[Report 1897] / Medical Officer of Health, Cheltenham Borough.

  • Cheltenham (England). Borough Council
Date:
1897
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Credit: [Report 1897] / Medical Officer of Health, Cheltenham Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    The weather, with the exception of a few dull days at the beginning-, was during nearly the whole of the month very warm, fine, and pleasant, though there was considerable rainfall, chiefly at night, during the first fortnight, and we experienced a flood, fortunately not very high, on the 5th. The night temperatures were remarkably high, no frost in the screen occurring during the whole of the month, and there were only six nights of ground frost. It was the warmest February for twenty years. The range of temperature was very slight. Violets were in bloom and the hawthorn in leaf by the close of the month Mean temperature, 43*8 deg., 4*8 deg. above. MARCH.—Atmospheric pressure was much disturbed throughout the month, especiall}7 so at the beginning and end : on one day only did the uncorrected barometric column reach 30 in. The mean pressure is the lowest since 1879. Range of pressure, 1*435 For the first eighteen days the weather was generally unsettled, with gales, heavy rain and slight snow. The rest of the month, with the exception of the last three days, which were cold and ungenial, was warm, with some beautifully fine days. The night temperatures were generally high, frosts occurring on three nights only. The rainfall was very heavy, being 2*07 in. above the average. Mean temperature 45*3 deg., 4 o deg. above. APRIL.—Atmospheric pressure was low at the beginning of the month ; from the 5th to the 22nd it was somewhat unsteady, after which date it was very steady till the close. Range of pressure, i-i87 in. The weather during the first week was very cold and ungenial, the 5th being the coldest day since the beginning of February, with hail, snow and rain ; the rest of the month, with the exception of the 16th and 17th, particularly disagreeable days, was fine and very pleasant, with beautifully warm days at the close ; there was a thunderstorm on the 28th. Rain fell on a considerable number of days, but the falls were generally very light, and the mean is much below the average. There were strong winds throughout the month. Mean temperature 46*2 deg., slightly above. MAY.—Atmospheric pressure was high and generally steady during the first half of the month, then gradually falling till the 27th, after which it rose till the end. Range of pressure 1 085 in. The weather during the greater part of the month was fine and bright, but there were cold and dry northerly winds, and, as hardly any rain fell from the 20th of April to the 25th of May, this condition had a most injurious effect on vegetation in general Slight rain fell during the last week. Mean temperature 50-7 deg., 11 deg. below. JUNE —Atmospheric pressure was very steady during the first and last weeks, but very irregular from the 15th to the 21st. Range of pressure, 0 869 in.
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