Luke Howard, most famous for his classification of clouds, was also the first to describe the development of the urban heat island (UHI) effect and suggest its causes. His daily meteorological observations taken from his home on Tottenham Green and elsewhere, were first published in 1818. The records which allowed him to detect, describe and analyse the UHI effect provide data which remains of importance to climate science today.

During the walk from Tottenham Green to Tottenham Hale, we will consider Luke Howard’s analysis of the major features of climate: temperature, pressure, wind, precipitation etc and the urban and natural features we encounter on the way.

Meet on Tottenham Green