Overview of the Woburn Weather Station

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  • Description: In 1899, two long-term experiments, Rotation I and Rotation II, were started at Saxmundham Experimental Station in Suffolk, UK. Rothamsted assumed responsibility for the site in 1964, until 1986, when the experiments were finished. The soil is typical of large areas of Eastern England. Monthly meteorological data is available, 1966-1985, based on daily manual recording. Daily data is not currently available.
    Average annual temperature and rainfall (1966-1985) are 9.5 degreesC and 618mm, respectively.
  • Date Start: January 1966.
  • Date End: December 1985.
  • Recording: Manual recording daily at 0900GMT; data available as monthly summaries only.
  • Automatic data recording began: Not available.
  • Address: Saxmundham Experimental Station Meteorological Station, Saxmundham, Suffolk, United Kingdom.
  • OS Grid Ref: TM 36837 63750.
  • Latitude/Longitude: 52.221 N 1.466 E
  • Altitude: 37 m asl.

Key Contacts

  • Andy Gregory

  • Role: Principal Investigator
  • Organisation: Rothamsted Research
  • Address: West Common, Harpenden, Hertfordshire, AL5 2JQ, United Kingdom

  • Sarah Perryman

  • Role: Data Manager
  • ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0056-2754
  • Organisation: Rothamsted Research
  • Address: West Common, Harpenden, Hertfordshire, AL5 2JQ, United Kingdom

  • Margaret Glendining

  • Role: Data Manager
  • ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6466-4629
  • Organisation: Rothamsted Research
  • Address: West Common, Harpenden, Hertfordshire, AL5 2JQ, United Kingdom

Funding

  • The e-RA database, including the published datasets generated from it, is part of the Rothamsted Long-Term Experiments - National Bioscience Research Infrastructure (RLTE-NBRI), which also includes the Long-Term Experiments, the Rothamsted Sample Archive and Rothamsted's environmental monitoring activities including the weather stations and its role in the UK Environmental Change Network.
  • The RLTE-NBRI is funded by UK Research and Innovation - Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (UKRI-BBSRC) under award BBS/E/RH/23NB0007 (2023-2028). The RLTE-NBRI is also supported by the Lawes Agricultural Trust.
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For further information and assistance, please contact the e-RA curators, Sarah Perryman and Margaret Glendining using the e-RA email address: era@rothamsted.ac.uk