On Sat, 6 Sep 2008 at 21:21:55, Martin Rowley
wrote in uk.sci.weather :

"Paul Hyett" wrote...
From the 1840's, no less. I had no idea there even *were* any
records kept for here, back then!

They cover temperature, pressure & rainfall.

Someone I know was researching in the local library, and spotted
them in an old magazine.

I'll have to check to see exactly what period they cover.

... you lucky boy! You'll have your work cut out reconciling them, but
the exercise will be fascinating. All sorts of ideas about how such
were measured then - including putting thermometers in un-heated
rooms, open to the outside

Well, the full list of observations are : Barometer, Attached
Thermometer (attached to the barometer I assume), External Thermometer,
Rain Gauge. For the first two, there are morning & evening readings, and
max/min for the ext.thermometer.

When were thermometers that logged max/min temperatures invented,
anyway?

& the rain gauge location/exposure will be
problematic too.

I assume the latter *will* be located outside!

Still, it'll keep you happy for many hours this
coming wet and windy winter :-)

I'd prefer a calm & snowy one...

FYI, the 'external temperature' readings for the first several weeks of
Jan 1840 :
Max Min
01/01/1840 53 50
02/01/1840 50 40
03/01/1840 49 41
04/01/1840 48 41
05/01/1840 41 36
06/01/1840 38 28
07/01/1840 38 27
08/01/1840 32 20
09/01/1840 32 22
10/01/1840 37 33
11/01/1840 35 31
12/01/1840 39 32
13/01/1840 46 33
14/01/1840 43 38
15/01/1840 50 43
16/01/1840 49 41
17/01/1840 45 40
18/01/1840 44 32
19/01/1840 50 39
20/01/1840 52 41
21/01/1840 53 41
22/01/1840 50 44
23/01/1840 54 40

I don't know if anyone here has access to data from another English
location during this period, to see whether they sound reasonable.
--
Paul Hyett, Cheltenham (change 'invalid83261' to 'blueyonder' to email me)