IT MAKES YOU THINK!

The highest barometer reading ever made in Britain is 1054.7 mb and was recorded at Aberdeen on 31st January 1902.

The lowest barometer reading in Britain was made at Ochtertyre, Perthshire on 26th January 1884, when the pressure fell to 925.5 mb.

In terms of annual average sunshine, the sunniest recorded place on Earth is Yuma, Arizona with 4300hrs per year (not Hartlepool).

The South Pole has no sun for 182 days each year. Does that sound familiar?

On 14th August 1979, a rainbow was seen to last for three hours over North Wales.

The highest surface wind speed recorded at a low altitude station is 333km/h (180 knots) measured at Thule, Greenland on 8th March 1972. (I bet someone still tried to fly a spinnaker)

12% of the Earth's land surface is permanently covered by ice and snow.