[Report 1903] / Medical Officer of Health, Torquay Borough.

  • Torquay (England). Borough Council.
Date:
1903
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    Remarks. The temperature figures for the year again bear witness to the equability of the climate of Torquay. The highest tem¬ perature recorded was 76*2° on June 1st and July 10th. In June a temperature of 80° was reached or exceeded in nearly every district of Great Britain, the highest being 86° at Geddes- ton, in the Eastern district; and the same remark applies to the July readings, jvhen an extreme of 87° was recorded at Loughborough. In July 32 stations of the Meteorological office reported maxima of 80° and over. The difference between a temperature of 76° and 87° on the hottest day of the year will be appreciated by all, without mention of the abundant shelter that Torquay offers, where, on the hottest day, walks may be found where not a ray of sunlight penetrates the leafy canopy the trees afford. As it is still a current article of belief in London and all parts of the country that Torquay is swelteringly hot in the summer, visitors coming prepared for little short of incineration, the following table is re-printed from last year’s Meteorological Report. The figures are taken from the official record of the Royal Meteorological Society, and refer to the year 1901;— EXTREME TEMPERATURES. July Maximum Aug. [. Sept. Jan. Minimum Feb. . March. TORQUAY 78-6 77-6 ,68T 22-5 25-5 25-5 J^ath 87-5 81-0 71-8 21-8 19-5 22T Bournemouth 79-8 79-6 67-4 15-2 24-2 23-5 Brighton .. 81-7 83-9 690 23-7 23T 25-9 Buxton 87T 77-3 68-4 23-5 8-9 16-9 Cheltenham 890 81-4 70-6 22T 11-3 18-2 Eastbourne 83-5 78-4 70-4 25-0 22-7 26-4 Guernsey .. 84-0 77-7 71-5 26-6 27-0 29-2 Llandudno 89-5 76-5 71-0 250 25-5 27-5 Margate .. 80-] 79T 73 0 24-7 16-7 28-6 Norwood .. 87-0 82-7 75-5 21-5 19-8 23-4 Regent’s Park 86-8 83-0 75-5 220 19-5 24-8 Southport .. Tunbridge Wells 88-4 76-7 70-2 19T 21-0 22-5 .88-0 80-7 73-6 20-4 199 23-2 Wakefield .. 86-8 80-4 71-4 21-2 20-2 24-2