Ross-on-Wye weather station

Every night throughout the conflict, it was the only land-locked station to be included in the shipping forecast on the World Service.

[2] Frederick James Parsons arrived in Ross in 1912 having previously had his own amateur station when a child.

[3] More recently readings were taken by Howard Ellis, a retired chemist assisted by the husband and wife team, June and Rex Swallow.

June Swallow took over the monitoring station in 1995 and continued to take readings until the Summer 2008 when she retired after 23 years.

[3] Henry Southall was a distinguished meteorologist, a Fellow of Royal Meteorological Society who served as its president.