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 threadRuth Mottram
@ed_hawkins suspect @MartinStendel might be are to help... 😊
Jan 6, 2023 at 7:31pmWeb
Show threadEd HawkinsJan 6, 2023

@Ruth_Mottram @MartinStendel

I’ve not managed to get to the UK National Archives to examine the ~60 logbooks of naval ships based at UK ports. But we suspect many did not take observations. The Danish logbooks that Martin is digitising will hopefully include lots of valuable information too!