historical meteorological charts (1 Viewer)

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scodger

Well-known member

• Oct 20, 2008

• #1

Hi

Looking back over some old Yorkshire reports it occured to me that it would be useful to know what the weather had been for the proceeding day or so where there had been an interesting bird or influx eg redwings, etc, I found this link, you can search for any date going way back ... I need to read up how to interpret this as it doesn't show wind speed and direction, however once you can interpret that it may be useful for anyone researching back.

Maybe someone else knows of better maps or other resources going back a long time? Perhaps you could post details here


http://www.wetterzentrale.de/topkarten/tkreaar2.htm

Cheers

Scodger

 

deborah4

Well-known member

• Oct 20, 2008

• #2

scodger said:

. I need to read up how to interpret this


http://www.wetterzentrale.de/topkarten/tkreaar2.htm

Cheers

Scodger

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like learning German presumably!

 

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Mark Grantham

Well-known member

• Oct 21, 2008

• #3

A slightly better version on the same site (and without the need to translate any German) is the Met Office data at http://www.wetterzentrale.de/topkarten/tkfaxbraar.htm

Mark Grantham
BTO

 

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scodger

Well-known member

• Oct 21, 2008

• #4

historical charts

Thanks Mark

I had seen those and they are good but only go from late 1990's, I was looking at YNU reports of major blackbird influx on the east coast in Nov 1961 which prompted my enquiry. I need to get to grips with which way the wind is blowing as it's not clear on the chart, I'm sure it's possible to tell from the chart somehow

Cheers

Scodger

 

Jos Stratford

Eastern Exile

Staff member

• Oct 21, 2008

• #5

The German maps are fine - a degree in languages is hardly needed, the maps themselves are the same in any language. Other than that you just press 'zeigen' after entering whichever date you require (and months are basically the same in German)

 

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Mark Grantham

Well-known member

• Oct 25, 2008

• #6

For a quick guide to interpreting weather charts, check out the Met Office site:
http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/education/secondary/students/charts.html

For a bit more info on the autumn winter, check the BirdTrack news archive:
http://www.bto.org/birdtrack/news_archive.htm

Mark G

 

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Paul Troake

troakiebloky

• Oct 25, 2008

• #7

This link shows weather charts back to 1928...

http://theweatheroutlook.com/twodata/dathistcharts.aspx

It's also handy for flicking between consecutive days - just highlight the date box so it's blue then use cursor keys to view adjacent dates.

Troakie

(Hello Mr G!)

 

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scodger

Well-known member

• Oct 29, 2008

• #8

meteorological charts

Excellent resources, thanks guys

Useful for looking back at falls, vagrants, migration arrival etc. I'm doing quite a lot of research on old annual reports at the moment so interesting to look at weather leading up to the event