Scottish "Red Book" Climate Returns 1857-1913

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Scottish "Red Book" Climate Returns 1857-1913

METDLA/6/1/3/1

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Title: Scottish Climate Returns 1857-1913

Creator: Met Office

Subject: Climate Returns

Subject: Red Books

Description: In 1856 the Scottish Meteorological Society set up a network of stations to help in the ‘investigation of the meteorology of Scotland’. Observations were taken daily, and the monthly returns were sent by the observers to the Society. The earlier forms are stored loosely in boxes but from 1866 these forms were bound together in a series of very large and cumbersome “Red Books”, two for each year. Each book contains up to 12 monthly forms for 50-60 stations and each form contains a month’s data for one station for common meteorological elements including temperature, pressure, wind, visibility, weather diary and humidity. From 1864 onwards, monthly summaries and reports based on the data were published in the Journal of the Scottish Meteorological Society, but these books are the only source of daily data. The forms were folded and sent through the post which means as well as the data some of the forms also contain stamps and postmarks which are very valuable.

Publisher: Met Office

Date: 1857:1913

Format: PDF

Identifier: METDLA/6/1/3/1

Rights: Available under Open Government Licence

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