An independent statistician using data to understand our world and to predict the future
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“.
[Read more…] about UK Weather Trends #24 – Annual Temperatures in 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!
[Read more…] about UK Weather Tracker #71 – December 2022
The UK autumn in 2022 was the 3rd warmest on record and consistent with the step change in autumnal climate seen 25 years ago.
The weather in the UK for November was the 4th warmest on record along with the 2nd fewest frost days. The meteorological year of 2022 was the warmest on record.
[Read more…] about UK Weather Tracker #70 – November 2022
The weather in the UK for October was warmer and sunnier than normal. Overall we are heading for the warmest year on record.
[Read more…] about UK Weather Tracker #69 – October 2022
The weather in the UK for September was unremarkable. Perhaps that is a welcome change after the hot summer?
[Read more…] about UK Weather Tracker #68 – September 2022
The 2022 UK summer was the 4th warmest & 9th driest on record. When looked at using principal components, the summer was definitely a good one and showed up yet again my inability to predict good summers!
August 2022 was the 4th warmest, 4th sunniest & 10th driest on record. When looking at average daily maximum temperatures, it was the 2nd warmest (after 1995) but the average daily minimums (at night) was only the 10th warmest. I certainly noticed myself that nightime temperatures were not as bad as I’ve experienced in recent years and the wide temperature range was certainly welcome.
[Read more…] about UK Weather Tracker #67 – August 2022
The 5th warmest July on record included a new record temperature of 40.3C on 19th July. It was also drier than usual with some parts of the UK recording their lowest ever rainfall in July.
[Read more…] about UK Weather Tracker #66 – July 2022
We’ve now had 3 months of extremely boring weather in the UK! It’s not doing the UK’s reputation for unpredictable weather any good.
[Read more…] about UK Weather Tracker #65 – June 2022
