On Feb 8, 12:04*pm, "Philip Eden" philipATweatherHYPHENukDOTcom
wrote:
"John Hall" wrote:
Goalie of the Century writes:
If anyone knows what the weather was like in London on 23 November
1660, it will be someone on this newsgroup.

Although it is not exactly a scientific source - this website is
attempting to gather a load of secondary sources of anecdotal
historical weather reports from 4000 BC to the present day - mainly
for contextualising historical research.
http://booty.org.uk/booty.weather/cl...histclimat.htm

for 1660 it has:
November: Significant flooding is recorded in the Thames Valley on the
11th November(OS); taken together with the entry below ( winter
warmth), this implies a markedly zonal type (or high NAOI), with the
associated mean jet translated far enough south to propel cyclonic
disturbances across southern Britain in quick succession.

1660/1661 (Winter)
A mild winter - using the (early) CET record (nearest whole degC
only), the average comes out at 5degC, or roughly one-and-a-quarter C
above the all-series mean. Pepys mentions in late January that there
had been a general lack of cold weather, and that it was
'dusty' (implying a warm & dry winter), with plants well ahead for the
season.