• Login
  • Membership
Royal Geographical Society with IBG
  • About us
  • Geography
  • Schools
  • Research
  • Professionals
  • In the field
  • What's on

Search the society

Enter keyword or phrase...
Find
Royal Geographical Society with IBG
Back to Resources for teachers

TEMPEST: extreme weather in the UK

TEMPEST is a database of historical weather extremes in the UK. Bring these stories to your classroom with our user guide. 

When has extreme weather occured in the UK, past and present?

TEMPEST - Tracking Extremes of Meteorological Phenomena Experienced in Space and Time – 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 AHRC funded project, Spaces of Experience and Horizons of Expectation: Extreme weather in the UK, past, present and future.

 

This resource has been produced to encourage #GeographyTeacher 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, of flash flood affect people and place. The resource has been produced by primary geography specialist Dr Paula Owen.

 

This module contains three lessons:

Lesson one: What is TEMPEST?

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 TEMPEST and what is extreme weather. In lesson two, you will understand what tornadoes are, where they have occured 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. 

 

If you'd like to find out more about TEMPEST and extreme weather in the UK, past and present. You can: 

Listen to our Ask the Geographer podcast with Professor Georgina Endfield

Read Dealing with the deluge of historical weather data: the example of the TEMPEST database

Read 'Situation 1816, the 'year without summer' in the UK' 

Login

Sign in
Forgotten password

Or continue as a guest...

By placing a booking, you are permitting us to store and use your (and any other attendees) details in order to fulfil the booking.
We will not use your details for marketing purposes without your explicit consent.

Continue

This content is restricted

You must be a member holding a valid Society membership to view the content you are trying to access. Please login to continue.

 

Not a member? Find out how to join

Join us today, Society membership is open to anyone with a passion for geography

Find out more

Address

Royal Geographical Society
(with the Insitute of British Geographers),
1 Kensington Gore,
London, SW7 2AR

T +44 (0)20 7591 3000
F +44 (0)20 7591 3001
E enquiries@rgs.org

Follow us

We are the learned society for geography and geographers. Be part of our community by following us on our social media accounts.

  • twitter
  • youtube
  • linkedin
  • facebook
  • instagram

Links

  • JOIN THE SOCIETY
  • COURSES & EVENTS
  • TEACHING RESOURCES
  • SOCIETY NEWS
  • MYSOCIETY LOGIN
  • SITEMAP

Cookies on the RGS website This site uses cookies to enhance your user experience.