Ed HawkinsJan 6, 2023

184 years ago today an extreme windstorm hit Ireland & the UK, known as the 'Night of the Big Wind'. This event was one of the most severe & damaging windstorms to ever hit these islands.

We now need some help to learn from this event... #Archives

We have found a surprising number of locations with barometer measurements of pressure during Jan 1839. This should allow us to build a reanalysis to inform about the risks of such events today.

But, are there other sources we have not yet found?

Show threadclodagh_tait
@ed_hawkins You probably already have https://www.met.ie/cms/assets/uploads/2017/08/Jan1839_Storm.pdf . I always love the stories about Irish people looking for pensions in the 20thC offering the claim they remembered the 'night of the big wind' as proof of age!
Jan 6, 2023 at 1:26pmWeb
Show threadEd HawkinsJan 6, 2023
@clodagh_tait they are great stories! We need to ideally find the original logbooks or diaries. Sadly the Limerick source is unavailable as the diary is so fragile it can’t be opened and needs restoration.