The Rainfall Rescue project was launched by the University of Reading in March 2020...

Published: 1:26 am March 25, 2022
Updated: 8:46 am October 8, 2025
Record-breaking Victorian Weather Has Been Revealed After Millions Of Archived Rainfall Records Dating Back Nearly 200 Years Were Rescued By Thousands Of Volunteers During The First Covid-19 Lockdown

 

The Rainfall Rescue project was launched by the University of Reading in March 2020 and offered members of the public a way of distracting themselves from the pandemic by digitally transcribing 130 years’ worth of handwritten rainfall observations from the Met Office archives.

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