[Report 1909] / Medical Officer of Health, Bognor U.D.C.
- Bognor Regis (England). Urban District Council.
- Date:
- 1909
Licence: Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
Credit: [Report 1909] / Medical Officer of Health, Bognor U.D.C. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![JSoonov (TUmatolooical Society. REPORT OF THE OBSERVERS FOR 1909. General.—As aAII be seen from Table I, the mean readings for the year have been below the twelve years’ average, 1897-1908, except in those of bright sunshine and rainfall, the former giving an excess over the average of 83 hours, and sharing with Salcombe, in Devonshire, the honour of first place in the British Isles for the year. The early months were good, February and May being especially fine and bright, after which cold damp weather set in, the summer months being exceptionally uncongenial, and with the exception of the first fortnight in August and most of November these conditions prevailed right up to the end of the year. The most remarkable feature was the very heavy storm which passed over the country in the last week of October, 1’68 inches of rain being recorded at Bognor between 9 a.m. on the 26th and 9 a.m. on the 27th, and 3'21 inches in four days. This constitutes a record, both for the amount of rain in the twenty-four hours and also in the week. Air-Pressure.—Table II.—Talde II gives the monthly barometric readings, showing the maximum, minimum and me.an at 9 a.m. and the absolute range during each month. With the exception of February, when the barometer was very steady, the variations were considerable, especially in the months of March, June, July, September, October and December, when unsettled conditions prevailed. January, February, May and November showed high pressure systems, the average for the month being over 30 inches. During March the Barometer did not reach 30 inches throughout the month, and twice only during October. The highest pressure was recorded on January 2nd, 30'674 inches of mercury ; and the lowest on December 3rd, 4th and 22nd with readings below 29 inches. Temperature.—Table III.—The year has shown great extremes of temperature, the average readings being all below those of the twelve year period. August was the warmest month, and gave the highest temperature yet recorded at Bognor, viz., 81 degrees on the 9th of the month. February was the coldest, with an average temjierature of 38'4 degrees; but the absence of rain and abundance of sunshine made it a veiy pleasant month. The readings in the screen were lower tlian those on the grass on fourteen occasions. There were 112 ground frosts recorded, while the temperature in the screen fell below the freezing point on 49 days, the lowest readings being 20 9 degrees in the screen on March 3rd and 16'8 degrees on the ground on December 21st. The mean raiige of temperature was about the average, being 10’9 for the year, tlie smallest range being in October, 8'2 degrees, and the greatest in May, 15’6 degrees. The temperature four feet below the ground I'cached its critical point of 56 deg]-ees on July 20th, and its liigliest jjoiiit, 58'4 degrees on the 19th August, commencing to descend on the 2.5th August, and falling to 56 again on the 27th October. In December the subsoil thermometer was out of order, but a new and impi'oved jiattej’ii has iiow b(!en substituted fo]- it. Briglit .Sunsljinc. Tabic IV.—’J’he pa.st year has given 83 hours of bright sunshine above the twelve years’ aver.age. 'I’he best months wci’c February, April, May and November. Febniary, .May and Noveniljer showed I'ccoi'd anumnts for the month, and the amount recorded in April was exceeded only in 1906. The totals given by the Meteorological Ollice for the year](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b28936966_0014.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
