In message , Jonathan Stott
writes
I only started recording the weather here in Canterbury last September,
so have nothing to go on when it comes to comparing today's weather
with historical events. I had a hunt around the Met Office website and
can only find daily data for a handful of stations from 2000, but there
would be a fairly significant charge (£2/month) to get hold of daily
data, and there's only 4 years' of it.

What would be the usual way to get hold of historical weather data for
personal use? It'd be useful to know how temperatures like last night's
(-5.3C here) compares to previous March minima and suchlike.


There must be an archive at the Canterbury Museum/ County records
office, where old weather records will have been deposited in the past -
you could spend time researching them there and make up a 'composite'
record dating back as far as they go for yourself.

Just a thought
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Steve Jackson
Bablake Weather Station
Coventry
UK
http://www.netlink.co.uk/users/bws