Weather Station

For reasons unknown, the Council received a letter from the Eagle and Star Insurance Company asking for a special rainfall reading to be taken on certain dates in June 1930. This application was granted and passed to the Surveyor.[1]

In July 1948 the Parks Committee decided to set up a "climatological station" in Alexandra Park, purchasing the appropriate instruments from the Air Ministry at a cost of £85.[2] It was located in a fenced off area south of the tank bed and west of the Cenotaph.

The Parks Committee agreed in September 1956 that a self-recording rain gauge could be installed, and in September 1959 the Surveyor was authorised to purchase a grass minimum thermometer and wet and dry bulb thermometers.[3]

The Weather Station can be seen in the 1977 aerial photograph.

Sources of information

  1. Meeting of the Council 2nd June 1930
  2. Meeting of the Parks, Licensing and Allotments Committee 19th July 1948
  3. Meeting of the Public Works and Lighting Committee 14th September 1959