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  • Station History file for Bognor Regis, West Sussex DCnn 5411

Archive
Bib No.:
  • 627266
Level:
  • File
Archive Reference:
  • MET/3/3/151
Creator:
  • Meteorological Office
Corporate Author:
  • Meteorological Office. (UK)
Date:
  • 1910 - 2000
Extent of unit:
  • 3 folders
Description:
  • Health Resort Station. Waterloo Square. Latitude 50 degrees 45 minutes N, longitude 0 degrees 40 minutes W. Notes on the Equipment of the Climatological Station for 1910. Note of Inspection for 1910 -1915. Handwritten Site Inspection Report 1925, 1936. Tables of Corrections.  Notes on the Equipment of the meteorological Station 1925. Notes on the Site and Equipment of the meteorological Station for 1940 - 1974. Inspector's reports and Notebooks for 1921 - 1986 (photographs 1953, 1967, 1980). Correspondence and plan regarding change of site 1936. Various correspondence regarding matters to be rectified as a result of inspections. Some 1949 correspondence explaining the procedure for the Health Resort weather reports reaching the newspapers (the observer having received "continual agitation" regarding the Bogner Regis figures not appearing in the newspapers). Correspondence 1950 regarding the Council's decision to buy a new sunshine recorder, and some misleading newspaper articles. Also 1950 correspondence regarding comparisons of potential new sunshine recorder sites. Newspaper cutting Nov 1950 regarding the new Bogner Regis tourist guidebook proclaiming that Bognor Regis is the mainland resort which gets the most winter sunshine. Annual Statement of meteorological Instruments and Site for 1959, 1963, 1965, 1968, 1969, 1972, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983. Plan and panoramic postcard 1961. 1989 correspondence from Arun District Council asking if an automatic weather station is possible. 4 pages of minute sheets. A4 sheet Station Inspection Report, computer generated inspection report entitled Climaster Station Status, form 3010 Inspector's Notebook 1988 (photographs), 90, 95 (photographs), 98, 2000.
Media Type:
  • Document
Language:
  • English
Geographical Term (in development):
  • England
  • West Sussex
Conditions Governing Access:
  • Open
Conditions Governing Reproduction:
Owning Organisation:
  • Met Office
Location:
  • Archive Exeter
Collection:
  • Archive Collection
Status:
  • Reference Only
Location (Room/Bay):
  • Z21.K3
Location Box:
  • 54

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