 Bill Foggitt based his predictions on what he saw in his garden |
North Yorkshire's amateur weather forecaster, William Foggitt, has died at the age of 91. Mr Foggitt used the behaviour of plants and wildlife near his home in Thirsk to predict to produce his forecasts.
He also made use of climate records which had been kept by his family for generations.
In the 1980s Mr Foggitt's weather predictions were much in demand by radio, TV and newspapers.
This was especially true when be came to different conclusions about the weather outlook than professional meteorologists.
He took up his quirky ways of weather forecasting when he returned to Thirsk after a career as a teacher in South Yorkshire.
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