[Report 1959] / Medical Officer of Health, Bournemouth County Borough.

  • Bournemouth (England). County Borough Council. nb2004301338.
Date:
1959
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Credit: [Report 1959] / Medical Officer of Health, Bournemouth County Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    REPORT BY A. J. MORTIMER, METEOROLOGICAL REGISTRAR 1959 Summary The summer of 1959 will, of course, go on record with the best : summers of the century, and for sunshine will rank as the second i best, 1911 with its 2137.4 hours still being the holder of the sunshine record. Third in the list comes 1949 with 2058.6 hours. The year ; also tied with 1921 as the second warmest year of the century, 1949 I with 53.0 degrees being the warmest. A dry winter (February had only 0.33 inches of rain) was i followed by a wet spring (March, 3.76 inches and April, 2.51 inches) and then followed the well-remembered practically unbroken spell ID of summer weather. In the five months May to September inclusive ' only 7.43 inches of rain fell, less than was recorded for December, i 1959. In the same period 1292.8 hours of sunshine were recorded l.| and maximum temperatures of 75.0, 76.0, 79.0, 80.0 and 82.0 degrees ? i —a really remarkable spell of weather. In the late autumn and winter rainfall rose, with the result: | that the year’s total of rain is slightly above average. j Summary ! Highest temperature recorded Lowest temperature recorded Greatest fall of rain in one day Total rainfall Total sunsliine Number of days with sunshine Number of days with rain Mean temperature 82 degrees on 12th September. 24 degrees on 14th January. 1.61 inches on 10th July. 32.73 inches (average 31.21). 2083.0 (average 1709.9) hours. 316 143 52.0 degrees (average 50.9 degrees). I
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