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The 2024 calendar year was the 4th hottest year on record in the UK. Last year, I used a Control Chart to conclude “a step change upwards (in UK temperatures) has taken place but the pace of change is not yet clear“. I am now less confident in my conclusion after updating with 2024 data, especially when I look at temperature trends based on the meteorological year of December to November instead.
[Read more…] about UK Weather Trends #34 – Annual Temperatures in 2024
The start of the 2025 meteorological year was the 5th warmest, 4th least frosty, 4th darkest and 10th stormiest December on record. Finally we have some abnormal and interesting weather to show on my charts!
[Read more…] about UK Weather Tracker #95 – December 2024
The UK autumn in 2024 was essentially unremarkable and mostly consistent with the step change in autumnal climate seen 25 years ago.
Since June, the weather in the UK has been very average and unremarkable and November was again no different, perhaps a bit stormier than normal. The contrast with the first half of the meteorological year is quite notable.
[Read more…] about UK Weather Tracker #94 – November 2024
Since June, the weather in the UK has been very average and unremarkable and October was no different. The contrast with the first half of the meteorological year is quite notable.
[Read more…] about UK Weather Tracker #93 – October 2024
The UK weather in September 2024 was stormier than usual but otherwise unremarkable. Overall, 2024 started out warmer and wetter than normal but has settled down to being as average as possible since.
[Read more…] about UK Weather Tracker #92 – September 2024
The 2024 meteorological summer in the UK was unremarkable on all weather variables. In fact 2024 was so unremarkable that it is in fact the most “normal” summer of the last 114 years when I compare the data to the last 50 years which I regard as “living memory”.
The UK weather in August 2024 was unremarkable. That means all 3 months of the meteorological summer were unremarkable to varying degrees.
[Read more…] about UK Weather Tracker #91 – August 2024
The UK weather in July 2024 was the most normal on record, not just for July but for any month since 1960! All statistics were close or equal to the median value observed since records began. I bet that will generate endless headlines…
[Read more…] about UK Weather Tracker #90 – July 2024
I’m sure June 2024 felt like a cold month to you. In fact, compared to the last 50 years, it was entirely normal. However, it was colder than May which is unusual but it happened this year because May 2024 was supposedly the hottest May on record.
[Read more…] about UK Weather Tracker #89 – June 2024
