Weather-history

I think it was the Saturday of the Lord's Test.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AQfdRGoG4SY

Here are the number of days washed out for Test matches in England and Wales 2012: 3 2011: 0 2010: 0 2009: 2 2008: 0 2007: 2 2006: 0 2005: 0 2004: 1 2003: 1 2002: 1 2001: 1 2000: 1 1999: 0 1998: 1 1997: 1 1996: 0 1995: 0 1994: 0 1993: 0 1992: 2 1991: 1 1990: 0 1989: 0 1988: 0 1987: 4 1986: 0 1985: 0 1984: 0 1983: 0 1982: 1 1981: 0 1980: 4 1979: 2 1978: 3 1977: 1 1976: 1 1975: 0 1974: 3 1973: 0 1972: 0 1971: 3 1969: 0 1968: 1 1967: 1 1966: 0 1965: 0 1964: 4 1963: 0 1962: 1 1961: 0 1960: 2 1959: 0 1958: 4 1957: 0 1956: 3 1955: 0 1954: 7 1953: 0 1952: 2 1951: 2 1950: 0 1949: 0 1948: 1 1947: 0 1946: 1 1939: 0 1938: 4 1937: 0 1936: 0 1935: 1 1934: 0 1933: 0 1932: 0 1931: 2 1930: 2 1929: 0 1928: 0 1926: 2 1924: 2 1921: 1 1912: 2 1909: 0 1907: 0 1905: 1 1902: 2 1899: 1 1896: 0 1893: 0 1890: 3 1888: 0 1886: 0 1884: 1 1880: 0 Test Grounds total Old Trafford: 29 days washed out Lords: 19 days washed out The Oval: 14 days washed out Headingley: 12 days washed out Trent Bridge: 10 days washed out Edgbaston: 7 days washed out Chester-Le-Street: 2 days washed out Some notable weather events that have occurred during Test Matches. 11th -15th January 1895 England v Australia at Adelaide Temperatures in the middle were as high as 155 degrees F 21st January 1902 England v Australia at Adelaide Dust storm causes play to be abandoned on the 4th day 15th-17th June 1905 England v Australia at Lord's 10 days of rain preceded the match and a thunderstorm occurred each night during it. 19th August 1924 England v South Africa at the Oval Thunderstorm flooded the ground after just 50 minutes of play on last day. 27th March 1933 New Zealand v England at Christchurch Violent dust storm ended play at 3.30 on the last afternoon 6th to 10th July 1934 England v Australia at Old Trafford Phenomenal heatwave throughout the match 30th November 1946 Australia v England at Brisbane Violent storm flooded the ground on the second day with an 80mph gusts and giant hail 25th January 1952 Australia v West Indies at Sydney Temperatures were 105 degrees F in the shade 10th -15th June 1954 England v Pakistan at Lord's First three days were washed out 25th Feb -3rd March 1955 Australia v England at Sydney The first 3 days were washed out because of continous heavy rain 10th August 1967 England v Pakistan at Trent Bridge Nottingham Fire Brigade had to pump 100,000 gallons of water off the ground when it became flooded because of a thunderstorm 27th August 1968 England v Australia at the Oval Thunderstorm flooded the ground and volunteers from the crowd helped make the ground fit again that lead to England winning the Test 3rd- 8th February 1990 Australia v Pakistan at Sydney Cyclone Nancy dumps 20" of rain on Sydney and washes out 3 days of the Test Match 1st February 1991 England v Australia at Perth The day before the Test, Perth recorded its highest ever maximum of 45.8C but by the next day it had dropped to 27C 11th December 1998 England v Australia at Adelaide The first day was the hottest December for 11 years at Adelaide with 41C 26th December 1998 England v Australia at Melbourne Christmas Day had been the hottest for 45 years at Melbourne but the first day of the Test (Boxing Day) was washed out because of a dramatic change in weather. During the 3 Headingley Tests of 1978, 1979 and 1980, 19 hours and 28 mins was lost in 1978, 17 hours and 54 minutes in 1979 and 14 hours and 7 minutes was lost in 1980 There have been a few Test matches completely abandoned without a single ball being bowled because of the weather. New Zealand v India: December 1998 Pakistan v Zimababwe: December 1998 because of fog! West Indies v England: March 1990 New Zealand v England: February 1988 Australia v England: January 1971---> led to the first one day international being played England v Australia: July 1938 England v Austalia: August 1890 The Trent Bridge of 1926, England v Australia, there was only 50 minutes of play before heavy rain ended the match There was one Test Match where the rest day was brought forward because of a solar eclipse. 16th February 1980, the second day of the Jubilee Test between India and England at Mumbai (Bombay) became a rest day because of an 87% solar eclipse that was to be visible from Mumbai. Some games had a delayed start for the 11th of August 1999 solar eclipse in the UK. The Middlesex and New Zealand match was delayed until after the height of the eclipse. A total solar eclipse occurred in the Caribbean a day before the start of the 4th Test between WI and England at Georgetown, Guyana. It was a 68% partial eclipse from Georgetown. This has been mentioned before but 4 of the coldest winters of the 20th Century have coincided with England's tour of Australia: 1928-29, 1946-47, 1962-63, 1978-79. They also missed out on some other notable cold and snowy spells such as 1950-51, 1954-55, 1986-87, 1990-91, 2010-11. They toured Australia during the severe winter of 1894-95

Oops....can anyone spot Rob McElwee's mistake?

13th January 2002

Been mostly dry with sunny spells here. Only now are we getting a shower with hail.

Hellvellyn range pic on twitter http://twitpic.com/csk61k

What a spring. I remember the chilly springs of 1986 and 1996, May 1996 was a cold month but it wasn't a winter like month. April 1986 was cold but in effect it was just another March. March 2013 wasn't a winter like month, it was a winter month. The chill carried on into the early stages of April. Spring this year effectively didnt get going until after the first week of April. It was the coldest first half to spring since 1917 for the CET. The second half of this spring has brought some warmth but it has been stuttering. Thankfully, we have avoided a washout month, this spring which is one plus.

6th January 2002

Here's an ITN news report on the famous Glastonbury mud bath of 1997

Hadley CET: 10.5C Manley CET: 9.8C Both to the 20th Quite a discrepancy.

Winter 1883-84 was very mild and summer 1884 was above average.

Summer 1998 was nowt compare to 2012

The second half of August 1984 was hot, remember it well.July 1988 was atrocious.

29th January 2004

For the CET, 1884 was actually the warmest year for 16 years, so Krakatoa didn't have much immediate effect in cooling terms as far as our small region on the globe.

27th January 2004

26th January 2004

25th January 2004: wintry Countryfile

Here's that list again but only those since 1772Coldest springs on record1837: 5.61782: 6.11799: 6.11887: 6.31855: 6.41879: 6.41891: 6.51812: 6.61845: 6.71888: 6.71816: 6.81830: 6.91883: 6.91962: 6.9

24th January 2004: interesting for a Saturday broadcast which are generally shorter than other days, Alex Deakin talks a lot about the wintry week for the following weekhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YtuL5e7COy8

John Hammond warns a wintry blast on the way. 23rd January 2004

30th December 2001

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23rd December 2001