Astrometeorology UK - Fog

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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

FOG - MISCELLANEOUS

490) 1925 10th to 12th January: London and parts of Essex. (WBS)
491) 1936 19th - 28th November: Continuous thick fog at Manchester. (WB)
492) 1944 19th - 29th December: Widespread fog and rime in the south. (WB)
493) 1948 25th November to 1st December: Thick fog Thames Valley. (Berks)
494) 1952 5th to 8th December: The "great smog" London. (WBS)
495) 1979 20th to 21st November: Visibility reduced to a few yards. (Essex)

Chart 070Last solar ingress chart for Manchester: 1936 19th - 28th November

Chart 071Last solar ingress chart for Thames Valley London: 1948 25th November to 1st December

Chart 072Last solar ingress chart London "Great Smog": 1952 5th to 8th December

Chart 073Last solar ingress chart London and parts of Essex: 1925 10th to 12th January

Comments:
Neptune ruler of Mist, fog, haze, all things that obscure the visibility.
Using the last sidereal solar ingress with only Venus and Neptune we find Neptune in all four charts contacting the angles, note also the two Venus and Neptune contacts.
Astrometeorological keynotes for Venus: Dampness, moisture.
Astrometeorological keynotes for Neptune: The planet ruling FOG and mist, moisture.

MISCELLANEOUS

496) 1989 25th February: Gatwick recorded lowest air-pressure in Sussex this century 951.6 millibars. (Sussex)
497) 1927 21st December: Reading. Ice storm rain with temperature below freezing. (Berks)
498) 1940 27th, 28th and 29th January: Ice storm (glaze) large area of southern England. (WBS)
Chart 074***Sunrise chart***

Chart 075***Caplunar chart***

Chart 076 ***Capsolar chart***

499) 1989 25th February: Record breaking low pressure system. (WBS)

AIR PRESSURE (WB)

Highest

500) 1054.7 mb (31.15 in) Aberdeen: 30th January 1902.
501) 1047.0 mb (30.92 in) Eastern England: 24th December 1962.

Lowest

502) 916.0 mb (27.00 in) To the north-west of Scotland: 10th January 1993.
503) 925.5 mb (27.33 in) Crieff, Tayside: 26th January 1884.

TABLES FROM "CLIMATE OF THE BRITISH ISLES"

Warm years and Seasons. Central England Temperature series.

Spring ųC Summer ųC Autumn ųC Winter ųC Year ųC

1893 10.2 1976 17.8 1730 11.8 1869 6.8 1990 10.6

1945 10.1 1826 17.6 1731 11.8 1834 6.5 1949 10.6

1992 9.9 1995 17.4 1729 11.6 1989 6.5 1995 10.5

1952 9.9 1846 17.1 1818 11.6 1975 6.4 1989 10.5

1959 9.8 1983 17.1 1995 11.5 1686 6.3 1959 10.5

Coldest years and seasons. Central England Temperature series.

Spring ųC Summer ųC Autumn ųC Winter ųC Year ųC

1837 5.6 1725 13.1 1786 7.5 1684 -1.2 1740 6.8

1770 6.0 1695 13.2 1740 7.5 1740 -0.4 1695 7.3

1695 6.0 1816 13.4 1676 7.5 1963 -0.3 1879 7.4

1799 6.1 1860 13.5 1782 7.7 1814 0.4 1698 7.6

1782 6.1 1907 13.6 1692 7.7 1795 0.5 1694 7.7

Highest daily max. temperature since 1900 each month in the British Isles.

Month Temp. ųC Location Date

Jan. 18.3 Aber, Gwynedd 27th, 1958 and 10th, 1971

Feb. 19.2 March, Cambridgeshire 23rd, 1990

Mar. 25.0 Wakefield, W. Yorkshire 29th, 1965

Mar. 25.0 Cromer, Norfolk 29th, 1968

Apr. 29.4 Camden square, London 16th, 1949

May 32.8 Camden square, London 29th, 1944

Jun. 35.6 Camden square, London 29th, 1957

Jun. 35.6 Mayflower Park, Southampton 28th, 1976

Jul. 36.0 Epsom, Surrey 22nd, 1911

Aug. 37.1 Cheltenham, Gloucestershire 3rd, 1990

Sep. 35.6 Bawtry, S. Yorkshire 2nd, 1906

Oct. 29.4 March, Cambridgeshire 1st, 1985

Nov. 21.7 Prestatyn, Clwyd 4th, 1946

Dec. 18.3 Achnashellach, Highland 2nd, 1948

Lowest daily temperature for each month since 1900 in the British Isles.

Month Temp. ųC Location Date

Jan. -27.2 Braemar, Grampian 10th, 1982

Feb. -25.0 Braemar, Grampian 23rd, 1955

Mar. -22.8 Logie Coldstone, Grampian 14th, 1958

Apr. -15.0 Newton Rigg, Cumbria 2nd, 1917

May -9.4 Lynford, Norfolk 4th & 11th, 1941

May -9.4 Fort Augustus, Highland 15th, 1941

Jun. -5.6 Santon Downham, Norfolk 9th, 1955 & 1st, 1962

Jun. -5.6 Dalwhinnie, Highland 3rd, 1962

Jul. -2.5 St. Harmon, Powys 15th, 1977

Jul. -2.5 Lagganlia, Highland 9th, 1986

Aug. -4.5 Lagganlia, Highland 21st, 1973

Sep. -6.7 Dalwhinnie, Highland 26th, 1942

Oct. -11.7 Dalwhinnie, Highland 28th, 1948

Nov. -23.3 Braemar, Grampian 14th, 1919

Dec. -27.0 Altnaharra, Highland 30th, 1995

Five wettest and driest years and seasons in the England and Wales precipitation record (1766 to date)
Wettest:

Spring mm Summer mm Autumn mm Winter* mm Year mm

1782 363.0 1912 409.7 1852 455.8 1915 423.0 1872 1284.9

1818 326.2 1879 409.2 1960 438.5 1990 421.0 1768 1247.3

1947 313.8 1829 396.3 1935 424.0 1877 418.0 1852 1213.0

1979 316.1 1860 370.8 1770 402.0 1995 415.0 1960 1194.8

1981 309.8 1768 362.2 1772 400.6 1994 388.0 1903 1180.3

Driest:

Spring mm Summer mm Autumn mm Winter* mm Year mm

1785 54.8 1995 67.0 1978 128.7 1964 88.9 1788 614.0

1893 71.5 1976 73.9 1817 131.9 1858 92.2 1921 629.0

1990 85.0 1800 91.5 1805 138.6 1891 105.2 1887 669.3

1938 95.0 1869 98.9 1788 145.8 1814 114.8 1854 672.9

1856 96.4 1818 102.6 1784 147.2 1934 118.7 1780 699.0

* Winter refers to the year in which January fell.

Coldest winter months at Manchester since 1890 (WB)
(mean temperature)

Feb 1895 -1.7ų C

Feb 1947 -1.4ų C

Jan 1963 -1.4ų C

Jan 1940 -0.8ų C

Jan 1945 -0.1ų C

Feb 1986 -0.1ų C

Dec 1890 0.0ų C

Feb 1963 0.0ų C

Feb 1942 0.2ų C

Jan 1979 0.3ų C

Feb 1956 0.4ų C

Dec 1950 0.5ų C

Dec 1981 0.7ų C

© Carl A Matthews

Spring ųC		Summer ųC		Autumn ųC		Winter ųC		Year ųC
1893	10.2	1976	17.8	1730	11.8	1869	6.8	1990	10.6
1945	10.1	1826	17.6	1731	11.8	1834	6.5	1949	10.6
1992	9.9	1995	17.4	1729	11.6	1989	6.5	1995	10.5
1952	9.9	1846	17.1	1818	11.6	1975	6.4	1989	10.5
1959	9.8	1983	17.1	1995	11.5	1686	6.3	1959	10.5

Month	Temp. ųC	Location	Date

Jan.	18.3	Aber, Gwynedd	27th, 1958 and 10th, 1971
Feb.	19.2	March, Cambridgeshire	23rd, 1990
Mar.	25.0	Wakefield, W. Yorkshire	29th, 1965
Mar.	25.0	Cromer, Norfolk	29th, 1968
Apr.	29.4	Camden square, London	16th, 1949
May	32.8	Camden square, London	29th, 1944
Jun.	35.6	Camden square, London	29th, 1957
Jun.	35.6	Mayflower Park, Southampton	28th, 1976
Jul.	36.0	Epsom, Surrey	22nd, 1911
Aug.	37.1	Cheltenham, Gloucestershire	3rd, 1990
Sep.	35.6	Bawtry, S. Yorkshire	2nd, 1906
Oct.	29.4	March, Cambridgeshire	1st, 1985
Nov.	21.7	Prestatyn, Clwyd	4th, 1946
Dec.	18.3	Achnashellach, Highland	2nd, 1948

Spring	mm	Summer	mm	Autumn	mm	Winter*	mm	Year	mm
1782	363.0	1912	409.7	1852	455.8	1915	423.0	1872	1284.9
1818	326.2	1879	409.2	1960	438.5	1990	421.0	1768	1247.3
1947	313.8	1829	396.3	1935	424.0	1877	418.0	1852	1213.0
1979	316.1	1860	370.8	1770	402.0	1995	415.0	1960	1194.8
1981	309.8	1768	362.2	1772	400.6	1994	388.0	1903	1180.3

Feb 1895	-1.7ų C
Feb 1947	-1.4ų C
Jan 1963	-1.4ų C
Jan 1940	-0.8ų C
Jan 1945	-0.1ų C
Feb 1986	-0.1ų C
Dec 1890	0.0ų C
Feb 1963	0.0ų C
Feb 1942	0.2ų C
Jan 1979	0.3ų C
Feb 1956	0.4ų C
Dec 1950	0.5ų C
Dec 1981	0.7ų C