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UK Weather Trends #12 – Winter 2020

March 8, 2020 By Nigel Marriott

The UK experienced its 5th wettest and warmest winter on record in 2020.

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UK Weather Trends #11 – Autumn 2019

December 8, 2019 By Nigel Marriott

The UK experienced unremarkable weather in all respects in Autumn 2019.

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UK Weather Trends #10 – Summer 2019

September 12, 2019 By Nigel Marriott

The 2019 summer was the 7th wettest on record but was also unusually warm given the amount of rain that fell.  I have made a prediction that summer 2020 will not be a good one!

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UK Weather Trends #9 – Spring 2019

June 6, 2019 By Nigel Marriott

The 2019 spring was consistent with the step change in the autumnal climate that took place in the 1990s but was unremarkable otherwise

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UK Weather Trends #8 – Winter 2019

March 8, 2019 By Nigel Marriott

The winter of 2019 was consistent with the step change in the winter climate that took place in the 1990s.

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UK Weather Trends #7 – Autumn 2018

December 6, 2018 By Nigel Marriott

Meteorologists define autumn in the UK to be the period from September to November so autumn is now over and we are officially in winter.  The 2018 autumn was consistent with the step change in the autumnal climate that took place in the 1990s.

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UK Weather Trends #6 – Summer 2018

September 12, 2018 By Nigel Marriott

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.  The 2018 summer was the joint hottest on record and in doing so blew apart my prediction that we would have to wait till next year for our next good summer!

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UK Weather Trends #5 – Spring 2018

June 18, 2018 By Nigel Marriott

Meteoologists define spring in the UK to be the period from March to May so spring is now over and we are officially in summer.  The 2018 spring was very sunny but this hides the fact that our spring climate has changed quite notably over the last 25 years.

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UK Weather Trends #4 – Winter 2018

March 10, 2018 By Nigel Marriott

Meteoologists define winter in the UK to be the period from December to February so winter is now over and we are officially in spring.  The 2018 winter was very sunny but this hides the fact that our winter climate has changed quite notably over the last 25 years.

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UK Weather Trends #3 – Autumn 2017

December 16, 2017 By Nigel Marriott

Meteoologists define autumn in the UK to be the period from September to November so autumn is now over and we are officially in winter.  The 2017 autumn was completely unremarkable but this hides the fact that our autumnal climate has changed quite notably over the last 25 years.

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