Meteorologists define summer in the UK to be the period from June to August so summer is now over and we are officially in autumn. I have decided to create a series of posts which I will publish at the end of each season showing how that season compares to the weather record. The 2017 summer was wet but unremarkable otherwise and actually quite typical of recent summers as I will explain.
UK Weather Tracker #7 – August 2017
My latest UK weather tracker shows that August was just like July in being an unremarkable month. This means the meteorological summer of 2017 has also been unremarkable just as I have been predicting for the last few years.
UK Weather Tracker #6 – July 2017
My latest UK weather tracker shows that July has been an unremarkable month and it would appear that the summer in 2017 will also be unremarkable. Believe it or not, I have predicting this for the last few years and I will explain why in a separate post in September.
UK Weather Tracker #5 – June 2017
My latest UK weather tracker shows that the meteorological summer started with a hot but stormy June.
UK Weather Tracker #4 – May 2017
I apologise for the lateness of this post. The general election took up a lot of my time and energy but from now on I have no excuse not to keep this up to date.
My latest UK weather tracker shows that it was the 2nd warmest May since 1910.
UK Weather Trends #1 – Spring 2017
Meteorologists define spring in the UK to be the period from March to May so spring is now over and we are officially in summer. I have decided to create a series of posts which I will publish at the end of each season showing how that season compares to the weather record. The 2017 spring turned out to be the 2nd warmest on record.
UK Weather Tracker #3 – April 2017
Spring has arrived and so far, we can say that it has been a pleasant spring. My latest UK weather tracker shows that it was the 5th warmest April since 1910.
UK Weather Tracker #2 – March 2017
Spring has arrived and so far, we can say that it has been a pleasant spring. My latest UK weather tracker shows that it was the 5th warmest March since 1910.
UK Weather Tracker #1 – February 2017
Welcome to the first of my monthly UK weather tracker posts! Every month I will update the charts to show how exceptional or not our weather has been for the last month as well as additional charts that explore our unpredictable weather in more detail. All data used in these posts come from the UK Met Office.
It is early March and outside my window, a cherry tree has started to bud. For my wife this is a welcome sign of spring and marks the end of her second full winter of living in Britain. To go from living in sunny Texas to the unpredictable UK takes some getting used to but as we all know, 2 seasons is not enough to experience the variety of weather that is possible in the UK. I can tell her that on average the average 24-hour temperature was 5 degrees Celsius across the UK this winter but she has no context to judge whether that is a warm or cool winter.
