[PW] 1916-1917 questions

[Bye, Dan J]

Perhaps also of interest:

The Times of Jan 18 1917 (p.5) reports "a heavy fall of snow in Dublin
during the 48 hours to yesterday evening, and traffic, especially in the
suburbs of the city, was carried on with difficulty. The weather is very
cold, with a low barometer. Reports show that the snowfall has been
general over the greater part of Ireland, and in some districts the
snowstorm was the most severe experienced for a number of years."

The Times of Jan 25 1917 (p.12) carries a report on Rainfall for 1916,
returns for the British Isles.  The stats for many places in Ireland are
given, and the text notes, "In Ireland the whole country was wet; the
greatest excess, more than 30  per cent., stretched inland from Dublin
Bay."

Dan


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> Subject: Re: [PW] 1916-1917 questions
> 
> Thanks very much, smc. Ireland isn't big; roughly speaking, when it's
> raining in Dublin it's usually about to rain in Belfast.
> 
> >Historical data (temp, rainfall, frost, sun) for a weather station in
> >Ireland are at
> >http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/climate/uk/stationdata/armaghdata.txt.
> >It's in the north, but back then it was all part of the UK.
> >
> >smc
> >
> >On Mon, Aug 18, 2008 at 7:30 AM, JTT <jtthompson at eircom.net> wrote:
> >>  A couple of questions for the sequacious Womattery.
> >>
> >>  Where would I find the weather patterns for (a) Ireland and (b)
the fronts
> >>  where Irish troops would have been fighting from Easter 1916
through
> summer
> >>  1917?
> 
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