Here’s a question for you.  Would you notice a sunny and dry January more than a dull and wet July?  In other words, did you enjoy the 12th driest and 3rd sunniest January on record just gone?  Your answer will reveal what seasonal expectations and what it takes for you to notice something different from the norm.
[Read more…] about UK Weather Tracker #60 – January 2022

December marks the start of the 2022 meteorological year and it was very grey, dull and boring.
[Read more…] about UK Weather Tracker #59 – December 2021

A warmer November than usual confirmed the 2021 Autumn as the 3rd warmest on record for the UK and warmest on record in Northern Ireland.
[Read more…] about UK Weather Tracker #58 – November 2021

The UK weather in October was warmer and wetter than normal.  Following the 2nd warmest September on record, it looks like the meteorological Autumn will be a warm one once November is out of the way.
[Read more…] about UK Weather Tracker #57 – October 2021

Did it feel like the 2nd warmest September on record for you in the UK?  I must confess that feeling passed me by since it was still cooler than August and the rest of the weather was completely unremarkable.
[Read more…] about UK Weather Tracker #56 – September 2021

The weather in the UK in August 2021 was totally and utterly unremarkable.  Overall, Scotland & Northern Ireland had a hot summer and whilst England was above average, it was not notably so.
[Read more…] about UK Weather Tracker #55 – August 2021

The weather in the UK in June 2021 was warmer than usual but otherwise unremarkable.
[Read more…] about UK Weather Tracker #53 – June 2021

April 2021 laid down the challenge for unusual weather in the UK and May 2o21 failed to rise to it.  It was wetter and frostier than normal and generally colder and darker than usual but not to the extent that we could say May was unusual.
[Read more…] about UK Weather Tracker #52 – May 2021

Where do I start with the most abnormal April on record!?  Believe or not after the sunniest April on record for the UK in 2020, 2021 bear even that but it didn’t stop there.  April 2021 was also the frostiest on record by a long way, lowest ever rain intensity, 3rd highest daily temperature range and the 4th driest on record.  You’ll never top that says April 2021!
[Read more…] about UK Weather Tracker #51 – April 2021