Weather Bomb recording...

Who needs Michael Fish to tell us we have a low depression overhead? Once more last night we had spectacular lightning displays. I must figure out how to photograph it successfully. We have seen it as low as 970mb in recent years but that is nowhere near as bad as it gets. If you go back to January 1884 (it helps having these things at your fingertips!) 925.6mb was recorded at Ochertyre, near Crieff, Perthshire on the 26th January 1884 London: barometer fell to 28.529" (966mb) at 7.30pm Dr Beverly of Aberdeen at 11.30pm recorded a barometer reading at sea level of 27.381" (927.1mb) Forest of Glen Tana, a reading of 27.39" (927.4mb) was recorded Hitchin: 28.32" (959mb) North Shields: 27.63" (936mb) Cargen: 27.66" (936mb) Oban: 27.39" (927.4mb) Dublin: 28.15" (953mb) Croydon: 28.548" (966mb) at 7.40pm Weather reports from that depression - London: Violent SW gale Stanmore: Terrific gale from SW to W after 4pm Reigate: Violent storm with very low pressure Croydon: Strong gale, max hourly velocity of wind 40 miles Hythe: From 5.30 to 9.30pm, terrific hurricane, with heavy thunderstorm rain and hail Littlehampton: Awful gale St Lawrence: Severe SW gale with vivid lightning Oundle: Hurricane with heavy rain, snow and lightning Diss: Tremendous gale from west, thunderstorm in evening Torquay: Fearful SW gale with rain, thunder and lightning Coventry: Much lightning, violent wind and unusually low bar Mansfield: Very violent gale with snow, vivid lightning and thunder Macclesfield: Gales, snow, rain and lightning Morpeth: A great gale with very low pressure Penrith: Great storm with extremely low barometer Elterwater: Great gale with snow, sleet and rain Llanfrechfa Grange: Violent SW wind, thunder, lightning and rain Girvan: Severe storm; pressure fell almost 2.5" very rapidly and rose again almost as quickly. Cassillis: Storm of extraordinary severity with snow and rain Keith: About two inches of snow fell with fearful drifts on the following day. Aviemore: Severe gale from west, highland railway blocked by snow Forsinard: High winds, snow and drifts Castle Lough: Great storm with heavy rain followed by snow Kilconnell: Violent storm from SW, veering to NW Castlebar: Violent storm follwed by a fall of snow Enniskillen: A very severe storm with remarkable fall of pressure; old trees which had stood for 130 years were blown down. Newtownlands: The most terrific storm since 1839, wind 78 miles an hour. Douglas: Hurricane from 4pm on 26th to 4am on 27th.