Durham Weather and Climate since 1841

• Part 1 Durham's weather and climate


• 1: Durham - its regional, economic and physical setting


• 2: Meteorological observations in Durham


• Part 2 Durham weather through the year


• 3: The annual cycle


• 4: January


• 5: February


• 6: March


• 7: April


• 8: May


• 9: June


• 10: July


• 11: Aaugust


• 12: September


• 13: October


• 14: November


• 15: December


• 16: The calender year


• Part 3 Durham weather through the seasons


• 17: Winter: December, January and February


• 18: Spring: March, April and May


• 19: Summer: June, July and August


• 20: Autumn: September, October, November


• Part 4 Long-term climate change in Durham


• 21: Climate change in Durham


• 22: Chronology of notable weather events in and around Durham


• Part 5 Durham weather averages and extremes


• 23: Warmest, driest, sunniest


• 24: Temperature extremes in Durham


• 25: Precipitation extremes in Durham


• 26: Sunshine extremes in Durham


• 27: Barometric pressure extremes in Durham


• APPENDICES


• Appendix 1


• Appendix 2


• Appendix 3


• Appendix 4


• Appendix 5


• Appendix 6


• Appendix 7


• Appendix 8


• Appendix 9


• Appendix 10


• Appendix 11

Dr Stephen Burt has published widely on many and varied aspects of British climatology, including case studies of notable weather events including gales, snowstorms, heatwaves and thunderstorms, and citizen science data rescue projects including the hourly Ben Nevis Observatory records and 350 years of Met Office rainfall data. He is a Fellow of the Royal Meteorological Society and a member of the American Meteorological Society and the Scientific Instruments Society. Previous books include Oxford Weather and Climate since 1767 (with Tim Burt) and The Weather Observer's Handbook. He is a Visiting Fellow in the Department of Meteorology at the University of Reading.

Tim Burt retired in 2017 after 21 years as Master of Hatfield College and Professor of Geography at Durham University. Before that, he was Lecturer in Physical Geography at Oxford University and a Fellow of Keble College (1984-96) and Director of the Radcliffe Meteorological Station (1986-96). Tim has run the Durham Observatory weather station since 2001, not as old as the Radcliffe, but still with records dating from 1843. Tim has published widely on the Durham and Oxford records as well as in other areas of physical geography (notably, hydrology and water quality, fluvial geomorphology). He is now an Emeritus Professor at Durham University and a Visiting Professor at the University of Bristol. An undergraduate at Cambridge, Tim has an MA from Carleton University, Ottawa, and a PhD and DSc from the University of Bristol.

Groundbreaking book on climate...The book includes 11 detailed appendixes, and the Stephen and Tim employ statistical methodology suitable for study in college statistics courses. This volume will prove indispensable for research universities and teaching colleges with programs in environmental science. Choice