"Norman" wrote in
:

Anyone who has a few months of spare time available might get a bit of
enjoyment browsing through the following site:

http://docs.lib.noaa.gov/rescue/data_rescue_home.html

There's all sorts of fascintaing stuff there. In particular, the link
to German data contains scanned Daily Weather Reports from 1896 to
1975. The maps in them extend to the British Isles.

Beware, though, the files are VERY large. Because of this, use of the
site is practical only with a fast broadband connection.

Just downloaded the Jan-Mar 1963 data. For people who want to sift through
and dissect some historical events (esp. for Germany) - there's probably a
health of information, albeit a bit grainy !

Richard