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peterdutoit@peterdutoit.com on Nostr: This data was meticulously recorded by hand. For example there were 65,000 sheets of ...

This data was meticulously recorded by hand. For example there were 65,000 sheets of paper containing hand-written measurements of rainfall taken all across the UK & Ireland before 1960.

These have now been digitised!

See this incredible story here as told by Ed Hawkins who was involved in this process:

https://fediscience.org/@ed_hawkins/109879659504337590