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Dataset

 

Operation Weather Rescue: scanned copies of meteorological observation registers and tabulated records from the Glendoick manuscript archives, 1831-1864

Update Frequency: Not Planned
Status: Completed
Online Status: ONLINE
Publication State: Citable
Publication Date: 2026-05-20
DOI Publication Date: 2026-05-20
Download Stats: last 12 months
Dataset Size: 410 Files | 911MB

Abstract

This dataset contains scanned copies of the meteorological record from the Glendoick (56.39N 3.29W), Perthshire, Scotland, manuscript archives, 1 January 1831 to 14 November 1864.

Scanned by National Records of Scotland

National Records of Scotland reference MET1/4/17

The imaging of the volumes was funded by the National Centre for Atmospheric Sciences and effort supported through the GLoSAT project.

Citable as:  Hawkins, E.; Burt, S. (2026): Operation Weather Rescue: scanned copies of meteorological observation registers and tabulated records from the Glendoick manuscript archives, 1831-1864. NERC EDS Centre for Environmental Data Analysis, 20 May 2026. doi:10.5285/46b77020c2594b649fcb2c9003f7180f. https://dx.doi.org/10.5285/46b77020c2594b649fcb2c9003f7180f

Abbreviation: Not defined
Keywords: Reports, Weather, Meteorology

Details

Previous Info:
No news update for this record
Previously used record identifiers:
No related previous identifiers.
Access rules:
Public data: access to these data is available to both registered and non-registered users.
Use of these data is covered by the following licence(s):
http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/
When using these data you must cite them correctly using the citation given on the CEDA Data Catalogue record.
Data lineage:

Data were digitised as part of the Operation Weather Rescue project and sent to the Centre for Environmental Data Analysis (CEDA) for archiving.

Data Quality:
Data are as given by the data provider, no quality control has been performed by the Centre for Environmental Data Analysis (CEDA)
File Format:
JPEG

Process overview

This dataset was generated by instruments deployed on platforms as listed below.
Output Description

None

  • long_name: Air Temperature
  • gcmd_url: http://vocab.ndg.nerc.ac.uk/term/P141/4/GVAR0027
  • gcmd_keyword: Air Temperature
  • names: Air Temperature, http://vocab.ndg.nerc.ac.uk/term/P141/4/GVAR0027
  • long_name: Present Weather
  • names: Present Weather
  • long_name: Pressure
  • names: Pressure
  • long_name: Rainfall amount
  • names: Rainfall amount
  • long_name: Wet Bulb Temperature
  • names: Wet Bulb Temperature
  • long_name: Wind Direction
  • names: Wind Direction
  • long_name: Wind Force
  • names: Wind Force

Co-ordinate Variables

Coverage
Temporal Range
Start time:
1831-01-01T00:00:00
End time:
1864-11-14T23:59:59
Geographic Extent

 
56.3979°
 
-3.2865°
 
-3.2865°
 
56.3979°