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Richmond upon Thames 1903

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Richmond]

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16th the temperature was between 50 degrees and 60 degrees.
From the 16th to the 27th it rose from 50 degrees to 78, keeping
above 70 degrees for the remainder of the month. The mean
minimum temperature was 46.4 degrees, as compared with 44.5 the
mean for the previous 30 years.
Rainfall. Eain fell on 16 days. Total amount 3.64 inches, the
mean for 35 years being r6g. On the 30th of the
month the rainfall was 1.34 inches.
Wind. S.W. with variations to N.E.
JUNE.
Barometer. The mean barometric pressure for the month was
29.9 inches, being the same as the mean for the
preceding 30 years.
Thermometers. The mean maximum temperature was 65
degrees, as compared with 69.5 degrees the
mean for the preceding 30 years. The mean minimum temperature
was 49 degrees, as compared with 50.9 degrees the mean for the
preceding 30 years. The lowest temperature registered was 41
degrees on the 13th and 27th.
Rainfall. Although rain fell on 11 days only, the total was 6.54
inches, as compared with 3.6 inches during 17 days in
June, 1902. The mean for the preceding 35 years was 1.93.
Wind. Chiefly from the N., veering to S.W. at the end of
the month.
JULY.
Barometer. The mean temperature was 29.8, being slightly
lower than that for the preceding 30 years.