Tag: Weather Records

Marion Wyndham and the ‘Wollong’ Weather Diaries, 1891 to 1928

March 16, 2023

Marion Wyndham and the ‘Wollong’ weather diaries, 1891 to 1928 On the first Monday of June 1891, eighteen-year-old Marion Wyndham recorded details of her first weather observation at her parent’s vineyard, ‘Wollong’ at Mt Vincent, in the New South Wales Hunter Valley (north of Newcastle). She observed and recorded wind direction, wind force and cloud … More Marion Wyndham and the ‘Wollong’ Weather Diaries, 1891 to 1928

Hunter Valley Climate Data: Lochinvar N.S.W. (1864 – 1870)

December 7, 2020

DOWNLOAD: Active Lochinvar Spreadsheet March 1864 – December 1870 Combined Final (Excel Spreadsheet)   Site and Measurement Information for Lochinvar, March 10, 1864 to October 21, 1870 Exact measurement location unknown, but it is close to Lochinvar, Hunter Valley, NSW. Observer recorded as Alfred Glennie* Note: Alfred Glennie is also verified as the observer for … More Hunter Valley Climate Data: Lochinvar N.S.W. (1864 – 1870)

The Maryland Station Weather Record 1868-1897

August 21, 2019

Weather records from Maryland Station on the New South Wales – Queensland border (near “The Summit”) were located by William Oates, Archivist at the University of New England in 2016. This was the second major historic climate data set uncovered following the discovery of the extensive climate records of Algernon Henry Belfield from the Eversleigh … More The Maryland Station Weather Record 1868-1897

Selected Historic Records of Dalwood Vineyard

February 7, 2019

    DALWOOD RAINFALL RECORDS 1865 – 1893 By Don Seton Wilkinson Colonial era weather records are few and far between. The Bureau of Meteorology considers that the Rainfall records from Dalwood, Branxton, NSW are the oldest accurate rainfall records in its collection. Between 1865 and 1885 the monthly rainfall was recorded by John Wyndham … More Selected Historic Records of Dalwood Vineyard

The Definitive Algernon Henry Belfield Climate Archive

May 14, 2018

The DOI for the Eversleigh dataset is :http://dx.doi.org/10.25817/5b46a2a483841. Belfield, Algernon (2018) Meteorological observations for Eversleigh Station, near Armidale, New South Wales, Australia 1877-1922 (transcribed). The University of Newcastle. Collection.dx.doi.org/10.25817/5b46a2a483841. 2019 Update. This set of climate records, rediscovered on a property in the New England District of regional Australia, have taken a ten (10) year journey … More The Definitive Algernon Henry Belfield Climate Archive