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A PAPER by Dr. J. H. Garrett (Medical Officer of Health) on “The climate and topography of Cheltenham and its near neighbourhood” is published in the Proceedings of the Cotteswold Naturalists' Field Club for 1913 (vol. xviii., part ii.). The talles for thirty-five years (1878–1912) are derived from the records contained in annual health reports, or from the summarised values issued by the Meteorological Office. The figures show, as the author points out, that as regards the mean monthly maximum and minimum temperatures, the alternations from one season to another are very gradual. For the years 1892–1912 these were, respectively:—January, 43.6°, 33.6° July, 71.6°, 53.4° absolute maximum, 93° in September, 1911, minimum 6.5° in February, 1895. The annual rairfall shows considerable variation: 9.5 in. in 1892, 37.9 in. in 1882, normal for thirty-five years, 268 in. The prevalent wind directions are S.-W., those from N.-E. are comparatively few, while calms are very frequent. The average yearly sunshine (1903–12) was 1553 hours. Dr. Garrett remarks that quite a different climate is experienced on the Cotteswold Hills, within four miles of the centre of the town.
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Climatology . Nature 94, 263–264 (1914). https://doi.org/10.1038/094263a0
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