How to cite this Dataset
Burt, Stephen (2021): A twice-daily barometric pressure record from Durham Observatory in north-east England, 1843-1960. University of Reading. Dataset. https://doi.org/10.17864/1947.295
Description
This dataset consists of twice-daily observations of barometric pressure from Durham Observatory (54.768 °N, 1.584 °W, barometer cistern 107.3 m above mean sea level, MSL) from 23 July 1843 to 31 December 1960. The Durham record, which is 98.7% complete, is by far the longest digital barometric pressure series in northern England, and fills a very large temporal and spatial gap in the International Surface Pressure Database (ISPD).
A paper describing the data series has been submitted to Geoscience Data Journal, April 2021; prior to acceptance/publication, a copy is available from the author at s.d.burt@reading.ac.uk
BOOK CHAPTER Substantially the same information will appear as Appendix 5 in Durham Weather and Climate since 1841, by Tim Burt and Stephen Burt, to be published by Oxford University Press in Spring 2022.
If you use the data, please include a citation as follows:
Burt, T and Burt, S (2021) Durham Weather and Climate since 1841. Oxford University Press, Appendix 5
| Resource Type: | Dataset |
|---|---|
| Creators: | Burt, Stephen  ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5125-6546 |
| Contributors: | Burt, Timothy |
| Rights-holders: | Stephen Burt |
| Data Publisher: | University of Reading |
| Publication Year: | 2021 |
| Data last accessed: | 31 October 2025 |
| DOI: | https://doi.org/10.17864/1947.295 |
| Metadata Record URL: | https://researchdata.reading.ac.uk/id/eprint/295 |
| Organisational units: | Science > School of Mathematical, Computational and Physical Sciences > Department of Meteorology |
| Participating Organisations: | University of Reading |
| Access restrictions: | Access to data is restricted as this version of the dataset is deprecated. The data contained in this version of the dataset can be provided on request. |
| Keywords: | Durham Observatory, barometric pressure series, reanalysis, quality control |
| Rights: | |
| Data Availability: | RESTRICTED |
| Restrictions: | Access to data is restricted as this version of the dataset is deprecated. The data contained in this version of the dataset can be provided on request. |
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