The weather in the UK for September was unremarkable. Perhaps that is a welcome change after the hot summer?
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UK Weather Trends #22 – Summer 2022
The 2022 UK summer was the 4th warmest & 9th driest on record. When looked at using principal components, the summer was definitely a good one and showed up yet again my inability to predict good summers!
UK Weather Tracker #67 – August 2022
August 2022 was the 4th warmest, 4th sunniest & 10th driest on record. When looking at average daily maximum temperatures, it was the 2nd warmest (after 1995) but the average daily minimums (at night) was only the 10th warmest. I certainly noticed myself that nightime temperatures were not as bad as I’ve experienced in recent years and the wide temperature range was certainly welcome.
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UK Economy Tracker #9 – 2022 Q2
UK Inflation has risen sharply since the start of 2022 and dominates the media and politics today. It is now having knock on effects, most notably on wage rises which are lagging behind inflation. The aftermath of the COVID19 induced recession continues to be considerable economic uncertainty.
UK Weather Tracker #66 – July 2022
The 5th warmest July on record included a new record temperature of 40.3C on 19th July. It was also drier than usual with some parts of the UK recording their lowest ever rainfall in July.
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UK Weather Tracker #65 – June 2022
We’ve now had 3 months of extremely boring weather in the UK! It’s not doing the UK’s reputation for unpredictable weather any good.
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UK Weather Trends #21 – Spring 2022
Spring 2022 was the 5th warmest on record and was mostly typical of the springs that we now get due to our changing climate.
UK Weather Tracker #64 – May 2022
May 2022 was the 5th warmest May on record in the UK. Whilst temperatures are rising as the days get longer, we haven’t as yet had more sunshine.
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UK Economy Tracker #8 – 2022 Q1
Whilst COVID19 was ravaging the world in 2020 & 2021, I felt there was little point in updating my quarterly UK Economy Tracker. Now the pandemic over in the UK, it’s time to see how much damage the pandemic did to the economy. Going forward, the future is very uncertain but I hope by placing the latest data in the context of the past, I can discern what pointers I should keep an eye on.
UK Weather Tracker #63 – April 2022
My mother got me excited today when she said she had read it was the driest April since 1842 but she was mistaken unfortunately. It was drier than usual and given March was also dry, the UK is on track for a dry Spring. Otherwise April 2022 was completely unremarkable.
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