Christmas Weather 1806-30

[Weather-history]

Here are weather reports of Christmas weather from 1806 to 1830 taken by Luke Howard and others from in an around the London area

1806: SW, Max: 55f, Min: 38f

"On the 25th, a hedge sparrow's nest was taken at Doveridge, Derbys, with four eggs and near Warrick, a green linnet's with two eggs. Its worthy of remark, that the heat was the same on the 24th Dec as on the 24th of June last, on both those days the thermometer being nearly 60f Athenaeum

1807: SW, Max 48f, Min: 39f

1808: NW, Max 30f, Min: 21f

Small rain, freezing on the ground.

1809: SW, Max 36f, Min 28f (24th Snow am)

Var. Max 43f, Min 35f (25th Misty, overcast)

1810: W, Max 49f, Min 40f

Wind high all day with rain, frequent lightning in the evening from SE

1811: NW, Max: 39f, Min 24f

Clear and a few light cirri

1812: N. Max 35f, Min 31f

A very slight fill of snow

1813: SW, Max 51f, Min 41f

Drizzly rain at intervals

1814: NE, Max 33f, Min 30f

Some snow in the night, followed by a little more in the day.

1815: SW, Max 36f, Min 21f

1816: S, Max 48f, Min 35f

Very fine day

1817: NE, Max 33f, Min 22f

Sprinkling of snow, as fine as basket salt

1818: NE, Max 38f, Min 26f

1819: NW, Max 34f, Min 21f

Hoar frost, fair

1820: NE, Max 32f, Min 27f

Cloudy, bleak

1821: NW, Max 41f, Min 28f

Very fine

A very deep depression had crossed southern England during the early hours. A pressure reading of 942mb was recorded by a barometer at Tottenham. A barometer at Epping went as low as 938mb

1822: E, Max 34f, Min 23f

Cloudy and fine

1823: SW, Max 49f, Min 39f

Drizzling

1824: W, Max 54f, Min 32f

Rainy morning fine afternoon

1825: SW, Max 56f, Min 43f

Morning gloomy, drizzly, fine afternoon.

1826: N, Max: 45f. Min 40f

Gloomy

1827: NW, Max 48f, Min 42f

Fine

1828: NW, Max 45f, Min 27f

Fine

1829: NE, Max 31f, Min 26f

Snowy

It is widely believed it was this white Christmas and the subsequent one that inspired Dickens to develop the classic image we have today of a Dickensian Christmas being snow covered etc

1830: NW, Max 30f. Min 17f

Foggy, snow during the evening of Christmas Eve.

This further cemented the image of the classic Dickensian Christmas

Edited December 17, 2008 by Mr_Data