Winterbourne Weather Station
The School of Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences has a weather enclosure located on the North of the Edgbaston Campus that collects a rich record of urban weather data.
Our records currently include >10 million observations beginning in the 1790s, likely the longest urban record in the country. The site is shared with the UK Met Office, who also have their own set of co-located equipment in the enclosure.
We routinely collect the following weather parameters every minute of every day, which are freely available for use:
- Air Temperature & Humidity
- Precipitation
- Wind speed, direction & Atmospheric Pressure
- Ground and soil temperatures, radiation and sunshine
Historical records of urban weather data dating back to the 1790s
Dry and wet bulb array measuring temperature, dew point, vapour pressure and relative humidity
Plaque commemorating the generosity of Philip Eden, Meteorologist, Broadcaster and Birmingham alumni, and his family for supporting meteorological education and research at the University of Birmingham
Digital sunshine recorder which measures duration (hh:mm) of bright sunshine
Winterbourne Weather Station enclosure showing Stevenson screen and 10 m tower (wind, radiation & sunshine) set up
Contact us
For more details, please contact
- John Kings (j.kings@bham.ac.uk) or
- Professor Lee Chapman (l.chapman@bham.ac.uk)