June 2026 was the 2nd warmest June on record across the UK. Unlike last month when I said I took the statement of it being the 3rd warmest May on record on trust, this time I can well believe it having spent the heatwave at the end of June on a canal boat on the Welsh border. The collections of fans on board certainly worked overtime!
UK Weather Trends #41 – Spring 2026
Spring 2026 in the UK was the 3rd hottest record with nearly all regions in England recording their hottest ever spring. The heatwave at the end of May (whilst I was out of the country!) set new records for maximum temperature but all 3 months of the season were well above normal. Whilst it was also the 3rd sunniest spring on record, rainfall was entirely normal for the season.
UK Weather Tracker #112 – May 2026
May 2026 was the 3rd warmest on record across the UK. I have to take this on trust as I spent most of the second half of May abroad and missed the warmest spring on record in the South West! However, like last month, my abnormality index was not impressed and rated the month as entirely normal.
UK Weather Tracker #111 – April 2026
April 2026 was the 4th sunniest and 7th warmest on record as well as 11th widest temperature range. However, my abnormality index was not impressed and rated the month as entirely normal.
UK Weather Tracker #110 – March 2026
The UK weather in March was the 10th warmest on record but otherwise unremarkable.
UK Weather Trends #40 – Winter 2026
Winter 2026 in the UK was warmer, wetter and darker than normal but not the extent I expected given the unrelenting days without the sun in January. So for those people in Aberdeen who went 46 days without seeing the sun, it could have been worse!
UK Weather Trends #39 – Annual Temperatures in 2025
The year 2025 was both the hottest and 2nd hottest year on record in the UK. Last year, I used a CUSUM Chart to conclude “if the calendar year average is greater than 9.48 degrees Celsius and the meteorological year average is greater than 9.33 degrees Celsius … (this will) signal an upwards trend change“. By co-incidence, the average 24-hour temperature across the UK in 2025 was 10.09 degrees Celsius for both the calendar (Jan to Dec) and the meteorological (Dec to Nov) years which is clearly higher than these thresholds. It’s only taken me four years of writing to conclude a new upward trend in UK temperatures has begun.
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UK Weather Trends #38 – Autumn 2025
The UK autumn in 2025 was warmer and wetter than usual but not exceptionally so and continues to be consistent with the step change in our autumnal climate seen 25 years ago.
UK Weather Trends #37 – Summer 2025
The 2025 meteorological summer in the UK was the warmest on record. This came less from heatwaves setting new temperate peaks and more from steady warmth throughout June, July & August. Overall it was sunnier and drier than usual in the UK but not to any significant degree. As a result, whilst the 1st principal component confirms the summer can be regarded as a “good summer”, it was a long way from being an exceptional summer like 1976 & 1995.
UK Weather Trends #36 – Spring 2025
Spring 2025 in the UK was both the hottest & sunniest on record as well as the 5th driest. For sunshine, 2025 was even more extraordinary than the exceptionally sunny spring in 2020 and was the result of 3 very sunny months in a row. For temperature, there was no doubt in my mind this time the data was correct unlike last year when I questioned whether spring 2024 was in fact the warmest in record. The Met Office has not corrected the record so apparently it was.
