tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1054099993321713428.post835118036078902157..comments2024-01-22T07:11:39.210+00:00Comments on Renaissance and Regency Rummage Repository: Weather in Austen's time in detail: 1800-1805Sarahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03121102757759349165noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1054099993321713428.post-49837105416571161182015-06-17T21:31:51.274+01:002015-06-17T21:31:51.274+01:00I'm up to 1809 and got sidetracked onto fictio...I'm up to 1809 and got sidetracked onto fiction writing because it pays the vet bills... Lillian, to oversimplify drastically, the predominant winds are from the NW so generally speaking weather starts in the top left hand corner and heads to the bottom right over 1-3 days. Massive over-simplification! It's why I've put in wind directions when I have them, and where I have the next load I'll have readings for a few years from East London [Stratford, where the trains always break down] and Manchester, giving a moderately good picture of what the north/south divide is doing. Working out the isobars for each week would be too challenging, sorry, but there are some times when you can just about do it for yourself by looking at the different wind directions. I will be including a map both of the old counties, and of the principle towns and cities mentioned in weather reports so you can always scan that and shove in wind direction arrows to recreate isobars. Sarahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03121102757759349165noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1054099993321713428.post-2650206889112792022015-06-17T20:01:21.657+01:002015-06-17T20:01:21.657+01:00No generalisations for the UK, I'm afraid Lill...No generalisations for the UK, I'm afraid Lillian! It can be snowing in Edinburgh and sunny down south, and vice versa. The whole country is notoriously changeable, and the changes don't change the same, if that makes sense. Rain plans to travel across in one direction, and then changes and does something quite different. It keeps out weather men and women fully occupied!Elizabeth Baileyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09407958362024218785noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1054099993321713428.post-69939594144929625592015-06-17T19:59:39.006+01:002015-06-17T19:59:39.006+01:00Can't wait for you to publish this one! I shal...Can't wait for you to publish this one! I shall definitely be buying it. So useful!Elizabeth Baileyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09407958362024218785noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1054099993321713428.post-70510910736347282842015-04-30T17:23:31.514+01:002015-04-30T17:23:31.514+01:00A lot of both the trade and the military vessels s...A lot of both the trade and the military vessels sailed from the south coast so the wind and weather there was vital to know, for a passge through the channel, and the always choppy Bay of Biscay. I have not come across such detailed reports from any of the other major ports; shipping news from them is what ships sailed and what arrived, which is a little frustrating. <br />Weather in Britain, in general, moves from West to East and often, especially in Winter, North to South. Falmouth, stuck out into the Atlantic, can be a law unto itself. However, some species of what happens in Plymouth happens next day in London as a reasonable rule of thumb. London may be reckoned to be 1-2 degrees Fahrenheit warmer than most of the rest of the country around it and in the South, excluding Cornwall, which may be very warm indeed [flowers like Camellias when introduced would only grow in Cornwall at first; its daffodils are generally weeks earlier than the rest of the country]. London's heat is artificial for being a metropolis bringing it up to the temperature of the South Coast or even above, because of sea breezes. East Anglia would be a degree cooler than London, Shropshire, though not far north, often two degrees for elevation and general situation; Yorkshire and Manchester on opposite sides about 2 degress lower than London, the Scottish borders 3 degrees less, and Scotland 3-5 degrees less. very roughly speaking! I don't know if I shall have enough data to reproduce isobars for people to extrapolate from, but I'm not sure it would be practical as it wouldn't half turn it into a tome! Sarahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03121102757759349165noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1054099993321713428.post-62423608359908776022015-04-30T15:53:59.460+01:002015-04-30T15:53:59.460+01:00This is truly fascinating stuff. I notice that man...This is truly fascinating stuff. I notice that many of the entries are from Plymouth or other parts of the southwest. I don't know how weather generally travels in the British Isles, so I was wondering if, for example, Plymouth's rain reaches London in three days, or if Manchester is usually 10° cooler than Dover. Can one make generalizations like that?<br />I'm so glad you are doing this, and I look forward to the completed work.Lillian Marekhttp://lilmarek.indiemade.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1054099993321713428.post-23825414472611285392015-04-28T17:23:24.075+01:002015-04-28T17:23:24.075+01:00You are welcome! I want to do it for my own satis...You are welcome! I want to do it for my own satisfaction and I should like to share as well. Funnily enough it's less of a problem getting the data than the history of names for writers and re-enactors project, which has stalled a little on being unable to get hold of copies of medieval census reports drom the Holy Roman Empire... my local library, normally very good, let me down on a couple of books I hoped to peruse. I dislike using web sources since I have come across mistakes in the medieval French listings posted online, of the rather fundamental gender kind... having said that, I get by in Old French, but between Anglo Saxon and enough modern German to translate texts on tanks for my other half I'm a bit hazy. Well, actually all at sea. And paleography in German blackletter is seriously difficult.... <br />The weather project just involves reading through a ton of newspapers from the period, deciphering things like 'Monday last' and 'Monday sennight' and adding this to snippets from diaries and letters. If anyone out there who has access to private diaries or letters 1775-1825 would be kind enough to let me know about any mentions of the weather, I would be truly grateful. Sarahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03121102757759349165noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1054099993321713428.post-59127973978909190592015-04-28T15:54:12.789+01:002015-04-28T15:54:12.789+01:00Thank you, Sarah! It sounds like a big project - ...Thank you, Sarah! It sounds like a big project - but an incredibly useful one, especially to authors. I appreciate your generosity in sharing your research :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1054099993321713428.post-25941224748511334712015-04-27T19:52:26.741+01:002015-04-27T19:52:26.741+01:00Haha, my son and daughter-in-law live in Californi...Haha, my son and daughter-in-law live in California, and I'm sure he at least will be glad to leave snow behind... I'm currently wrestling with expanding 1806-10 now there are more periodicals available. It'll eventually end up in a little pamplet of about 100 - 200 pages and I'll also include things like the dates of Easter for each year, and the date of the full moon, vital to know for when to throw those house parties... don't hesitate to contact me if you need a particular time and place,before I get the whole shebang posted, as I have much more in notebooks than I have as yet online, and I'll see what I have. You can find me at sjwaldock@yahoo.co.uk Sarahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03121102757759349165noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1054099993321713428.post-70003637715882136362015-04-27T18:15:27.816+01:002015-04-27T18:15:27.816+01:00This is an amazing resource, Sarah! I can't t...This is an amazing resource, Sarah! I can't tell you how many times in my writing I'm looking up various weather details for whichever part of England my story is set in. I'm from Sunny California. The concept of snow is still 3 parts mystery to me ;) Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1054099993321713428.post-57136053955752321412015-04-24T17:22:16.091+01:002015-04-24T17:22:16.091+01:00Nice plot bunny! And his people are out searching...Nice plot bunny! And his people are out searching for him, and she, fearing he is on the run, and unwilling to believe him guilty of anything too heinous, conceals her knowledge of him so she can at least warn him... and one of his people finds out where he is, and because of her concealment fears she is a gold-digging harridan and strives to rescue his master/cousin/best friend...Sarahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03121102757759349165noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1054099993321713428.post-64043598942063372102015-04-24T17:11:55.741+01:002015-04-24T17:11:55.741+01:00This is an amazing list! Thank you very much for s...This is an amazing list! Thank you very much for sharing!<br /><br />22. July 1805, violent thunderstorm: There should be a plot-bunny in this: <br />Has the hero (a wealthy man travelling incognito) been out in the storm, caught a cold and has to be nursed back to health, upon wihich he falls in love with the kind and gentle lady who had taken care for him, not knowing who he really is... ?Anna M. Thanehttp://www.regency-explorer.netnoreply@blogger.com