This paper demonstrates the value of school logbooks, an unusual and hitherto underused archival source, to the field of the historical geographies of weather and climate. It examines logbooks for schools across the Outer Hebrides, or Western Isles, off the west coast of mainland Scotland, ranging from the late nineteenth century until the early twentieth century. The weather had numerous and varied impacts on everyday life on the islands and was frequently recorded in school logbooks. The paper shows that islanders were especially vulnerable to extreme weather events – typically strong winds, heavy rain, storms and snow – which affected children's school attendance, health and well-being. It is argued that vulnerability to extreme weather reflected the wider social vulnerability of the islands' crofting communities.

本文论证了学校日志对天气和气候历史地理学领域的价值，这是一种不寻常且迄今为止未得到充分利用的档案来源。它检查了从 19 世纪末到 20 世纪初苏格兰大陆西海岸外的外赫布里底群岛或西群岛的学校日志。天气对岛上的日常生活产生了多种多样的影响，并经常记录在学校的日志中。该论文表明，岛民特别容易受到极端天气事件的影响——通常是强风、大雨、风暴和雪——这会影响儿童的入学率、健康和福祉。有人认为，对极端天气的脆弱性反映了岛上小农社区更广泛的社会脆弱性。