On Sep 6, 6:40*pm, 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.

Jan 4 21:21 A thundery, unstable spell. Any tropical storms would
have been around the Philippines I think.

Jan 12 07:58 We've had a lot of these lately. More instability.

Jan 19 00:34 In their season there would have been hurricanes for
this maybe something in the E Pacific? Otherwise dull, cool overcast.
Lots of mists.

Jan 26 13:34 Wet as wotsit. Same in Florida. Hot in California.
(Well, warm.)

http://eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov/phase/phases1801.html

Last January went like this:

Jan 8 11:37 In their season there would have been hurricanes for
this maybe something in the E Pacific? Otherwise unstable between cold
anticyclonic to overcast with mists.

Jan 15 19:46 We've had a lot of these lately. More instability.

Jan 22 13:35 Wet as wotsit. Same in Florida. Hot in California.
(Well, warm.)

Jan 30 05:03 Anticyclonic but there would have been a lot of latency
with the preceding spells.

http://eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov/phase/phase2001gmt.html

Obviously you can't set your calendar by it but as a rough guide it
won't be a bad one. What have you got for it?