Deemster previously. The list has been compiled from the "Liber Juramentorum", the "Isle of Man Statutes" with additional names from the archive of David Craine, M.B.E., M.A., C.P. One of the main characters in Alfred Hitchcock 1929 drama film ""The Manxman"" is the Deemster, and his holding this position is of central importance to the film's plot. The film is based on the 1894 novel of the same name by the Manx writer Hall Caine, who published another novel with a similar theme with the title "The Deemster" (1887). Deemster A deemster () is a judge in the Isle of Man.
Climate of the British Isles drought of 1975–1976 and the very cold winters of 1946–1947, 1962–1963, 1978–79, 1981–1982 and 2009–2010, are often caused by blocking anti-cyclones which can persist several days or even weeks. In winter they can bring long periods of cold dry weather and in summer long periods of hot dry weather. Tropical cyclones themselves do not affect the British Isles due to the cold temperature of the surrounding ocean. Any tropical cyclone that comes near the Isles has said to have undergone a process called extratropical transition. The Isles do experience these extratropical cyclones, the Great Storm of 1987 was a deep