[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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![Salcombe, in Devonshire, with the same percentage of the possible amount, exceeding it by eleven hours only. The worst months were March, June and July, each of which showed a deficiency. Rainfall.—Table V.—The rainfall for the year exceeded the average by over 4|- inches. March, June, September, October and December were all very wet months, the heavy fall in the last week of October breaking all records. The only month to show a deficiency was February, when three lOths of an inch only was measured in the gauge. In reference to the number of rain days given in the table, it should be stated that '005 inch is reckoned as '01 inch, and by the Meteorological Office accounted a rain day. This is generally merely deposit of dew, and so, on most of these occasions, no rain actually fell during the day in which it is recorded. Wind.—Table VI.—Table VI. shows the direction of the wind as observed at 9 a.m. each morning. The year has been exceptional in that N.E. winds prevailed more often than S.W. The number of times the wind blew from between S. and N.W. was 205, and between N. and S.E. was 159. On one day in November there was a perfect calm at the time of observation. Thunder and Lightning, &c.—Lightning only was observed on January 15th, June 12th, September 17th and 22nd and December 3rd. Thunder, without lightning, was heartl on the 29th June and the 20tn August. There were thunder storms on five occasions, namely 17th April, 10th July, 21st and 25th August, and 10th September. Snow and Hail.—SnoAv fell from the 25th to 28th February, on March 2nd, 3rd, 12th to 15th, and December 15th and 16th. A few Hakes were seen about 9.15 a.m. on November 16th, but they melted before reaching the ground. Other Phenomena.—Gorgeous siinsets were observed in August, and on the 13th of the month the after-glow in the sky persisted until nearly 9 p.m., more than 1]^^ hours after sunset. Tables VII. and VIII.—These tables give the Bright Sunshine and the Rainfall of the year for towns along the South Coast, extracted from the Meteorological Office Annual Returns, and show the very favourable position of Bognor in both these imj^ortant climatic respects. H. C. L. MORRIS, M.D., F. R. Met. Soc. HERBERT GARDNER. Observers. All communications and inqtiiries in regard to the Climatological Report should be addressed to Mr. H. Gardner, Honorary Secretary of the Climatological Society, Waterloo Square, Bognor.](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b28936966_0015.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
