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Tottenham Clouds:
celebrating the achievements of Luke Howard, Namer of Clouds,
identifier of Urban Heat Islands and a resident of Tottenham


Quaker Burial Ground, Winchmore Hill

Luke Howard and his wife, Mariabella, are buried in the Quaker burial grounds at Winchmore Hill despite having left the Friends. Mariabella died in 1852 and Luke Howard in 1864.

A group from Tottenham Clouds and the Edmonton Hundred Historical Society visited the grave on 21 March, the anniversary of Luke Howard's death.

To read about the visit and the discussion on future commemorations click here.

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Cloud Appreciation Day

Have a look at the clouds captured on Cloud Appreciation Day 2024!
2024 Memory Cloud Atlas

The next Cloud Appreciation Day will be on
Friday 12 September 2025

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Linnean Society Podcast
For an informative introduction to the life of Luke Howard listen to the Linnean Society podcast with Richard Hamblyn.
Recorded for the 250 anniversary of Luke Howard's birth.
The Namer of Clouds




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Haringey articles about Luke Howard

Chasing Clouds: celebrating the pioneering meteorologist, Luke Howard, on the 250th anniversary of his birth.
Haringey Community Press November 2022 p13

The Namer of Clouds looking back at the life and legacy of Luke Howard.
Haringey People Spring 23 p10

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Commemorating the 250 anniversary of the birth of Luke Howard
1772 - 2022

The 250th anniversary generated an enthusiasm for a year of celebrations to honour Luke Howard, Namer of Clouds, and to understand more about the observations and measurements taken by him which are still important to Urban Climate scientists today.
Luke Howard 250 anniversary events

Luke Howard's Legacy 2023
An afternoon of activities celebrating his work and exploring what his achievements mean today here


Cloud Appreciation Day 2023
The Luke Howard exhibition, an exploration of the 2023 Memory Cloud Atlas, talks, drawing workshop and lots of fun activities for children here.


London Urban Climate walks led by urban climate architect, Julie Futcher.
Report on the walks here

Met Office

Helen Roberts, Socio-Meteorologist from the Weather and Climate Extremes and Impacts Team welcomed us to the Met Office for a bespoke Tottenham Clouds tour.
Report of the visit and learn about the work of the Met Office here

Science Museum
Alexandra Rose, Curator of Earth Sciences and Astronomy, welcomed us to the Science Museum and took us to the Library to see Luke Howard books. There were also documents, papers and certificates covering many of his interests. We also visited the 'Making the Modern World' gallery to see his barograph clock.
Report of the visit here

Luke Howard’s Climate of London:
The Work of an Observational Genius
Professor Gerald Mills, urban climatologist, University College Dublin, talk held at Bruce Castle Museum
Link to presentation here


Visit to Quaker Burial Ground
at Winchmore Hill and the laying of a wreath at the grave of Luke Howard on the anniversary of his death - 21 March 1864.
Report of the visit here


Luke Howard: Father of Urban Climate Science
The genius of Luke Howard’s cloud classification scheme is that it provides a visual description of cloud types that are universally recognisable and linked to underlying atmospheric process. The same intellect is evident in the pages of Climate of London where Howard’s rigorous approach to measurement and analysis revealed the Urban Heat Island phenomenon and its causes.

For this reason, Luke Howard is recognised by the International Association for Urban Climates (IAUC) as the father of urban climate science.

Read the full anniversary message from the IAUC here


Discover Luke Howard's links to Goethe, Tottenham and the naming of clouds
Goethe's poem to Luke Howard
in honour of Mr Howard
Where Luke Howard lived in Tottenham
Homes in Tottenham
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    • Luke Howard 250 anniversary >
      • Luke Howard's Legacy
      • Luke Howard’s Climate of London:
      • Urban Climate walks
      • Visit to the Met Office
      • Visit to the Science Museum
    • Cloud Appreciation Day 2023
    • First Cloud Appreciation Park
    • Luke Howard Weather Station
    • Luke Howard Legacy Appeal
    • Cloud Garden
    • Who we are
  • Clouds
    • Clouds over Tottenham
    • Cloud Appreciation Society
    • International Cloud Atlas
    • Met Office
    • Resources
  • Climate Science
    • Climate Change >
      • Global Community response
    • Measuring the weather
    • Climate of London
    • Urban Heat Islands
    • International Association of Urban Climates >
      • The Luke Howard Award
  • Luke Howard
    • ... such an excellent man
    • Family >
      • John Eliot Howard
  • Places
    • Home: Tottenham Green
    • Homes: Bruce Grove >
      • 7 Bruce Grove Campaign
    • Friends Meeting House
    • Brook Street Chapel
    • Winchmore Hill Burial Ground >
      • Visit 2025
      • Visit 2024
      • Visit 2023
  • Artistic connections
    • Art and Poetry in Tottenham >
      • Art
      • Poetry
      • Photographs (in homage)
      • Sky Puddles
      • Weather Report 2016 Tottenham
      • Weather Report 2017 New River
    • Art of the Sky
    • Music For Clouds >
      • Music from Pole to Pole
    • Carol Ann Duffy
    • Goethe discovers Luke Howard >
      • Goethe's request
      • Goethe: In honour of Mr Howard
    • JMW Turner
    • John Constable
    • Percy Bysshe Shelley