[Report 1955] / Medical Officer of Health, Rhyl U.D.C.
- Rhyl (Wales). Urban District Council.
- Date:
- 1955
Licence: Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
Credit: [Report 1955] / Medical Officer of Health, Rhyl U.D.C. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![METEOROLOGY For Statistical Tables see Pages 45—48. MISCELLANEOUS. The Instruments used are by Negretti and Zambra, and are situate in Westbourne Avenue (opposite the Pumping Station). They include a Maximum, Minimum, Dry and Wet Bulb Thermometers in a Stevenson Screen, a Grass Minimum Thermometer, Rain Gauge and Measure, a Campbell-Stokes Sunshine Recorder and a Wind Vane. A Hyetograph, giving the rate and duration of rainfall, is situate outside the Pump- ing Station. The Barometer (Kew pattern) and Thermometer attached is also at the Pumping Station. At the Meteorological Kiosk on the East Promenade a Self-recording Barograph, Maximum and Minimum Ther- mometer, Tide Table, previous day’s Sun Card, Daily Weather Forecast from Negretti and Zambra Forecaster, Daily Weather Report of the Air Ministry and combined Weather Charts and Records are exhibited for public information. A Wind \'ane is also on top of the Kiosk. Observations are taken at 9 a.m. and 6 p.m. Greenwich Mean Time each day. Code Weather Telegrams are despatched every day throughout each year to the Meteorological Office at 6 p.m., and these are supplemented during the summer season by an additional telegram on weekdays at 9 a.m. Greenwich Mean Time for certain evening papers served (through the Meteorological Office) by the Press Association. Weekly, Monthly and Annual Ret)orts are prepared and are furnished to the local pat)ers, and supplied to any enquiries —advertisement or private. Full re])orts monthly are for- warded to the Meteorological Office. NOTES. The Station is situate 31 feet above sea level. Latitude 53° 19'N. Longitude 3° 30'W. The Sunshine Recorder is 11 feet above the ground on which it is situated, and the Rain Gauge is one foot above the ground.](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b2887609x_0044.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
