June 2023 was the hottest on record in the UK. It was also the 4th sunniest & 7th widest temperature range but rainfall was normal so my abnormality index did not exceed my threshold to be marked as an unusual month. When you look back at the historical temperature range, one could say that a June as hot as this was overdue which leaves May as the only month overdue for a new record.
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UK Weather Trends #26 – Spring 2023
Spring 2022 was warmer than usual and was mostly typical of the springs that we now get due to our changing climate.
UK Weather Tracker #76 – May 2023
The weather in the UK in May was warmer and drier than usual but otherwise unremarkable.
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UK Weather Tracker #75 – April 2023
The weather in the UK in April was average, very very average! All 7 weather variables that I track were close to their long run medians.
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UK Weather Tracker #74 – March 2023
As we move from February to March, it normally gets warmer and brighter in the UK. Unusually, March 2023 was colder than February, it didn’t brighten and it was wetter than normal. However the abnormality index says this is just typical British weather!
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UK Weather Trends #25 – Winter 2023
Winter 2023 was the 10th sunniest on record but I doubt we may have noticed. There are indications now that our winters are entering a new era of being warm, wet & sunny.
UK Weather Tracker #73 – February 2023
It was the 7th warmest February on record in the UK whilst being dry and sunny.
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UK Weather Tracker #72 – January 2023
Did you know it was the 3rd sunniest January on record in the UK? Neither did I but it was the only highlight of a thoroughly unremarkable month.
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UK Weather Trends #24 – Annual Temperatures in 2022
The 2022 calendar year was the hottest year on record in the UK beating the previous high recorded in 2014. Does that mean that the UK is starting a new warming phase? Using a technique known as a Control Chart, I show the answer is “Not Yet“.
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UK Weather Tracker #71 – December 2022
After an entire meteorological year where the temperature above the median for ever single month, the new meteorological year of 2023 started with temperatures below the median. We even had some snow here in Bath!
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