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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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UK Weather Trends #2 – Summer 2017

September 7, 2017 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.  I have decided to create a series of posts which I will publish at the end of each season showing how that season compares to the weather record.  The 2017 summer was wet but unremarkable otherwise and actually quite typical of recent summers as I will explain.

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UK Weather Trends #1 – Spring 2017

June 25, 2017 By Nigel Marriott

Meteorologists define spring in the UK to be the period from March to May so spring is now over and we are officially in summer.  I have decided to create a series of posts which I will publish at the end of each season showing how that season compares to the weather record.  The 2017 spring turned out to be the 2nd warmest on record.

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