John Sidebottom Collection

This collection was kindly donated to UHI Archive by Mr John S Sidebottom, who charged Mr Eric McVicar, member of the University Foundation, with donating it to the UHI Archive.

The collection provides a detailed and accurate depiction of weather conditions in Acharacle, where John lived in his latter years, evidencing changes in climate and environmental conditions. Daily weather records for Ardnamurchan; weather data for wind; wind direction; rainfall; barometric pressure; temperature were collected through the same set of instruments. 

Mr. Sidebottom was an engineer by profession, but developed interests in fishing and shooting, and after deciding on a career change, came to live in Salen, Ardnamurchan and started recording the weather as a hobby. Weather recordings have been taken every day since the start of the collection.  

A sample of the records was digitised, and the collection can be browsed from The John Sidebottom Collection.

For more information about how to access the collection, please contact the UHI Archivist and Information Governance Manager at university.archivist@uhi.ac.uk.