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The BBC website is reporting that August was "the dullest August in the
UK since records began in 1929, the Met Office has confirmed." So what about 1912, as discussed on here? Clearly "records" did not begin in 1929, or else we wouldn't know about 1912! What happened in 1929? -- Bewdley, Worcs. ~90m asl. |
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On Mon, 01 Sep 2008 13:37:54 -0500, David Buttery wrote:
The BBC website is reporting that August was "the dullest August in the UK since records began in 1929, the Met Office has confirmed." So what about 1912, as discussed on here? Clearly "records" did not begin in 1929, or else we wouldn't know about 1912! What happened in 1929? Sorry, forgot to give the link: -- Bewdley, Worcs. ~90m asl. |
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On Mon, 01 Sep 2008 13:38:26 -0500, David Buttery wrote:
On Mon, 01 Sep 2008 13:37:54 -0500, David Buttery wrote: The BBC website is reporting that August was "the dullest August in the UK since records began in 1929, the Met Office has confirmed." So what about 1912, as discussed on here? Clearly "records" did not begin in 1929, or else we wouldn't know about 1912! What happened in 1929? Sorry, forgot to give the link: Third time lucky, I hope! http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/7592649.stm -- Bewdley, Worcs. ~90m asl. |
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On 1 Sep, 18:38, David Buttery wrote:
The BBC website is reporting that August was "the dullest August in the UK since records began in 1929, the Met Office has confirmed." So what about 1912, as discussed on here? Clearly "records" did not begin in 1929, or else we wouldn't know about 1912! What happened in 1929? The Met Office uses a relatively short period of record for these datasets, because they are based upon mapped data as originally published in the old Monthly Weather Report. Sunshine began to be mapped in this way in 1929, whereas most other elements are available from 1914. Basing them upon these maps, whilst giving a relatively short period of historical record (compared with e.g. England and Wales rainfall and Central England Temperature series), does enable a regional series to be derived and thus statements such as "The driest February in Western Scotland since 1957". This was covered in some detail by a reply from John Prior (Met Office National Climate Information Centre) in a letter in Weather a few months back. This is fine as far as it goes, however, there are plenty of good 'regional' long-period sites with temperature, rainfall and sunshine records which could extend the series back to 1881 without too much effort. I believe this is planned and will provide a more sensible historical record base in the future. -- Stephen Burt Stratfield Mortimer, Berkshire |
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