1947: The heaviest snowfall that the country had experienced since records began. The snow ground everything to a halt. ibid.
Weather is a very British obsession. And we seem to have had more than our fair share in recent years … We have experienced some extraordinary weather events in recent years … Is our weather really getting worse? Is Our Weather Getting Worse? Channel 4 2013
2012: From severe draught to exceptional levels of rainfall. ibid.
Our driest Spring in a hundred years. ibid.
The floods damaged more than 500 homes and businesses in Hebden Bridge … For the second time in three weeks Hebden Bridge was drowning. ibid.
Most species of slug have been thriving. ibid.
The behaviour of the jet stream remains a mystery. ibid.
2005: A tornado touched down in this Birmingham suburb … Most famously, they wreak havoc across America’s great plains, a region known as Tornado Alley. ibid.
In the UK around 30 tornadoes are reported every year. ibid.
Extreme weather events have occurred throughout the last century. ibid.
The deadliest natural disaster ever to hit our shores was in 1703 when a destructive hurricane ripped across southern England killing as many as 8,000 people. ibid.
Our weather can shift in an instant. And in 2011 our weather went wild. The Year the Earth Went Wild, Channel 4 2011
In 2011 record levels of rainfall flooded nearly every continent. The heart of America was torn apart by tornadoes. And Japan’s coastline was devastated by a horrific tsunami. ibid.
January: Arctic conditions engulfed the northern hemisphere ... Record levels of rainfall soaked Australia. ibid.
February: On 22 February a powerful earthquake rocked Christchurch, New Zealand. ibid.
March: On 11th March at 2.46p.m. earthquake warnings flashed across Japan ... Tsunami: travelling at over five hundred miles an hour the wave takes just minutes to reach the coast of Japan ... Nuclear radiation ... Four of the reactors were destroyed through overheating. ibid.
April ... Tornado Alley: In mid-April nearly two hundred tornadoes ripped through sixteen American states within the space of just forty-eight hours ... Three hundred and thirty-six tornadoes in less than two days ... Seven hundred and fifty-three tornadoes hit the US in April. ibid.
May 22nd May a monstrous tornado touches down ... The Joplin Tornado is more than a mile wide. ibid.
20th August: Hurricane Irene forms over the Atlantic Ocean. ibid.
October: Intense monsoon rains fuelled Thailand’s worst flooding in fifty years. ibid.
External heat and cold had little influence on Scrooge. No warmth could warm, no wintry weather chill him. No wind that blew was bitterer than he, no falling snow was more intent upon its purpose, no pelting rain less open to entreaty. Foul weather did not know where to have him. The heaviest rain, snow, and hail, and sleet, could boast of the advantage over him in only one respect. They often ‘come down’ handsomely, and Scrooge never did. Charles Dickens, A Christmas Carol
Weather forecast for tonight: dark. George Carlin
Conversation about the weather is the last refuge of the unimaginative. Oscar Wilde
Our planet is warming due to pollution from human activities. And a warming climate increases the likelihood of extreme weather. Gloria Reuben
Some scientists believe climate change is the cause of unprecedented melting of the North Pole, and that effects these very uncertain weather patterns. I think we should listen to those scientists and experts. Dalai Lama
I like the cold weather. It means you get work done. Noam Chomsky
The increasing frequency of extreme weather events, droughts and floods is in line with what climate scientists have been predicting for decades – and evidence is mounting that what’s happening is more severe than predicted, and will get far worse still if we fail to act. David Suzuki
In the US alone, weather disasters caused $50 billion in economic damages in 2010. Jeff Goodell
You think the weather is weird now? Just wait. A new MIT study, just published in a peer-reviewed journal, projects that the Earth could see warming of more than 9 degrees F by 2100 – more than twice earlier projections. Jeff Goodell
The temperature doesn’t decrease steadily as you rise in the sky, nor does the air pressure. James Burke, Connections s1e2: Death in the Morning, BBC 1978
Wilson the magic cloud maker got really turned on by really bad weather. ibid.
It was either a lack of sun-spots or a lot of volcanic activity that caused the weather to change ... There appears to be a connection between sun spots and the weather. James Burke, Connections s1e6: Thunder in the Skies
The barometer became a protestant project given the religious climate here in Rome. James Burke: Connections s2e5: Something for Nothing, BBC 1994
Morey becomes an international weather Biggie, which is why he gets to organise the first international weather conference in Brussels in 1853 where he talks everybody into standard formats for weather charts. The other thing Morey is hot for is a weather reporting network. James Burke, Connections s3e1: Feedback, BBC 1997
Weather Control: Could it be that someone is trying to control the weather? America’s Most Secret: Structures, Discovery 2013
The Monsoon is actually a consequence of the rising seasonal temperatures that precede it. Orbit: Earth’s Extraordinary Journey III, BBC 2012
This really is the latest masterpiece in weather-cock manufacturing. They get bigger and better every time, you know, and of course the price goes up. We’re got these up to now about £2,000. Putting the chimneys aside I could go on making these till I’m ninety-five. The Fred Dibnah Story: Approaching Sixty, BBC 1996
Weather: One of the most astonishing forces on Earth. Capable of both devastating power and spectacular beauty. Wild Weather with Richard Hammond: Wind, BBC 2014
Scientists measured the winds inside it [tornado] at three hundred miles an hour. ibid.
A cloud can weigh as much as two elephants. Wild Weather with Richard Hammond: Water – The Shape Shifter
Clouds float because the water-drops inside them are so small and so light. ibid.
Three simple ingredients: wind, water and temperature ... Wild Weather with Richard Hammond: Temperature – the Driving Force
Dust plays a central role in our weather. ibid.
Fog is just a cloud that’s in contact with the ground. ibid.
He directeth it under the whole heaven, and his lightning unto the ends of the earth.
After it a voice roareth: he thundereth with the voice of his excellency; and he will not stay them when his voice is heard.
God thundereth marvellously with his voice; great things doeth he, which we cannot comprehend.
For he saith to the snow, Be thou on the earth; likewise to the small rain, and to the great rain of his strength.
He sealeth up the hand of every man; that all men may know his work.
Then the beasts go into dens, and remain in their places.
Out of the south cometh the whirlwind: and cold out of the north.
By the breath of God frost is given: and the breadth of the waters is straitened.
Also by watering he wearieth the thick cloud: he scattereth his bright cloud. Job 37:3-11