and Totals for the Year. | 84° | 24° | 57°.9 | 43°.2 | 50°.6 | 150 | 21.3 | 0.13 | 0.77 | Oct. 26th |
The Rainfall for the Year was 3 inches below, and the number of days on which rain fell 16 below the year 1912, at East Ham. |