Weston Park weather station
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Weston Park weather station is the official climatological station for Sheffield. It was established privately by the second curator of the museum in 1882 and has been maintained by the museums service since 1937. The weather station is one of the oldest in Britain and works closely with the Met Office, co-operating within the national network of observing stations.
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Weather records
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Weather records held at Weston Park form a valuable historical record of climate and weather trends within the Sheffield region over the last 120 years. Weston Park is the only weather recording station in the South Yorkshire region to have such long continuity of weather records.
These records have been used in recent research to plot weather data against species distributions of plants and animals. Sheffield is in a unique geographical position. Its geology changes considerably and correspondingly, so does the topography. Altitudes vary from more than 30 to 550 metres above sea level. This makes it a very interesting place when mapping the sensitivity of species to climate change. For further information about this research contact paul.richards@museums-sheffield.org.uk
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What do we record?
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At Weston Park weather station measurements of temperature, rainfall, sunshine, air pressure and wind speed and direction are made daily. Since the re-opening of the museum in October 2006, readings are now fully automated.
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Access to the records
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Historical weather records can be accessed via a computer database in the Foyer weather displays. These also give present and 24 hour updates on wind speed and direction, rainfall, temperature and pressure.
The readings from Weston Park are also available in printed format and can be purchased from the museum shop. These are monthly summaries of the daily readings. The monthly and annual weather summaries can also be obtained by annual subscription.
For details please contact Irene.wilson@museums-sheffield.org.uk
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| Examples of our weather data |
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