My thanks to Martin and John who were quicker off the mark replying than I to
the subscription enquiry. My PC froze last night just as I was composing a
reply....

Hoping that it keeps going for the next few seconds, I totally agree with Tudor
regarding the name Faversham being preferable to Brogdale. It always has been
the official name of the climatological station - why change the name of the
same site to the name of a house which is only marked on the 1:50,000 and
larger scale maps? The only reason could be an admission that the record is not
homogeneous - but I am sure that is not the reason in view of the M O views
expressed in Weather!

All I can add is that when I took a photo of the site (the one that appears at
the end of the article) it was distinctly sheltered adjacent to that windbreak
(and felt warm) and it would have been interesting to have carried out some
thermeometer measurements to see if that feeling was reflected in an actual
rise in temperature. I suspect that the micro-scale airflow was different on
the hottest day last year to other days - whether that should be identified in
official records is an argument that will run and run! And yes, the subs.
rates for Weather are for 2004 on the Contents page and for 2005 on the
website.

Julian

Julian Mayes,
West Molesey, Surrey.