Some stretch back to 1677, or they might stumble across rainfall records taken by Luke Howard.
Will they finish the job today or tomorrow? rainfallrescue.org
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The 15,607 volunteers will today finish transcribing the last of the 65,000 sheets of 10-year monthly rainfall amounts for the UK, spanning 1677 to 1960.
Truly amazing to see 5+ million measurements rescued from paper to digital in such a short time.
#RainfallRescue