On 5 Sep, 19:08, Graham Easterling wrote:
On 5 Sep, 19:47, "Will Hand" wrote:

Hi Stephen,
1960 IMO. However, I don't think The MetO assume they are valueless just not in
a readily accessible computer format

So, presumeably, all my weather records from the 70's & 80's I should
ignore because they are not in a 'readily accessible electronic
format'

As excuses for ignoring data goes, it's almost beyond belief. But
somehow doesn't surprise me.

Graham
Penzance

As a matter of fact, Graham and all others who are interested, all Met
Office daily climatological and rainfall records began to be
'computerised' in 1959 and (almost) anything since then is in computer-
ready format. The 3-hourly observations from synoptic stations began
to be 'keyed' onto Hollerith cards in 1957 as part of the
International Geophysical Year.

Since then many stations have had their manuscript monthly summaries
punched up retrospectively, extending the period of computerised
record back 150 years in a few cases. It's a great pity this vast
online archive assembled at the taxpayer's expense is not made freely
available to non-commercial users, as the New Zealand Met Department
have recently done.

Stephen Burt
Stratfield Mortimer, Berkshire