John Hall wrote:
In article ,
Paul Bartlett writes:
I live close to our beloved Tom, and his records have been published.
Imagine the enthusiasm of those early days! An enthusiasm that
continues - but I feel the excitment - instead of just interpreting
numerical progs.
I think I have seen the best years of the Office 1960-1991.

I thought that Barker merited a Wikipedia article, and there was enough
material available online for me to write one. The piece can be found
he

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Barker

It draws heavily for its information on the article that I mentioned at
the start of this thread.


John Hall wrote:
I've just found a splendid article on Thomas Barker, who kept a
meticulous weather record in his journal from 1736 to 1798:

http://www.lyndon-estate.co.uk/04%20...20Abstract.htm
--
John Hall

I shall have to do these years:
Snow began to fall in January and then "it froze most days & every
night till February 16 ... February 2 when the Ice was thickest I found
it 11.5 In. thick in a pond ... The Effects of this frost were many &
destructive...".

It will be nice to get back in the swing of things. Or how can I tell
it wasn't a negative NAO?

Anything on the database for hurricanes that year? Or large mag
earthquakes?