Woke up to find an unexpected 1/2" of snow on the ground. Walked into town to appreciate the wintry scene.

'heavier [snow] falls on the 27th and 30th' [...]

December 29th. A few flakes of snow fell in the morning. Bleak, grey, dark afternoon.

December 30th. A few flakes of snow; intensified a bit later, but not much was lying.

Walked home through -4 C full moon cold.

'Notable cold spell from the 21st on, particularly across the south.' [...]

Nasty headache this morning. Weather cold and bright, lovely but not ideal for being hung over with.

Damp and almost warm in the morning, cold and dry by lunchtime.

Raining in the morning.

Damp, foggy morning.

Cold and sunny.

Wonderful clear night, saw 5 meteors, one very bright. Sirius clear - could just see the 7th Pleiad (16 Tauri), at mag. 6 - no mean feat.

Weather even colder.

Grey, dark, drizzly, gloomy day.

Cold, wet, windy morning.

Gloomy, drizzly morning enlivened by a sense of purpose.

Sharp wind and cold rain in the morning.

Squalls of rain in the late afternoon, very impressive.

Pissing down with rain in the afternoon.

Weather very cold.

November 23rd. Weather still freezing.

Frosty night.

Very cold, wet and windy, snow too. Freezing. Pressure currently fallen to 967 mb. Hasn't been this low for years, but oddly there's hardly any wind now.

'There was snowfall across the Midlands and south on the 19th, with gales, and a pressure of only 960 mbars' [...]

Cold, clear, sunny.

Rotten weather - drizzled solidly all day.

Beautiful clear day, cold though.

Very clear day.

Freezing cold and windy at lunchtime. Dark grey early afternoon.

Damp, freezing cold morning.

Dark, grey day.

Lovely weather again.

Beautiful weather - cold, bright, not a cloud in the sky. Could've been April. You could see for miles.

Beautiful weather for the time of year.

November 2nd. Dull, dark day, still unseasonably warm though.

'Very mild spell on the weekend of the 2-3rd; 19C in London on the 3rd. It was overcast though' [...]

Rainy morning.

Windy in the morning, strengthening all the time. Barometer dropping like a stone in the afternoon. Now 983mb and very windy indeed.

'Some windy spells: severe gale ... in southern England on the 27th' [...]

Good interesting weather - dark, rainy and windy.

Damp depressing autumn morning, just like on the X Files last night. But a great bright Full Moon this evening.

Hot today, real Indian summer.

October 23rd. Nice weather again.

October 24th. Still very warm. Later the weather was odd, like a warm, cloudy summer afternoon.

'Warm but dull.' [...]

Pissed down with rain all day, making yesterday's beautiful weather all the more remarkable.

'One fine Saturday' for the wedding.

Pissing down with rain in the morning.

Beautiful weather again.

Beautiful clear weather in the morning.

Partial eclipse of the Sun, but it was too cloudy to see it.

Misty, moisty morning.

Beautiful weather again.

Beautiful weather, like 1988 again.

Beautiful morning, like those ring road autumn mornings in 1988.

Wet, dark, miserable day.

Went for a walk - wind, sun, heathland with roaming cows, ponies and even a deer. Lovely. In the evening walked into Bournemouth along the sea front. It was powerful and elemental and very suitable to the occasion: strong onshore wind, waves crashing on the beach, flying clouds in the night sky. I thought of Túrin on the sea shore.

Fine bright full moon.

White skies and drab feelings.

At 7.30am it was actually thundering and there was some heavyish rain. More rain in the late afternoon.

Read careers books in the library. Walked home feeling very low. When I got home, read the front page of Computer Weekly: apparently IT graduates are in great demand and it's the hardest sector to recruit people in. Cheered up immensely, then spotted a great blue gap in the flowing grey clouds, just like 'The Sun And The Rain'.

Beautiful weather again.

Beautiful weather again. Countryside a bit like Bk.1 of LotR. Pretended the sun-glinting distant estuary was the Brandywine.

Beautiful weather, awful hangover.

Bright, cool September weather.

Later beautiful view of the stars in cold polar airstream, including the Milky Way in the vicinity of Cassiopeia. Enough to make one 'drunk with distance and expanse'.

White-skied day, clearing to another golden autumn afternoon.

Late in the morning the white sky cleared and a golden autumn day was revealed.

Rather autumnal weather today, but still fairly warm.

Hint of autumn on the countryside.

Showery again, with promise of a low drifting west from the North Sea. I thought the sky looked a bit odd for a north wind this evening. If this was December it'd be bringing tons of snow. As it is we should get rain and strong winds.

August 29th. Cold, wet and windy.

A notable depression affected East Anglia 28th-29th [...]

Exciting thunderstorms.

Nice weather, cooler and sunny.

Cooler and sunnier.

Rained all night and all morning. Then it suddenly brightened up with strong wind, sun and small cumulus. Usually we don't get this extended rain till September, so it's come a week or so early.

Hot, humid and unpleasant weather.

Boiling hot, though it was calm with a little mist at first. About 10am it was like a summer morning in a dream.

Beautiful weather, very hot with a steadily increasing wind.

Weather very hot, classic summer stuff.

Very interesting weather in the morning. Horribly dark and dull till 10 am, when, driving home, I noticed the sun coming out. In fact the whole sheet of leaden grey cloud was rolling off to the south-east - the demarcation line between it and clear (albeit hazy warm-front-type) sky was very marked. After that, hot and sunny all day. Odd eh?

Bit of proper rain at last. A drop about 10am, a shower about 5.45; then, on my way to the pub about 8pm, it started really raining and hasn't stopped since - 3 hours so far.

Damp, dark morning till the sun came out about eleven.

Exciting blustery showery weather. In the afternoon some impressive sun and dark clouds and wind.

Beautiful weather again, though with high cloud approaching and the barometer dropping all day.

Beautiful weather, almost as nice as yesterday.

Beautiful weather again.

A heavy shower in the afternoon.

Hot thundery night, slept badly, woke up in a mood at eight. Felt better once I was on my way to campus, worked 10.15-4.15 on my project. There were two impressive thunderstorms - the lab has a great view West across the Colne valley and I could see them approach. Kathryn left, saying she was scared of thunderstorms.

Really hot today, 80 F in the afternoon. Wouldn't be surprised if a few thunderstorms drifted over from France tonight.

July 23rd. Hot thundery night, slept badly, woke up in a mood at eight. There were two impressive thunderstorms on campus - the lab has a great view West across the valley and I could see them approach. Sara left, saying she was scared of thunderstorms.

July 24th. Went out to Do It All in a heavy shower.

'Violent thunderstorms on the 23rd. Heavy hailstorm at St Albans.' [...]

Really hot today, especially in the afternoon. Wouldn't be surprised if a few thunderstorms drifted over from France tonight.

It was extremely hot, even more so than yesterday: stayed in the cool of the computer room.

Another beautiful day after an obviously-going-to-clear cloudy start. 'The thunderstorms come in a few days' time,' I heard Michael Fish say on the radio just now.

Beautiful weather again.

Beautiful weather.

Spot of rain and a few rumbles of thunder in the afternoon, nothing too exciting.

Train to Colchester in the morning: busy sky with promise of activity later. Had fun outpacing the clouds in the train.

July 1996

Cold and showery with a thundery outbreak about 3pm.

July 3rd. Rained all day till about 6.30pm, when it cleared up and got colder.

July 4th. Back at three after a drive through showers: drove under one and came out into dazzling sunlight with heavy rain still falling.

July 5th. Massive thunderstorm 6.45-8pm, very exciting. First of the year, I think.

'at the start of the month ... NW winds brought sunshine, showers, and thunder.' [...]

Unseasonally cold, windy day.

Got the 6.30pm bus. It was a hot, still, grey evening. There were heavy drops of rain on the way but it came to nothing.

Something 'Mediterranean' about the summer evening.

Weather hot and still.

Greyer, cooler and windier today.

It started getting light at 3.30 and the Sun was just coming over the houses when we went to bed.

Woke up at 10.50 to another beautiful day.

Cool and sunny, with almost a sea breeze. Very nice.

Very bright and sunny morning.

Hot and windy.

Up early to a cool sunny day.

Great drive through sunny countryside.

June 4th. Beautiful day.

June 5th. Even hotter today.

June 6th. Hotter still. Conceded to the weather so far as to wear shorts.

June 7th. Really hot today. No sign of thunder yet at 10.46 pm. Went into town, got a pair of thin trousers which'll be more comfortable than jeans if if we have more of this weather.

'A plume of hot air up from Spain gave a very hot first week - the earliest such hot spell since 1976' [...]

June 8th. Impressive classic cold-front passage last night, with gusts, rain, thunder and lightning and the temperature dropping 3° F in 10 minutes. Rather grey and rainy today.

'As a cold front moved south in the evening on the 7th there were violent thunderstorms, particularly from Dorset through the East Midlands into East Anglia... The 7th was quite a day'

First day of summer. Windy but warm; rain earlier then sunny.

Hot, sunny and windy in the afternoon.

Much hotter today.

Weather started grey and dreary but cleared in the afternoon to a beautiful evening.

Weather rather dull and uninteresting, grey and windy with some rain.

Rainy, windy day.

Interesting weather, big cumuli and showers with warm sun in between.

15th. Rather cold weather.

17th. Very cold as central heating still broken.

18th. Cold, damp day. Drizzle in the evening suddenly turned into heavy rain just as I got home.

24th. Rained all day.

Central heating still not working so very cold.

Got rained on about 11am.

Strange combination of being hot and windy.

Beautiful sunny afternoon.

Quite good weather again.

Beautiful weather.

Very warm day, real warm-front weather.

''Notable later warm spell' [...]

21st. Beautiful weather, quite hot. It's been a great weekend, really very summer-like.

'23.8 at Weybourne (Norfolk) on the 21st'

26th. Weather beautiful, hot and sunny with fair-weather cumuli.

When I left the dentist's, the dark grey morning had been replaced by a hopeful broken sunny sky. I felt great, and equal to a hundred exams.

Beautiful day. Hope the weather keeps fine tomorrow.

Beautiful sunny spring weather, but rather cold.

Beautiful weather again but rather cold out. You could tell it was Good Friday by the lawnmowers going in the morning.

Beautiful sunny day. In the evening watched the eclipse of the Moon.

Beautiful spring weather with big clouds.

Rather dismal weather. Rather dismal hangover to match it. But felt OK.

Beautiful sunny day, Spring at last.

Cold grey morning but it turned hazy and sunny later.

Raining again in the morning.

Weather hazy and golden and comparatively warm. On the train in the morning I was thinking about Lord of the Rings and people running 'off into the Blue' as I looked into the blue spring distance.

It is still really cold, unreasonably so. It's been a cold winter with lots of snow, and some before Christmas too. Still, that'll make it even nicer when it warms up again.

'the coldest March since 1987 (CET 4.5), and in some places since 1970.' [...]

Weather cold but clear.

Cold and foggy this morning.

Raining heavily too which further increased the miserable mood.

Nice sunny hazy spring-like weather.

Beautiful weather till 7.30am, when suddenly a strong North-east wind blew in a great sheet of grey cloud.

Sun and that green growing smell.

Appreciated that great grey Friday afternoon feeling. I've got a liking for grey windy days provided the grey is varied and dark in parts. In fact I find 'em quite cosy and agreeable.

Lovely clear morning.

Beautiful weather again, better even than yesterday.

Beautiful weather all day, Chubday-like. We seem to get these days at the end of February.

It had snowed overnight but the day was sunny. Waiting for the bus everything was sunny, then the North wind strengthened, the clouds darkened and the buildings were dimmed by snow. Then a driving blizzard came upon us, I was glad when the bus came. Walking back from the station, the sky darkened once more and another blizzard struck. Glad I was only 400 yards from home. The snow piled up quickly, at least 2" by 11.30pm.

February 20th. Got a lift due to the snow. Had to turn back because of a snowdrift but got to campus about 10.30.

'snow across the south on the night of the 19-20th.' [...]

Windy.

Went for the bus back to the station and found everything blue and yellow instead of red - spring is on the way. Strong south wind.

Got off the train and came home in the sunset.

Worked very hard, and coming back at 4pm the western horizon was a thin bright line. It widened, and quite soon everything was bathed in golden mellow light.

Some good heavy showers in the afternoon.

Weather changed: cold, wet and windy.

Icily cold wind.

Beautiful day.

Beautiful weather, positive mood. Later, at sunset the gibbous waxing moon in the East and Venus diamond bright and a round orange sun in the west.

Back to uni tomorrow - hope the weather doesn't disrupt the buses too much.

Snow had fallen overnight.

Even colder today. Snowed all day. Cleaned the ice, snow and icicles off the car to drive home - the snow stopped after about 5 miles.

'Snow in the southeast at the end of the month. It was particularly cold around the 25-28th, with some days having maxima beneath freezing.' [...]

Horribly cold again.

Vile weather: dark clouds, freezing North wind, rain.

Walking to the station in a bright hazy morning, I had an unaccountable feeling the day held promise. In the evening saw Venus like a diamond 8° from a very thin silver New Moon.

Dank, dark morning.

Fog in the morning.

No trains due to the fog.

Dull weather again.

The Sun shone! Felt much better.

Light drizzle at 8.30pm, which had changed into a freezing downpour by nine.

Weather still dark, damp and horrible. Don't think the Sun's come out since last Friday.