The Beaufort Scale
The scale was created in 1805 by Sir Francis Beaufort, a British naval officer and hydrographer. At that time naval officers made regular weather observations, but there was no scale and so they [...]
Latest Sunspots Activity and Historical Solar Cycles
The number of sunspots observed on the "surface" of the Sun varies from year to year. Visible sunspots are caused by magnetic disturbances in the sun that displace its bright outer layer and reveal the slightly cooler [...]
Latest Status and Map of Aurora Borealis – The Northern Lights
If you would like to know more about the Aurora Borealis then click here otherwise here's the latest UK status: and here's the latest graph: and if you'd like to sign up for direct [...]
Aurora Borealis – The Northern Lights and Sunspots
Don't you just wish that we could see these from Crondall? Before we cover more about what causes the Northern Lights, the frequency that they can be seen and even how likely are [...]
Animated Rainfall Radar Map – now, last 24hours and next 3 hours
If you are wondering how the rain is right now, how it developed over the last hour or so or how the rainfall is expected to develop over the next 3 hours, then [...]
Air Quality Index (AQI) and Particulate Matter (PM2.5 / PM10) – Current and Forecast
The AQI is an index for reporting daily air quality - click here to jump to the latest Crondall reading. It tells you how clean or polluted the air is, and what [...]
Crondall Weather History and All Time Records
Here's the current weather in Crondall, together with the minimum, maximum and averages for yesterday, month so far as well as the all time records since we've been recording back from February [...]
Live Marine Buoy Data from around the UK
Dotted around the UK are various moored weather buoys which are also collecting weather data continuously and feeding it back into the Met Office systems. As well as the usual weather climate statistics [...]
Crondall Weather Forecast from Aeris Weather
We are fortunate to have access to various suppliers of weather data - all of which tend to interpret the weather patterns and data bases slightly differently! The Visual Crossing folks are first [...]
Earthquakes and Earthquake Tracker for the UK area
Many people think that the UK rarely has Earthquakes, this is simply not the case. In the last 50 days we have seen the following activity. If the link in the table is [...]
UV Index, Current Readings, Forecast and Definitions
The UV Index provides a daily forecast of the expected risk of overexposure to the sun. The Index predicts UV intensity levels on a scale of 0 to 10+, where 0 indicates a [...]
Latest Weather Trends in Crondall (10 second updates)
Here's the current weather in Crondall, together with trends over the last few minutes, hours, days etc. It's updated every 10 seconds or so.
Current Weather Conditions in Crondall (10 second updates)
Here's the current weather in Crondall, together with a 7 day forecast. It's updated every 10 seconds or so.
Latest Extreme Weather Conditions from the UK and around the World
If you were thinking that the weather over the last 24 hours was quite hot, cold or wet in Crondall, then here's a great tool that allows you to see how our local [...]