Tag Archives: weather

View from my office (improved)

Friday 18th November 2016, 1.05pm (day 1,912)

Office view, 18/11/16

Back in the foul summer of 2012, 29th August to be precise, the blog featured a photo of this building (the headquarters of AQA, the examinations authority) with a heavy storm brewing behind it. At that time the office from which I took the picture was occupied by an admin colleague, while I was stuck in a cold and dim room on the north side of the building, without a view, that I never liked and never felt at home in, which is why it never featured on the blog (I think only two pictures were ever taken in there). Happy to say that this summer I moved, and my view is now much better — although the weather looks much the same on this shot (but it’s November, rather than August, so we’ll let it off somewhat).

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The first snow

Wednesday 9th November 2016, 8.05am (day 1,903)

First snow, 9/11/16

The first snow comes to Hebden Bridge only 194 days, or 6 months and 10 days, after the last snow (29th April).

Winter is coming… In more ways than one, I fear.

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Breezy day

Saturday 24th September 2016, 11.20am (day 1,857)

Breezy, 24/9/16

After a long spell of extended summery weather, things may be changing. Wind is probably the hardest climatic condition to capture on camera but here is an attempt.

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View from Old Town

Sunday 28th August 2016, 2.50pm (day 1,830)

View from Old Town, 29/8/16

Moody skies are the linking feature of this weekend’s shots. Is it autumn already? Taken from the beer garden of the Hare and Hounds pub, and looking generally westwards.

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Rainy day

Friday 19th August 2016, 3.50pm (day 1,821)

Rainy day, 19/8/16

A highly uneventful day and, after a run of very good weather, a wet one — these two issues are surely not unconnected. No one was doing much today.

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Corn Exchange, Manchester

Monday 4th July 2016, 8.35am (day 1,775)

Corn Exchange cirrus, 4/7/16

A very warm and pleasant morning. It wasn’t going to last, though — not with those mares’ tails up there. And nor did it — by 5pm it was happily raining again in Manchester.

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The summer continues…

Wednesday 29th June 2016, 4.10pm (day 1,770)

More rain, 29/6/16

Adding insult to the profound sense of incompetence hanging over England at the moment, the weather conforms to all the worst stereotypes about an English summer.

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European monsoon

Monday 13th June 2016, 9.30am (day 1,754)

Monsoon, 13/6/16

I’ve lived in Britain my whole 46.8 years and it amazes me that there are still people who somehow believe that our month of June is somehow high summer. There are sound climatic reasons why this is not the case, it’s called the ‘European Monsoon’ or ‘Return of the Westerlies’. Look it up. The Westerlies sure bloody returned today I can tell you.

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British weather, late April

Tuesday 26th April 2016, 2.55pm (day 1,706)

April snow, 26/4/16

The solar panels over the road get a day off today, one of those days which proves that the British weather will do what the hell it wants, any time of year.

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Mini-tornado

Saturday 26th March 2016, 4.45pm (day 1,675)

Mini tornado, 26/3/16

I swear Hebden Bridge was hit by a mini-tornado at about 4.45pm. If it was just a ‘squall’ I’ve never seen one like that before, not in this country anyway. Wicked winds for a sudden two minutes, enough to shuffle parked cars visibly along the street and it looks like it might have caused a car crash just out of town, near the station. Clare and I were out in it; a slightly scary but also exhilarating experience in a way….

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