- 1720 Floods
In 1720, terrible floods devastated the village and surrounding farms at Lytham.
- 1745 Hailstorm Preston
Original report of an hour-long hailstorm in Preston, Lancashire, which occured on August 15th, 1745.
- 1825 Thunder & Lightning
Original report of thunder and lightning in Lancashire, May, 1825.
- 1852 Christmas Storm
Newspaper report of the storm of Christmas 1852. Storm-force winds and rain lashed the Fylde Coast causing great damage in Blackpool, Lytham & warton.
- 1855 Skating Deaths
Newspaper report from 1855 on the death of John Hull and John Greaves who were skating on a large marl-pit near the parsonage, Lytham, when the ice broke.
- 1870s Storm & Lightning
Newspaper reports of a storm in Blackpool, September,1870, and an unusual sand storm in Lytham, 1873..
- 1894 Storm
A storm on 24 October 1894 at St.Annes. caused a fishing boat, "The Wanderer" owned by Thomas Rimmer, to break loose from her moorings and crash against the cast iron pier supports.
- 1895 The Great Frost
In 1895 the frost was so severe that the sea froze!
- 1896 The Great Storm
The Great Storm of 8th October 1896 wrought havoc along the Fylde Coast.
- 1897 Foudroyant Storm
Newspaper report of the storm of 1897 when Nelson's flagship The Foudroyant was wrecked at Blackpool.
- 1900 Lightning
Newspaper report of death by lightning at Lytham in 1900.
- 1901 Fearful Fog
Newspaper report on a fog in Lytham St.Annes in 1901.
- 1907 Storm
Newspaper report on a storm and floods in Lytham St.Annes in 1907.
- 1907 Snow Lytham & St.Annes
Newspaper report on a snowstorm in Lytham St.Annes on 29th December 1907.
- 1914 Storm
Newspaper report on a storm in Lytham St.Annes in 1914.
- 1927 Storm & Floods St.Annes
The Great Storm of1927 was the storm of the century with widespread flooding and destruction along the Fylde Coast.
- 1929 Frozen Sea
In 1929 the frost was so severe that the sea froze.
- 1933 Fire-balls over Blackpool
Fire-balls over Blackpool, Friday 7 July 1933.
- 1940 Snow
A rare fall of snow in 1940.
- 1947 Big Freeze Blackpool
The harsh winter of 1947 in the Blackpool area.
- 1951 High tide
Car park at Open Air Baths, St.Annes, flooded by a high tide, December 1951.
- 1949 Lightning strike at Tower
Car park at Open Air Baths, St.Annes, flooded by a high tide, December 1951.
- 1952 Ice Hockey!
Playing Ice hockey in the sand dunes, Fairhaven, January 1952.
- 1952 Blowing Sand
The age-old problem of blowing sand, seen here drifting across Clifton Drive, St.Annes, in 1952.
- 1955 Heatwave
The heatwave, St.Annes, August 1955.
- 1955 Snow
Snow fell in Lytham St.Annes in January & December of 1955.
- 1956 High tide
Photograph of a high tide with the waves lapping the Outer Promenade, St.Annes-on-the-Sea in February 1956.
- 1956 Gales
Shop window blown in & trees blown down in Lytham, beach chalets blown over in St.Annes, November 1956.
- 1962 Frost
Fairhaven Lake frozen over, January 1962.
- 1962-3 Winter
The severe winter of 1962-3.
- 1976 Heatwave
The heatwave of 1976.
- 1977 Floods
The floods in Fylde & Wyre, November 1977.
- 1981 Snow
The snowfall of December 1981.
- 1991 High tide
Photographs of a high tide driven by strong winds at St.Annes-on-the-Sea in 1991.
- 2010 Snow
Photographs of snow in St.Annes-on-the-Sea, 18th December 2010.
- -----"WE SHALL HAVE RAIN"
The Lancashire chain of "WE SHALL HAVE RAIN" shops owned by the "New British Rubber and Wearwell Hose Pipe Company, Limited", Southport.