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Martin Rowley writes:
"Alex Stephens" wrote ...
I cannot find any Scottish station records before 1851, perhaps
others
could help here if they know of their existance?

... might help; unfortunately you can't directly relate to 1962/63 as
the series stops in 1960, but you should be able to do an overlap
'buddy-compare' against the Turnhouse record

http://www.wetterzentrale.de/klima/tedinbu.html


A very quick skin suggests that January, 1814 was the coldest month.
Interesting to compare severe months in the CET with those in the
Edinburgh record.

I hadn't realised that Wetterzentrale had climate data. It's a very
useful resource. I think the Oxford data is available elsewhere online,
but I don't recall seeing that for Edinburgh or Greenwich before.
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John Hall
"I look upon it, that he who does not mind his belly,
will hardly mind anything else."
Dr Samuel Johnson (1709-84)