Rainfall in Berner Street

[Bulldog]

But who the hell, apart from Matthew Packer, said it was raining after 11pm....

On Berner Street.

Casebook says so. The weather for Saturday, 29 September was: “Dull morning; fine day; sudden heavy rain at "9.5p.m." lasting till after midnight.”

Here’s the link:

http://www.casebook.org/victorian_london/weather.html

Bulldog

[iris84]

Casebook says so. The weather for Saturday, 29 September was: “Dull morning; fine day; sudden heavy rain at "9.5p.m." lasting till after midnight.”

Here’s the link:

http://www.casebook.org/victorian_london/weather.html

Bulldog

Well done! Why that didn't come up in my search results, I don't know.

[perrymason]

Hi again,

I was aware of that quote from Bulldog when I answered Stephen, because there are 2 weather charts there Bulldog, the first being an Official Conditions report for London generally, and the 2nd being the unofficial Whitechapel Conditions report. That 2nd one mentions nothing about precipitation locally.

I havent found a source that suggests rain right up until midnight.

Best regards

[DVV]

Casebook says so. The weather for Saturday, 29 September was: “Dull morning; fine day; sudden heavy rain at "9.5p.m." lasting till after midnight.”

Here’s the link:

http://www.casebook.org/victorian_london/weather.html

Bulldog

Hmmmm,
maybe so, but I bet this will be disputed...

Amitiés,
David

[Stephen Thomas]

The Times, 1st October 1888—

"The body was still warm, and the clothes enveloping it were wet from the recent rain."

Thanks, Simon

Yet Dr Blackwell said the clothes were not wet from the rain. I've just found this excellent Dave Yost article in the Dissertations section from which it can be seen that there was slight rain after 11 o'clock and probably none after 11.30.

http://www.casebook.org/dissertations/dst-yostpacker.html#highlight

[perrymason]

Thanks, Simon

Yet Dr Blackwell said the clothes were not wet from the rain. I've just found this excellent Dave Yost article in the Dissertations section from which it can be seen that there was slight rain after 11 o'clock and probably none after 11.30.

Now you know that you can trust an answer from me on occasion, ....as suggested, it ended as the meeting broke up.....which means that rain wouldnt have prevented men from going down to the yard for a smoke and some air...like on a normal Sat night for the Club. Particularly non members but rather attendees considering adopting Socialism,...maybe like Israel.

Best regards

[Observer]

Hi Stephen, this a genuine question, why do you want to know the extent of rainfall the morning of Liz Strides murder?

all the best

Observer