- Astrometeorology UK -
A Collection of Weather Events and Charts for the British Isles
This data is by no means exhaustive, but I think it gives a fair representative picture of the varied climate prevalent of these Isles, I also feel it is a healthy data/reference index for other budding Astrometeorological/Mundane researchers.
Sources include:
The Journal of Meteorology...abbr. (JM)
Climatological Observers Link - COL magazine...abbr. (COL)
Climates of the British Isles (Edited by Hulme and Barrow pub. Routledge) [Chapter 13 Weather Records and Extremes Dukes and Eden]...abbr. (CBI)
The Weather of Britain (Stirling - publishers: Giles de la Mare)...abbr. (WB)
The Weather Books series:...abbr. (WBS) or...
Essex.
Hampshire & Isle of Wight.
Sussex.
Surrey.
Berkshire.
Kent.
Norfolk & Suffolk.
Weather categories with Number of events.
Drought ...001-005
Intense Rainfall ...006-085
Thunderstorms ...086-268
Heavy Snow (Blizzards) ...269-330
Hailstorms ...331-393
Gales ...394-430
Tornadoes ...431-489
Fog ...490-495
Miscellaneous ...496-503
THUNDERSTORMS
086) 1790 23rd November: Horsham church struck by lightning. (Sussex)
Chart 010 ***sunrise chart***
087) 1829 19th July: Redhill. Violent thunderstorm. (Surrey)
088) 1840 21st January: nr Attleborough, woman struck. (Norfolk)
089) 1872 25th July: Selborne. Heavy thunderstorm for three hours. (Hampshire)
090) 1879 2nd August: Wells Church struck by lightning. (Norfolk)
091) 1880 24th June: Alton. Steeple of St Lawrence Church struck. (Hampshire)
092) 1888 30th July: Wittenham, 75mm of rain. (Berkshire)
093) 1891 20th August: Portsmouth. Summer storm 39mm of rain. (Hampshire)
Chart 011***sunrise chart***
094) 1892 28th June: Thunder "resembling the discharge of a thousand pieces of heavy artillery" (Essex)
095) 1894 24th September: "violent thunderstorm in the early hours". (SE Essex)
096) 1899 23rd July: Braintree district. Thunderstorm...house struck by lightning. (Essex)
097) 1899 23rd July: Milton. Shortly after 2.00 pm. Portsmouth. 3.25 inches. (Hampshire)
098) 1905 17th August: Violent thunderstorm, Uckfield area damage to property. (Sussex)
099) 1906 10th February: Lightning damage thoughout Kent. (Kent)
100) 1906 2nd August: Chelmsford, incessant lightning for 2 hours. (Essex)
Chart 012***sunrise chart***
101) 1906 2nd August: Grayshott on the edge with 30mm in 20 minutes. (Hampshire)
102) 1906 2nd August: "The Guildford Storm" (evening) several deaths. (Surrey)
103) 1907 11th April: Lightning/fireball! St. Catherine's School, Bramley destroyed (Surrey)
104) 1907 22nd July: Abingdon, violent storm 57mm of rain. (Berks)
105) 1910 2nd July: Norwich, lightning struck cathedral. (Norfolk)
106) 1911 31st May: "Epsom Derby Disaster", Violent thunderstorm several deaths. (Surrey)
107) 1913 30th August: Thunderstorms caused heavy flooding in Old Folkstone. (Kent)
Chart 013***sunrise chart***
108) 1914 14th June: "killer thunderstorm" in Mitchan and environs. (Surrey)
109) 1914 19th June: Tilbury Church damaged by lightning with flooding.(Essex)
110) 1914 1st July: Selborne. Heavy thunderstorms 1.4 inches. (Hampshire)
111) 1915 30th June: Mildenhall, continuous lightning.
112) 1923 9th - 10th July: Memorable all-night thunderstorm. (Essex-Surrey-Kent)
113) 1924 22nd July: Heavy thunderstorm over Midhurst. (Sussex)
114) 1924 26th September: Dartford. Streets awash with floodwater. (Kent)
Chart 014***sunrise chart***
115) 1925 26th April: Brightwell, lightning struck houses. (Berks)
116) 1926 16th August overnight Ramsgate: Thousands of pounds worth of damage. (Kent)
117) 1927 9th November 10.30 pm: Cromer, church struck by lightning. (Norfolk)
118) 1928 11th February: Widespread power cuts. (Norfolk)
119) 1928 5th May afternoon: Nether Wallop. Lightning struck cottages. (Hampshire)
120) 1932 16th May: Hungerford flooded. (Berks)
121) 1932 20th August evening: A tumultuous storm swept Berkshire. (Berks)
Chart 015***sunrise chart***
122) 1932 21st August 3.30 am: Terrific thunderstorm over Dunmow.(Essex)
123) 1933 19th June: Lightning damaged houses, Plaistow and East Ham.(Essex)
124) 1933 26th September: Severe storm 131mm a county record. Fleet. (Hampshire)
125) 1934 22nd July: Violent thunderstorm 120mm at West Wickham. (Kent)
126) 1936 5th September: Lightning struck chimney of Colchester Barracks.(Essex)
127) 1936 16th December: Lightning struck Appledore Church. (Kent)
128) 1937 21st May: Norwich, 1.56 inches fell in two hours. (Norfolk)
Chart 016***sunrise chart***
129) 1938 12th August: Redhill Town under 18'' water after a storm. (Surrey)
130) 1945 19th May: Winchester. Half an inch recorded in an hour. (Hampshire)
131) 1947 17th July: Hastings 49mm of rain. (Sussex)
132) 1947 18th July: West Malling 50mm of rain. (Kent)
133) 1951 7th September: Wallingford, houses and tress struck. (Berks)
134) 1956 18th July: North Kent many roads flooded. (Kent)
135) 1957 5th July: Mundesley, schoolboy killed by lightning. (Norfolk)
Chart 017 ***sunrise chart***
136) 1958 5th September: Sensational electrical storm "Storm of the Century". Struck Sussex late afternoon travelled through Kent and London and reached Essex after dark. (WBS)
137) 1959 29th July: Flash floods in many parts of North Kent. (Kent)
138) 1960 22nd June: Abingdon. North west Berkshire, 1.93 inches. (Berks)
139) 1960 1st October: Newport IOW. Violent thunderstorm. (Hampshire)
140) 1968 14th September: Much flooding in Suffolk and Norfolk. (Norfolk)
141) 1972 1st August: Violent storms with tornadoes affected East Anglia and Essex. At Chingford there were several fatalities caused by lightning. (WBS)
142) 1973 19th September: Folkstone. Electrical storm damaged transformer, blackout. (Kent)
Chart 018***sunrise chart***
143) 1977 14th June night: Violent thunderstorms. (Essex)
144) 1978 30th July: Dereham, many trees damaged by lightning. (Norfolk)
145) 1981 14th April night/morning: Horsham severe storm 91mm of rain, much flooding. (Sussex)
146) 1981 9th July: Severe thunderstorm Brentford area. (Essex)
147) 1981 6th August: Severe thunderstorm "When Day Became Night", Coulsdon and East Surrey. (Surrey)
148) 1982 4th June: Fierce thunderstorms. (Essex)
149) 1982 3rd July: Woodland St. Mary, ball lightning. (Berks)
Chart 019***sunrise chart***
150) 1982 12th July: Widespread Severe thunderstorms. (Hampshire & IOW)
151) 1982 17th September: Brighton, rare thunderstorm with no rain. (Sussex)
152) 1983 23rd July: North east of Wokingham, extensive damage. (Berks)
153) 1986 8th July: Hastings, houses struck. (Sussex)
154) 1987 29th July: Powerful thunderstorms. North Weald 68mm in an hour. (Essex)
155) 1987 29th July: Two inches (50mm) in just 20 minutes at Thornwood Common. (Essex)
156) 1987 22nd August: Chelmsford 3.00 pm to 4.20 pm 52 mm of hail and rain. (Essex)
Chart 020***sunrise chart***
Chart 021 ***2:30 pm chart***
157) 1989 24th May: Ferious thunderstorms. Guildford and Woking badly hit. (Surrey)
158) 1989 25th May: Sudden outbreak of severe storms, 60mm at South Farnborough. (Hampshire)
159) 1989 6th July: Severe storms on the Berkshire Downs. (Berks)
160) 1990 2nd November: Isfield near Uckfield, 110-foot tree struck. (Sussex)
161) 1991 5th July late evening: Most of Sussex, vivid thunder and lightning. (Sussex)
162) 1991 1st August: Brentwood. Man struck by lightning. (Essex)
163) 1991 1st August: A violent thunderstorm over Croydon afternoon. (Surrey)
Chart 022***sunrise chart***
164) 1991 1st August: Woman killed by lightning at Sevenoaks. (Kent)
165) 1991 26th September: Compton near Newbury, school struck by lightning. (Berks)
166) 1992 19th June: Thorpe-le-Soken nr Clacton. Violent thunderstorm and tornado during afternoon. (Essex)
167) 1992 18th September - early morning: Norwich, homes struck by lightning. (Norwich)
168) 1992 19th October: Lightning struck a school near Wilmington. (Kent)
169) 1993 26th May: Violent thunderstorms. 58 mm at Vernham Dean. (Hampshire)
170) 1994 24th June: Wokingham, 43 mm of rain fell. (Berks)
Chart 023***sunrise chart***
171) 1995 1st August 1800 BST: County Galway, Ireland. (JM)
172) 1997 10th July: Castlebar and Barrycarroll, W. Ireland. Buildings damaged by lightning. (JM)
COL Thunderstorms
Data from the Climatological Observers Link (COL 1992 to 1997) only thunderstorms which were severe are selected, this data is quite important as it gives the timing of the beginning and occasionally the ending of thundery activity.
173) 1992 31st March 2100 - 2145 GMT: Bournemouth area Dorset.
174) 1992 14th April 1820 GMT: Verwood/Wimborne St. Giles area, N. Dorset.
175) 1992 27th April 1305 - 1320 and 1440 - 1500 hours: Laurieston, Dumfries, Scotland.
176) 1992 28th April 1345 - 1400 GMT: Moordown, Bournemouth, Dorset.
177) 1992 23rd May 1800 - 1900 BST: Abingdon, Oxfordshire.
178) 1992 24th May 1200 - 1345 GMT: Bracknell, Berkshire.
179) 1992 24th May 1706 - 2154 BST: Connahs Quay, Clwyd, Wales.
180) 1992 28th May 1655 - 1710 BST: Harborne South, W. Midlands.
181) 1992 31st May 1825 pm: Youlgreave Cricket Ground, nr. Bakewell, Derbyshire. Cricket umpire killed by lightning.
182) 1992 01st June 1920 - 2113 GMT: Lowdham, Nottinghamshire. 2004 - 2025 storm overhead.
183) 1992 09th June 1500 BST: Forest Hill, London. 60.3 mm in 90 minutes.
184) 1992 09th June 1920 BST: Heswall, Wirral, Merseyside.
185) 1992 09th June 1730 - 1830 BST: Bromyard, Herefordshire.
186) 1992 09th June 1950 - 2120 BST: Newcastle-under-Lyme, Staffordshire.
187) 1992 09th June 2000 - 2040 GMT: Chester, Cheshire.
188) 1992 15th July 2118 BST: Derby, Derbyshire.
189) 1992 20th July 1945 BST: Sevenoaks, Kent.
190) 1992 08th August 1905 - 1920 GMT: Burnham-on-Sea, Somerset.
191) 1992 08th/9th August 2340 - 0530 GMT: Finedon, Northamptonshire.
192) 1992 18th September 0350 BST: Colchester, Essex.
193) 1992 20th October 0850 - 0920 hrs: Burgess Hill, W. Sussex.
194) 1993 09th April 1245 - 1340 GMT: Burnham-on-Sea, Somerset.
195) 1993 13th April 1430 - 1830 BST: Llanpumsaint, Gyfed, Wales.
196) 1993 10th May 1644 - 1815 GMT: Crewe, Cheshire.
197) 1993 11th May 2130 BST: Fowey, Cornwall.
198) 1993 26th May 0245 - 0315 BST: Dorchester, Dorset.
199) 1993 02nd June 1545 - 1800 BST: Brundall, nr. Norwich, Norfolk.
200) 1993 09th June 1500 - 1545 BST: Inkersall, Chesterfield, Derbyshire.
201) 1993 10th June 1640 BST: Harborne South, W. Midlands.
202) 1993 15th July 1825 - 1920 GMT: Louth, Lincolnshire.
203) 1993 15th August 0200 GMT: Lowestoft, Suffolk.
204) 1993 23rd August 0424 BST: Guernsey Airport, Guernsey, Channel Islands.
205) 1993 07th September 1955 - 2200 BST: Guildford area, Surrey.
206) 1993 22nd September 1715 - 1855 BST: Sidcup.
207) 1993 08th October 1227 - 1348 GMT: Cirencester, Gloucs.
208) 1993 08th October 1915 - 2015 GMT: Anslow, Staffs.
209) 1993 12th October 2100 - 2300 GMT: Rickmansworth, Herts.
210) 1994 05th January 2030 - 2115 GMT: Bournemouth, Dorset.
211) 1994 25th January 1500 - 1525 BST: Bedford, Bedfordshire.
212) 1994 09th April 1300 - 1345 GMT: Wolverhampton, W. Midlands.
213) 1994 23rd April 1525 - 1545 GMT: Wirral, Merseyside.
214) 1994 23rd April 1718 BST: Langtoft, Humberside.
215) 1994 08th May 1644 BST: Calthorpe, Norfolk.
216) 1994 24th June 2030 - 2115 BST: Wilmington, Dartford.
217) 1994 19th July 0046 GMT: Guernsey Airport, Guernsey, Channel Islands.
218) 1994 24th July 1552 - 1715 GMT: Oxford, Oxfordshire.
219) 1994 30th July 2000 GMT: Calthorpe, Norfolk.
220) 1994 03rd/4th August 2306 - 0020 GMT: Cirencester, Oxfordshire.
221) 1994 04th August 0038 - 0150 BST: Coventry, Warwickshire.
222) 1994 10th August 1830 - 1915 BST: Dover, Kent.
223) 1994 11th August 1324 - 1420 BST: Dover, Kent.
224) 1994 01st September 0225 - 0705 BST: South Shetland.
225) 1994 14th September 1530 - 1700 GMT: Vernham Dean, Hampshire.
226) 1994 29th December 1613 - 1703 GMT: Loughton, Essex.
227) 1995 01st January 1600 GMT: Brighton, E. Sussex.
228) 1995 19th January 2225 - 2240 GMT: Amesbury, Wiltshire.
229) 1995 20th January 0320 GMT: Reading, Berkshire.
230) 1995 15th March 1850 - 1932 GMT: Wirral, Merseyside.
231) 1995 28th May 1548 - 1606 BST: Castleford, W.Yorkshire.
232) 1995 10th July 0250 - 0730 GMT: Bournemouth, Dorset.
233) 1995 10th July 1659 GMT: Harborne South, W. Midlands.
234) 1995 11th July 0600 BST: Buxton, Norfolk.
235) 1995 26th July 0600 - 0630 GMT: Bournemouth, Dorset.
236) 1995 02nd August 1520 GMT: Burnham-on-Sea, Somerset.
237) 1995 23rd August 2200 BST: Dover, Kent.
238) 1995 02nd September 1202 - 1350 GMT: Dover, Kent.
239) 1995 04th/05th September 2215 - 0015 & 0420 - 0450 GMT: Wirral, Merseyside.
240) 1995 12th September 1400 - 1530 GMT: Coventry, Warwicks.
241) 1995 15th September 1155 - 1220 GMT: Couldton, Surrey.
242) 1996 12th February 0905 - 0925 GMT: Bournemouth, Dorset.
243) 1996 25th February 0300 GMT: Skirlaugh, near Hornsea, Humberside.
244) 1996 21st May 1744 BST: Calthorpe, Norfolk.
245) 1996 07th June 2130 - 2230 BST: Vernham Dean, Hampshire.
246) 1996 23rd July 1600 - 1700 GMT: Chipstead Valley, Surrey.
247) 1996 23rd July 1400 BST: Inkersall, Chesterfield, Derbys.
248) 1996 06th August 1945 - 2025 BST: Newcastle-under-Lyme, Staffs.
249) 1996 20th August 1925 - 2015 GMT: Cosby, Leics.
250) 1996 27th September 1401 - 1425 GMT: Dover, Kent.
251) 1997 18th February 1157 GMT: Brighton, E. Sussex.
252) 1997 07th May 1500 - 1545 GMT: Dorchester, Dorset.
253) 1997 16th May 1800 - 1900 GMT: Coulsdon, Surrey.
254) 1997 17th May 2145 - 2230 GMT: Dover, Kent.
255) 1997 18th May 0215 - 0320 GMT: Newcastle-under-Lyme, Staffs.
256) 1997 11th June 1950 GMT: Harborne South, W Midlands.
257) 1997 11th June 2348 BST: Ruddington, S Notts.
258) 1997 22nd June 0900 - 1700 GMT: Coulsdon, Surrey.
259) 1997 08th July 1550 - 1630 GMT: Warlingham, Surrey.
260) 1997 09th July 1400 - 1600 GMT: Lowdham, Notts.
261) 1997 13th July 1315 - 1400 GMT: Drumburgh, Carlisle, Cumbria.
262) 1997 06th August 0930 - 1030 GMT: Eastbourne, E. Sussex.
263) 1997 10th August 1900 GMT: Llandudno, Gwynedd, Wales.
264) 1997 19th August 1600 - 1800 GMT: Rickmansworth, Herts.
265) 1997 28th August 0837 - 0900 GMT: Calthorpe, Norfolk.
266) 1997 31st August 1324 - 1434 GMT: Chaddesden, Derbyshire.
267) 1997 07th October 0710 GMT: Dorchester, Dorset.
268) 1997 09th November 0600 - 1200 GMT: Portchester, Hants.