Saturday, May 14, 2022

Weather Extremes Today Well, What About The Victorian Age?

Extreme weather is NOTHING new: Rescued Victorian rainfall data reveals the driest year on record was 1855, with widespread flooding in the winter of 1852.

  • Volunteers have been transcribing Victorian weather records during lockdown
  • The Victorian records were made at rainfall gauges all over the UK and Ireland
  • Some of the 'rescued' data has smashed more recent weather records in the UK
PUBLISHED:  25 March 2022 
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