White Christmas snow: Caunton [Notts] at 9am 25 Dec 2009
THE
NEWARK WEATHER RECORD
Ian
has kept a continuous record of weather in Newark since 1949. Initially
the record was kept using a mercury-in-glass max/min thermometer housed
on the north wall of his parents' home in New Balderton, about 1 mile
SE of the town centre. From 1950 rainfall was recorded using a funnel
and cylinder mounted on side fencing. In 1965 the record was kept at
Riverside Road (1mile south of the town centre), and from 1970 he
obtained a Stevenson's screen; Met-Office pattern thermometers and a
standard rain-guage. From 1993 the record has been at Cooper's Yard
with the more primitive equipment and exposure. Last year he obtained a
digital max-min thermometer Between 1970-1985 he was a member of the Royal Meteorological Society
; and a contributing observer to the amateur Climatological
Observers' Link
Below is a tabulated summary of records for the period 1951- 2000
