Table 1 Weather stations with records of relative humidity available from the Meteorological Office MIDAS stations held at the British Atmospheric Data Centre (UKMO, 2012)

From: Temporal humidity variations in the heritage climate of South East England

Station

Record

Frequency

Wisley

1931-a

Daily 0900

Heathrow

1949

Hourly

Gatwick

1958-

Hourlyb

Goudhurst

1972-

Daily 0900

Hadlow Colg.

1972-93

Daily 0900

Mickleham

1972-

Daily 0900

Merrist Wood

1973-94

Daily 0900

East Malling

1994-

Daily 0900

  1. a Mostly daily at 0900 hrs. A break occurs from 1958 until 1972. From 1931–32 0900, 1500 and 2100 readings and hourly in 21st century. b The early years of the record present data for every three hours, but it is hourly from 1971.
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