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The Great Christmas Blizzard and Avalanches of 1836, by G. A. Southern, published March 1976 in The Journal of Meteorology (vol. 1, no. 6, article, pp.182-183)   Download PDF

With the help of contemporary reports, an account is given of the historic Christmas blizzard of 1836. The blizzard was particualrly severe over the Sussex downland and culminated in a disastrous avalanche at Lewes, Sussex

Early nineteenth century Sussex weather, by G. A. Southern, published November 1983 in The Journal of Meteorology (vol. 8, no. 83, article, pp.284-287)   Download PDF

Presented here is a tantalising glimpse of early nineteenth century Sussex weather as seen and described through the eyes of a medical practitioner resident most of his life in Lewes and Brighton. A curious example of St. Elmo's fire is described under the date of 21 October 1819