[backstage] Historical Weather data

[Mark Hewis]

Can any one point me at a resource which has UK weather data - ideally
going back a few years - googling aint coming up with quite what I am
after.
 
http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/climate/uk/stationdata/index.html isn't bad
but ideally something which tracks to a lower granuality so it can be
compared with forcasts
 
Also has anyone out there done a weather comparison service for accuracy
of weather - I remember something being out there