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Daily weather in Norfolk in the 1860s: the diary of Rachel Ketton
Author(s) -
Sanderson Michael G.
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
weather
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.467
H-Index - 40
eISSN - 1477-8696
pISSN - 0043-1656
DOI - 10.1002/wea.3637
Subject(s) - history , meteorology , geography
Rachel Ketton kept a diary for eight years during the 1860s while living at Felbrigg Hall, Norfolk. Many of the diary entries include comments on the weather and its impacts on family life. This article examines the weather observations and highlights several notable events, as well as more general variations between individual years.