Temperature extremes recorded On This Day in history throughtout the UK and other worldwide events
On This Day: 6 November
Posted 06-Nov-2009 at 06:00 by lancer
Maximum: 19.8oC - Aber, 1972
Minimum: -7.2oC - Grantown-on-Spey, 1981
Average Max: 10.0oC
Average Min: 4.0oC
Ball lightening scores a direct hit on the Athlone Castle armoury in 1697 causing a huge explosion; most of the town has to be re-built
1917 - Bolshevik revolution begins with the capture of the Winter Palace
1944 - Plutonium is first produced in the USA and subsequently used in the Fat Man Atomic bomb dropped on Nagasaki, Japan
1962 - The United Nations General Assembly adopts a resolution condemning South Africa's racist apartheid policies
1967 - US launches Surveyor 6; makes soft landing on Moon November 9
1978 - Shah of Iran places Iran under military rule
1985 - 22nd Space Shuttle Mission (61A) -Challenger 9- lands at Edwards Air Force Base
1986 - A British International Helicopters Boeing 234LR Chinook crashes 2.5 miles east of Sumburgh Airport killing 45 people
1991 - The KGB officially stops operations
2008 - The Bank of England drops the interest rate from 4.5 percent to 3, lowest since 1955
Minimum: -7.2oC - Grantown-on-Spey, 1981
Average Max: 10.0oC
Average Min: 4.0oC
Ball lightening scores a direct hit on the Athlone Castle armoury in 1697 causing a huge explosion; most of the town has to be re-built
1917 - Bolshevik revolution begins with the capture of the Winter Palace
1944 - Plutonium is first produced in the USA and subsequently used in the Fat Man Atomic bomb dropped on Nagasaki, Japan
1962 - The United Nations General Assembly adopts a resolution condemning South Africa's racist apartheid policies
1967 - US launches Surveyor 6; makes soft landing on Moon November 9
1978 - Shah of Iran places Iran under military rule
1985 - 22nd Space Shuttle Mission (61A) -Challenger 9- lands at Edwards Air Force Base
1986 - A British International Helicopters Boeing 234LR Chinook crashes 2.5 miles east of Sumburgh Airport killing 45 people
1991 - The KGB officially stops operations
2008 - The Bank of England drops the interest rate from 4.5 percent to 3, lowest since 1955
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still going well lancer, many thanks. Its always a good read. Its strange to see the differences between NZ and the UK and how in November the max and min still has a near 30 degree range. Where is athlone castle?Posted 07-Nov-2009 at 01:51 by Grant 
