Keith Harris wrote:
On Monday, 12 August 2019 14:04:56 UTC+1, Norman Lynagh wrote:
wrote:
As Climate stations are part of the official network, there's one
historic one that's easily accessible - Buxton. In the little
park behind the town hall. Norman has mentioned it a few times.
I've not been to Chatsworth House for decades but when I did go
there was an unofficial met station on the lawns just east of the
house - close to the exit. I wonder if it is still there?
Julian
Indeed. Daily data for Buxton since 1875 (and for various periods
for all manner of other places) are available at
https://catalogue.ceda.ac.uk/
You have to register but there's no charge.
The Buxton observing site is now surrounded (and partly overhung) by
trees that wouldn't have been there in 1875. The instrument
enclosure itself has a rather uncared for look about it.
Data from Chatsworth House Gardens are on the CEDA site for the
period 1965-1974 so perhaps the instrument enclosure has gone.
--
Norman Lynagh
Tideswell, Derbyshire
303m a.s.l.
https://peakdistrictweather.org
twitter: @TideswellWeathr
I've created an account for that CEDA site, how/where do you go to
view the said data?
Thansk
Keith (Southend)
Hi Keith,
When you go to that site it should come up with 'catalogue search'.
Type 'midas open' (without the quotation marks) into the box and click
'search'. You might at that stage have to put in your username and
password (you will at some stage). For me that then takes me to a list
of options. For example, the second one on the list is 'Midas Open: UK
daily rainfall data, v201901'. Clicking the 'download' box on the right
brings up a list of counties. Clicking on 'Derbyshire' brings up a list
that includes Buxton. Clicking on that brings up a slightly odd-looking
menu but what you want is 'qc-version-1' Clicking on that brings up a
menu of yearly files for Buxton rainfall. It all sounds a bit more
complicated than it really is.
Incidentally, I see that the site contains data for 2 sites in
Southend, one from 1961 till 1971 and the other from 1971 till 2005.
It's a bit of a clunky interface and you have to access different
datsets for rainfall and temperature, for example, but like all of
these things once you get familiar with it it's all pretty
straightforward.
Cheers,
Norman
--
Norman Lynagh
Tideswell, Derbyshire
303m a.s.l.
https://peakdistrictweather.org
twitter: @TideswellWeathr