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- Fri Apr 10, 2020 6:58 pm
- Forum: Recording the Weather
- Topic: Barograph ink and pen
- Replies: 3
- Views: 20784
Re: Barograph ink and pen
Hi, Well, that barometer is a nice device. Its stated accuracy is 0.08 inches of mercury, which sounds excellent but sounds less so in millibars - +/- 2.7mb. Now 2.7Mb isn't bad. The old Met office MkII barometer (which was physically similar to the Proteus) had to be within 2.3 Mb at 1000, 950 and ...
- Tue Jun 20, 2017 11:06 pm
- Forum: Short Term Weather Events
- Topic: Warmest June Day
- Replies: 7
- Views: 37301
Re: Warmest June Day
I just had 32.6 degC today - also my highest June temperature since I started temperature records in 2004. Dewpoint was 20.9 degC
- Mon Jun 19, 2017 8:05 pm
- Forum: Short Term Weather Events
- Topic: Warmest June Day
- Replies: 7
- Views: 37301
Re: Warmest June Day
Yep, warmest June day here too since my records began in 2004 - by a smidge (technical term, that). My previous June high was 31.1 in 2005. Today (June 19th 2017) it was 31.6 at 15:40.
Willand (Near Cullompton), Devon
Willand (Near Cullompton), Devon
- Wed Feb 22, 2017 8:18 pm
- Forum: Recording the Weather
- Topic: The Snowdon 5 inch copper rain gauge
- Replies: 3
- Views: 21446
Re: The Snowdon 5 inch copper rain gauge
Hi Len, Yes, I can't find any reference to who "Snowden" was. British Rainfall says "There appears to be some difference of opinion as to the inventor of the " Snowdon " funnel, but whatever may be the origin it is clear that its introduction marked an important step in the solution of the problem o...
- Tue Feb 14, 2017 8:59 pm
- Forum: Recording the Weather
- Topic: Wick for wetbulb mercury thermometer
- Replies: 5
- Views: 22582
Re: Wick for wetbulb mercury thermometer
How did you get on Jonathan? I need wick too.. having a devil of a time finding anything suitable for a met pattern sheathed thermometer!
- Tue Feb 14, 2017 8:55 pm
- Forum: Recording the Weather
- Topic: The Snowdon 5 inch copper rain gauge
- Replies: 3
- Views: 21446
Re: The Snowdon 5 inch copper rain gauge
Hello Len, I believe it was in July 1921. On page ix of "British Rainfall" 1920, under the heading "Standardization of Rainfall Records" it states, in an excerpt from the "Meterological Magazine of July 1921" [yes, it appears to be time travelling into the future] that "The prototype of the approved...