Old Weather

Old weather harnesses 'citizen scientists' to transcribe weather reports from Royal Navy ships in the early twentieth century. The project has compiled the records of 238 vessels which will provide a dataset invaluable for those researching climate change.

Digitised log book pages are made available and following a tutorial, you can transcribe these, charting temperature and location and gaining 'promotion' through the ranks as you do, gaining new scientifc skills as well as contributing to the development of the dataset.

How can this collection be used in teaching, studying and research?

The resulting dataset will be invaluable for climate researchers as well as naval historians. Transcribing old records could be a useful activity for students.