TEMPEST: extreme weather in the UK
When has extreme weather occured in the UK, past and present?
听- 鈥� is a publicly accessible online database that contains a wealth of information on historical weather events and their implications as recorded through historical documentary sources in a set of case studies around the UK. It is part of an funded project,聽
This resource has been produced to encourage at primary level, to use the database to explore extreme and unusual weather across the UK and in their local area. You can explore where and how events such as heatwaves, drought, or聽flash flood affect people and place. The resource has been produced by primary geography specialist .
This module contains three lessons:
Lesson two: Tornadoes in the UK?
Lesson three: A year without summer
The key aim is to encourage use of the database in the classroom. In lesson one, you will investigate how to use and what is extreme weather. In lesson two, you will understand what tornadoes are, where they have occurred in the UK and how they impact local areas. In lesson three, you will explore 'the year without summer' and how global events can impact local weather experiences.聽
If you'd like to find out more about and extreme weather in the UK, past and present. You can:聽
Listen to our Ask the Geographer podcast with Professor Georgina Endfield
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