The UK is on course for its best summer since 2006 following a hot, dry and bright July.
[Read more…] about UK Weather Tracker #18 – July 2018

Whilst the UK fluctuated between heatwaves and snowstorms in April, overall the monthly averages ended up being unremarkable.  It just goes to show that in many ways, our experience of weather is in the variation rather than the expectation. [Read more…] about UK Weather Tracker #15 – April 2018

Whilst the UK shivered under two major snow storms in March, it turns out that the whole month was unremarkable meteorologically albeit somewhat colder than normal. [Read more…] about UK Weather Tracker #14 – March 2018

Last month, I expressed my cynicism at the media crying wolf over bad weather in the UK.  The wolf finally appeared but in the first week of March instead so that means that February still did not see the wolf as I explain in this month’s UK Weather Tracker. [Read more…] about UK Weather Tracker #13 – February 2018

Every time I went online in January, I would find a headline promising an extreme cold snap in the UK which never materialised.  I’ve grown tired and cynical of these headlines and given that the latest met office data shows that January 2018 was completely unremarkable, I think I am justified in this attitude! [Read more…] about UK Weather Tracker #12 – January 2018

My latest UK weather tracker shows that December 2017 was the only month of 2017 to set a new UK weather record with the lowest rain intensity recorded in December. [Read more…] about UK Weather Tracker #11 – December 2017