On Saturday, 21 November 2015 09:14:58 UTC, Ken Cook wrote:
Hi, All,
First snow lying of the season this morning. Just 6cm but frozen solid, ground instruments proving difficult to read, it's far too early in the winter for this!

COPLEY MET. OFFICE SITE manual readings 09hr 21st November, Wind NW 15 knots (force 4) gusting 20 knots. Visibility 10 miles. Few clouds. Temperature -1°C Humidity 70%. Barometer (adjusted to sea level) 1011mb rising. Maximum today -0.6°C Last night's minimum -0.9°C Grass minimum -3.1°C 30cm earth 7.7°C Past 24 hours' precipitation 5.3mm Sun today 0.4hr Highest gust today 41knots (47mph). 6cm snow

Have to go out now, will update later.
Ken
Copley
Teesdale

Ken

Did you know weather observations were made for a good number of years at Forest-in-Teesdale? When I was an observer at Leeming in 1970, we used to ring the the two old sisters (I think it was) every hour through the day at the Post office they used to run their. The WMO station number was 03237, and I seemed to think that they got an award because they did it for many years as volunteers.

I was just trying to find the exact location using Google Maps and think it maybe just off the B6277 on the right as you're going towards Alston.

Bruce.