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The station was founded in 1882, and today is operated in partnership with the Met Office. More information about the history of the station can be found here.
The station collects rainfall, air pressure and temperature readings from the grounds of Weston Park and sunshine and wind readings from the roof of Weston Park Museum.
Because the station has been located in the same place for such a long time, it can provide invaluable insights into how local climate has changed, and feeds into the global climatological dataset. Information about the means and extremes recorded at the station can be found here.
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Sheffield’s Weather by Gaynor Boon and Adrian Middleton, was published in 2011 by Sorby Natural History Society, and covers the history of Weston Park Weather Station, accounts of some of Sheffield’s weather recorders and an analysis of Sheffield’s weather up to that point. By kind permission of Sorby Natural History Society, it is available to download here for free, below.