Record

Met - A Collection of Meteorological Records for Nottinghamshire, 1841-2011

Document Reference	Met/Ug
Title	Meteorological Records of the Geography Department, University of Nottingham; 1935-1981
Date	1935-1978
Extent	71 boxes, 2 boxes of rolled maps, 18 flat charts
Level	SubFonds
Access Conditions	Accessible to all readers.
Admin History	The weather station was maintained by the University of Nottingham Geography Department. Comprehensive recordings of rainfall, sunshine and temperature (and later also windspeed) were began in 1962, led by lecturer Frank Barnes (1920-2003). Barnes had been a meteorological officer in the RAF during the Second World War, and brought this enthusiasm to the School of Geography, which he joined in 1947. A team of staff and postgraduate students took the readings and reset the monitoring equipment at 0900 GMT, seven days a week. The details were transcribed into a daily meteorological record, and from this monthly and annual summaries were produced. The monthly summaries were published for a time in the Nottingham Evening Post. The weather station was closed in 1981. Station ref. 542384. 174 ft. O.D. Readings ceased to be taken after 24 December 1981.
Custodial History	The records were transferred to Manuscripts and Special Collections in 1984, with a further accrual in 1997.
MgtGroup	Scientific, research and educational records
MgtSubGroup	Papers of scientific interest
Language	English
Copyright	Identification of copyright holders of unpublished material is often difficult. Permission to make any published use of any material from the collection must be sought in writing on our Permission to Publish form (see the Reprographics Services part of our website or email mss-library@nottingham.ac.uk)
ReprodnNote	Reprographic copies can be supplied for educational and private study purposes only, depending on access status and the condition of the documents.