[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for West Ham] page 4

West Ham 1906

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for West Ham]

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METEOROLOGY.
The observations given below are extracted from the weekly
reports of observations taken at Greenwich Observatory, a course
justified by the geographical position of the Borough immediately to
the North of Greenwich. They show that the registered sunshine of
the year was 1,733 1 hours, being 311.6 hours more than in 1905. The
hottest day was August 31st, when the temperature reached 94.3
degrees, and the coldest day was December 26th, when it sank to 22.3
degrees. The number of rainy days was 162, the total rainfall of the
year being 24.50 inches. The greatest daily fall occurred on
June 29th, when 1.9 inches fell.

Table: Meteorology during1906.

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Meteorology during1906.

Week ending	Temperature.				No. of Rainy Days.	Sum for week, in inches.	Sunshine, in hours.	Mean Barometric reading
Week ending	High. est.	Lowest.	Mean for Week.	Departure from average of 50 years.	No. of Rainy Days.	Sum for week, in inches.	Sunshine, in hours.	Mean Barometric reading
	o	o	0	0
Jan. 6	52.6	27.6	41.3	+ 2.9	5	0.95	2.5	29.596
„ 13	53.2	32.5	43.1	+ 5.2	5	1.20	17.5	29.528
„ 20	49.1	29.1	42.0	+ 3.6	5	1.06	23.7	29.833
„ 27	52.3	25.8	40.4	+ 1.7	2	0.49	5.8	30.077
Feb. 3	51.2	31.5	42.8	+ 3.1	4	o.1o	10.6	29.987
„ 10	49.7	30.4	37.0	.2.3	4	0.38	17.5	29.769
„ 17	50.7	27.1	38.2	.1.0	5	0.92	13.0	29.355
,, 24	46.2	26.1	37.4	.2.3	3	0.27	13.8	29.731
Mar. 3	50.1	27.4	41.7	+ 1.5	5	0.17	21.7	29.564
„ 10	65.0	34.5	47.2	+ 6.4	3	0.35	35.0	29.946
„ 17	63.9	29.1	43.5	+ 2.4	6	0.29	22.1	29.665
„ 24	48.4	28.4	37.5	.4.1	6	0.32	18.0	29.847
„ 31	52.1	29.1	38.2	.5.5	2	0.14	18.0	29.861
Apr. 7	61.6	30.3	45.6	.0.4	0	o.oo	55.7	30.146
„ 14	73.2	35.6	51.5	+ 5.7	1	0.03	64.4	30.164
„21	66.0	28.1	45.7	— 2.2	2	0.05	42.0	29.846
„ 28	56.7	29.2	42.0	.6.5	4	0.43	44.2	29.641

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Table: Meteorology during1906.