Dataset
Operation Weather Rescue: scanned copies of meteorological observation registers and tabulated records from the Aberdeen Grammar School manuscript archives, 1829-1839
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: 4 Files | 939MB
Abstract
This dataset contains scanned copies of the meteorological record from the Aberdeedn Grammar School manuscript archives, 1829-1839.
Scanned by Aberdeen City Archives: REF ED/GR6S/A58/33
March 1829 - December 1839
National Archives of Scotland reference MET1/4/19 (their version may extend to 1849).
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 Aberdeen Grammar School manuscript archives, 1829-1839. NERC EDS Centre for Environmental Data Analysis, 20 May 2026. doi:10.5285/72934d7ff4e042ee840e55e90b3a6ea6. https://dx.doi.org/10.5285/72934d7ff4e042ee840e55e90b3a6ea6
Abbreviation: Not defined
Keywords: Reports, Weather, Meteorology
Details
| Previous Info: |
No news update for this record
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No related previous identifiers.
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| 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)
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| File Format: |
PDF
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Related Documents
| Operation Weather Rescue website |
Process overview
This dataset was generated by instruments deployed on platforms as listed below.
Instrument/Platform pairings
| Station Observer | Deployed on: Aberdeen Grammar School |
| Thermometer | Deployed on: Aberdeen Grammar School |
| Barometer | Deployed on: Aberdeen Grammar School |
| 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:
1829-03-01T00:00:00
End time:
1839-12-31T23:59:59
Geographic Extent
57.1469° |
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-2.1150° |
-2.1150° |
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57.1469° |
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