Weather Observers & Acknowledgements

Observers

The following list shows all observers and deputy observers who have been involved in taking the meteorological readings at Armagh Observatory.

DateObserverDeputy
1794J.A. Hamilton
1794HamiltonJohn Palmer
1795HamiltonW. Gimingham
1797HamiltonPeter Bradyn
1799HamiltonRobert Hogg
1815W. DavenportHogg
1823T.R. RobinsonHogg
1837RobinsonNeil McN. Edmondson
1854McN. EdmondsonW.R Rambaut
1864Rambaut.
1868J. CallCharles Faris
1880CallFaris (Harriet Butler)
1884J.L.E DreyerFaris
1917FarisTheresa Hardcastle
1919W.F.A EllisonW.H. Espley
1921W.F.A EllisonElizabeth Ellison
1920s/1930s.Mervyn Ellison
1928W.F.A EllisonJ. Reseigh
1937Reseigh.
1937Eric LindsayReseigh
1939LindsayC.J. Pearson
1941LindsayC.W. Jameson
1942LindsayThomas D. Proctor
1944LindsayJ.T. Gillespie
1945Lindsay.
1947Sheelagh T. Grew.
1947Grew.
1950s.Brig. Papworth
1957GrewLindsay
1963GrewMargaret Cherry
1966GrewCherry / Harry Grossie
1970E. ThomasGrew / Cherry
1973Robert Scott.
1974ScottCherry
1978ScottGrew / Cherry
1983ScottCherry
1992John McFarlandCherry
1992John McGinn.
1995McGinnScott Manley
1996McGinnManley
1997McGinnMcFarland / Cherry / Manley / Regina Aznar
1998McFarlandManley / Aznar / Ferhat Fikri Özeren
1999Shane KellyPilar Montañés Rodríquez
2000KellyTigran Khanzadyan
2001KellyKhanzadyan / Ignacio Ugarte / Amir Ahmad
2003KellyUgarte / Ahmad / B. Ramachandran
2004KellyRamachandran / Chia-Hsien Lin
2009KellyShenghua Yu / Zhenghua Huang
2010KellyYu / Huang / Naslim Neelamkodan / Kamalam Vanninathan
2013KellyOnur Şatır
2014KellyŞatır / Venu Kalari
2015KellyŞatır / Kalari
2016KellyYanina Metodieva / Conor Byrne / Rok Nežič
2017KellyMetodieva / Byrne / Nežič
2018KellyMetodieva / Byrne / Nežič
2019KellyByrne / Nežič / Kerem Osman Çubuk / Michael Burton / Pablo Galan de Anta
2020KellyByrne / Nežič / Çubuk / Burton / Edward Snowdon / Nived Vilangot Nhalil
2021KellyNežič / Snowdon / Çubuk
2022KellyÇubuk / Alice Humpage / Snowdon / Saskia Schlagenhauf / Asish Philip Monai
2023KellyÇubuk / Snowdon / Schlagenhauf / Humpage / Monai / Arjun Chawla
2024KellyÇubuk / Chawla / Humpage / Monai / Schlagenhauf / Michael Stroet / Ciarán Furey
2025KellyChawla / Furey / Stroet / Monai / Humpage

Level 1 Met Observers

List of all people who undertook training and then were approved to take meteorological readings with the Armagh Weather Station.  From 2019 all AOP PhD students have been required to undertake training in scientific measurement and data recording by using the Weather Station.  They can then contribute to the maintaining the Armagh weather records by assisting with the recording of meteorological measurements, as required.  

YearNamePosition
2019Michael BurtonDirector
2019Kerem Osman ÇubukPhD Student
2019Conor Byrne PhD Student
2019Rok NežičPhD Student
2019Pablo Galan de AntaPhD Student
2020Tom WattsResearch Assistant
2020Christopher DuffyPhD Student
2020Edward SnowdonPhD Student
2020Lived Vilangot NhalilPhD Student
2020Gautham SabhahitPhD Student
2021Jim McManusVolunteer
2021Alice HumpagePhD Student
2021Zuri GrayPhD Student
2021Ethan WinchPhD Student
2021Anna TaylorEducation Officer
2022Matthew McMahonMuseums Collection Officer & PhD Student
2022Saskia SchlagenhaufPhD Student
2022Asish Philip MonaiPhD Student
2023Andrew Marshall LeePhD Student
2023Kyriakos TrakakisPhD Student
2023Arjun ChawlaPhD Student
2024Michael StroetPhD Student
2024Ciarán FureyPhD Student

Level 2 Met Observers

Level 2 Observers have successfully completed additional training order to undertake additional measurements such as the compilation of the Campbell-Stokes sunshine recorder data, the replacement of the thermograph and barograph recording sheets, as well as various maintenance duties such as battery charging.

YearNamePosition
2020Conor ByrnePhD Student
2020Rok NežičPhD Student

Level 3 Met Observers

Level 3 Observers are able to undertake all duties associated with the recording of meteorological data and the maintenance of the Stevenson Screen and the Weather Station, as well as the preparation of rain water samples for the International Atomic Energy Agency.

DateName
1 October 1999Shane Kelly

Acknowledgements

We would like to thank a number of people who have assisted the Met Records Project with typing of data and calibration, etc. They also helped create the old meteorological website.

Nigel Addis
Alan Coughlin
Ana M. García Suárez
Derek Johnston
Chloe Morrell
Eamon Boyle
Anne Donnelly
Aidan Grant
Shane Kelly
Brenda Morrow
Gareth Ryan
John Butler
Lorna Dougan
David Lennox
Martin Murphy
David Smyth
Mark Emerson
David Cardwell
David Fee
Deirdre McCabe
Erin Park
Kieran Hickey

These weather pages are the new and refreshed home of the AOP meteorological archives, history, and information.The refreshed look, the new content of these pages, and the improvements to the meteorological databases would not have been possible without the work of the following people:

Tom Watts
Shóna Gavin
Rok Nežič
Nathan Leeman
Michael Burton
Conor Byrne

We would also like to thank a number organisations for their support. Some of the meteorological database work has been made possible through a grant from the Heritage Lottery Fund. The Irish Soldiers and Sailors Land Trust provided funding for the calibration of the raw data. The Met Office has worked with us since its inception and has recently helped us set up the new automatic weather station.

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