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

By JONATHAN CHADWICK FOR MAILONLINE 

PUBLISHED:  25 March 2022 

Read more:

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-10648543/Victorian-rainfall-data-shows-extreme-weather-events-new.html