summer '85 881 Posted January 1, 1970 Author Report Share Posted January 1, 1970 On the 20th of July 1930, a low pressure became slow moving off Lincolnshire bring a spell of very cool and exceptionally wet weather to parts of NE England especially the North York Moors. In 3 days, several inches of rain fell bring extensive flooding in particular to the Esk Valley. Elsewhere, it was unusually cool for July with maxima as low as 11C being recorded for parts of the Midlands. Link to post Share on other sites
summer '85 881 Posted January 1, 1970 Author Report Share Posted January 1, 1970 Over in the States, 41.1C was recorded at Washington D.C. on the 20th and 36.7C on the 21st July 1930. Link to post Share on other sites
4wd 0 Posted January 1, 1970 Report Share Posted January 1, 1970 http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v645/zloty/Jul1930e.jpg From the Times of 24th of July 1930, This is my backyard, it's noticeable how much higher the totals were at Danby and Castleton which are further inland and somewhat higher than the other recording stations. These stations will be at about 600feet, since much of the moors area is more than twice that altitude - but has no records due to lack of inhabitants - it's reasonable to assume the totals over much of the area approached 20 inches in this event. There are similarities with the event of 17th July this year with a low in similar position, southern north sea. Fortunately this year the feature was not stationary but moved away giving totals around 2 inches in 18 hours Link to post Share on other sites
summer '85 881 Posted January 1, 1970 Author Report Share Posted January 1, 1970 80 years on... Link to post Share on other sites
summer '85 881 Posted January 1, 1970 Author Report Share Posted January 1, 1970 Pathe News footage http://www.britishpathe.com/record.php?id=3823 Link to post Share on other sites
4wd 0 Posted January 1, 1970 Report Share Posted January 1, 1970 Interesting footage but does not seem correctly titled, the river shown flowing under the washed out multi-arched bridge is far smaller than the Esk at Sleights. Then there is a second bridge shown with railtracks suspended in mid-air. Definitely not the Sleights road bridge (!) however several other road and rail bridges in the area were badly damaged. Some of them are still replaced with 'temporary' metal structures even now. Link to post Share on other sites
4wd 0 Posted January 1, 1970 Report Share Posted January 1, 1970 The rail bridge is probably this one at Glaisdale. The track now carried on a single huge beam. http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/730547 Link to post Share on other sites
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