{"id":13,"date":"2017-01-16T09:30:14","date_gmt":"2017-01-16T09:30:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/195.62.29.123\/~marriottstats\/nigels-blog\/?page_id=13"},"modified":"2021-01-04T10:39:52","modified_gmt":"2021-01-04T10:39:52","slug":"blog","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/marriott-stats.com\/nigels-blog\/","title":{"rendered":"Blog"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pl-13\"  class=\"panel-layout\" ><div id=\"pg-13-0\"  class=\"panel-grid panel-no-style\" ><div id=\"pgc-13-0-0\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell\" ><div class=\"frontblog panel-cell-style panel-cell-style-for-13-0-0\" ><div id=\"panel-13-0-0-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_featured-post featured-content featuredpost panel-first-child\" data-index=\"0\" ><h3 class=\"widget-title\">News<\/h3><article class=\"post-6943 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail category-weather tag-multivariate-data tag-presenting-data tag-principal-components-analysis tag-standardisation tag-trend-analysis tag-weather tag-weather-trends tag-z-scores entry override\" aria-label=\"UK Weather Trends #41 &#8211; Spring 2026\"><a href=\"https:\/\/marriott-stats.com\/nigels-blog\/uk-weather-trends-spring-2026\/\" class=\"alignleft\" aria-hidden=\"true\" tabindex=\"-1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"450\" height=\"196\" src=\"https:\/\/marriott-stats.com\/nigels-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/UKweatherTracker2026SPR5-450x196.png\" class=\"entry-image attachment-post\" alt=\"\" itemprop=\"image\" srcset=\"https:\/\/marriott-stats.com\/nigels-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/UKweatherTracker2026SPR5-450x196.png 450w, https:\/\/marriott-stats.com\/nigels-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/UKweatherTracker2026SPR5-300x131.png 300w, https:\/\/marriott-stats.com\/nigels-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/UKweatherTracker2026SPR5-1024x446.png 1024w, https:\/\/marriott-stats.com\/nigels-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/UKweatherTracker2026SPR5-768x334.png 768w, https:\/\/marriott-stats.com\/nigels-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/UKweatherTracker2026SPR5-1536x669.png 1536w, https:\/\/marriott-stats.com\/nigels-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/UKweatherTracker2026SPR5-2048x892.png 2048w, https:\/\/marriott-stats.com\/nigels-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/UKweatherTracker2026SPR5-1320x575.png 1320w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/a><header class=\"entry-header\"><h2 class=\"entry-title\" itemprop=\"headline\"><a href=\"https:\/\/marriott-stats.com\/nigels-blog\/uk-weather-trends-spring-2026\/\">UK Weather Trends #41 &#8211; Spring 2026<\/a><\/h2><\/header><div class=\"entry-content\"><p>Spring 2026 in the UK was the 3rd hottest record with nearly all regions in England recording their hottest ever spring.\u00a0 The heatwave at the end of May (whilst I was out of the country!) set new records for maximum temperature but all 3 months of &#x02026; <a href=\"https:\/\/marriott-stats.com\/nigels-blog\/uk-weather-trends-spring-2026\/\" class=\"more-link\">[Read More...] <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">about UK Weather Trends #41 &#8211; Spring 2026<\/span><\/a><\/p><\/div><\/article><\/div><div id=\"panel-13-0-0-1\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_featured-post featured-content featuredpost panel-last-child\" data-index=\"1\" ><article class=\"post-6924 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail category-weather tag-index tag-presenting-data tag-weather tag-weather-tracker entry override\" aria-label=\"UK Weather Tracker #112 &#8211; May 2026\"><a href=\"https:\/\/marriott-stats.com\/nigels-blog\/uk-weather-tracker-latest\/\" class=\"alignleft\" aria-hidden=\"true\" tabindex=\"-1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/marriott-stats.com\/nigels-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/UKweatherTracker202605-Regions-300x281.png\" class=\"entry-image attachment-post\" alt=\"\" itemprop=\"image\" srcset=\"https:\/\/marriott-stats.com\/nigels-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/UKweatherTracker202605-Regions-300x281.png 300w, https:\/\/marriott-stats.com\/nigels-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/UKweatherTracker202605-Regions-1024x958.png 1024w, https:\/\/marriott-stats.com\/nigels-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/UKweatherTracker202605-Regions-768x719.png 768w, https:\/\/marriott-stats.com\/nigels-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/UKweatherTracker202605-Regions-1536x1438.png 1536w, https:\/\/marriott-stats.com\/nigels-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/UKweatherTracker202605-Regions-374x350.png 374w, https:\/\/marriott-stats.com\/nigels-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/UKweatherTracker202605-Regions-1320x1236.png 1320w, https:\/\/marriott-stats.com\/nigels-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/UKweatherTracker202605-Regions.png 1766w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><header class=\"entry-header\"><h2 class=\"entry-title\" itemprop=\"headline\"><a href=\"https:\/\/marriott-stats.com\/nigels-blog\/uk-weather-tracker-latest\/\">UK Weather Tracker #112 &#8211; May 2026<\/a><\/h2><\/header><div class=\"entry-content\"><p>May 2026 was the 3rd warmest on record across the UK.\u00a0 I have to take this on trust as I spent most of the second half of May &#x02026; <a href=\"https:\/\/marriott-stats.com\/nigels-blog\/uk-weather-tracker-latest\/\" class=\"more-link\">[Read More...] <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">about UK Weather Tracker #112 &#8211; May 2026<\/span><\/a><\/p><\/div><\/article><article class=\"post-1899 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail category-sport tag-football tag-goat tag-rankings tag-soccer tag-winners entry override\" aria-label=\"Trophy Winners #1 &#8211; England Men&#8217;s Club Football 1889 to 2026\"><a href=\"https:\/\/marriott-stats.com\/nigels-blog\/winners-english-football-clubs-mens\/\" class=\"alignleft\" aria-hidden=\"true\" tabindex=\"-1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"281\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/marriott-stats.com\/nigels-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/GOAT-EngFC-Men-2026-C-281x300.png\" class=\"entry-image attachment-post\" alt=\"\" itemprop=\"image\" srcset=\"https:\/\/marriott-stats.com\/nigels-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/GOAT-EngFC-Men-2026-C-281x300.png 281w, https:\/\/marriott-stats.com\/nigels-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/GOAT-EngFC-Men-2026-C-327x350.png 327w, https:\/\/marriott-stats.com\/nigels-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/GOAT-EngFC-Men-2026-C.png 332w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 281px) 100vw, 281px\" \/><\/a><header class=\"entry-header\"><h2 class=\"entry-title\" itemprop=\"headline\"><a href=\"https:\/\/marriott-stats.com\/nigels-blog\/winners-english-football-clubs-mens\/\">Trophy Winners #1 &#8211; England Men&#8217;s Club Football 1889 to 2026<\/a><\/h2><\/header><div class=\"entry-content\"><p>Arsenal won their 1st league title for 22 years, Man City won their second ever cup double and Crystal Palace followed up their &#x02026; <a href=\"https:\/\/marriott-stats.com\/nigels-blog\/winners-english-football-clubs-mens\/\" class=\"more-link\">[Read More...] <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">about Trophy Winners #1 &#8211; England Men&#8217;s Club Football 1889 to 2026<\/span><\/a><\/p><\/div><\/article><article class=\"post-4685 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail category-sport tag-football tag-goat tag-rankings tag-soccer tag-winners tag-women tag-wsl entry override\" aria-label=\"Trophy Winners #2 &#8211; England Women&#8217;s Club Football 1992 to 2026\"><a href=\"https:\/\/marriott-stats.com\/nigels-blog\/winners-english-football-clubs-womens\/\" class=\"alignleft\" aria-hidden=\"true\" tabindex=\"-1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"224\" src=\"https:\/\/marriott-stats.com\/nigels-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/WSL-2026-3-300x224.png\" class=\"entry-image attachment-post\" alt=\"\" itemprop=\"image\" srcset=\"https:\/\/marriott-stats.com\/nigels-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/WSL-2026-3-300x224.png 300w, https:\/\/marriott-stats.com\/nigels-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/WSL-2026-3.png 332w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><header class=\"entry-header\"><h2 class=\"entry-title\" itemprop=\"headline\"><a href=\"https:\/\/marriott-stats.com\/nigels-blog\/winners-english-football-clubs-womens\/\">Trophy Winners #2 &#8211; England Women&#8217;s Club Football 1992 to 2026<\/a><\/h2><\/header><div class=\"entry-content\"><p>After 9 league titles in a row, Chelsea were finally knocked off their perch in 2025\/26 by Man City who won their 2nd ever WSL &#x02026; <a href=\"https:\/\/marriott-stats.com\/nigels-blog\/winners-english-football-clubs-womens\/\" class=\"more-link\">[Read More...] <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">about Trophy Winners #2 &#8211; England Women&#8217;s Club Football 1992 to 2026<\/span><\/a><\/p><\/div><\/article><\/div><\/div><\/div><div id=\"pgc-13-0-1\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell\" ><div class=\"frontblog panel-cell-style panel-cell-style-for-13-0-1\" ><div id=\"panel-13-0-1-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_search panel-first-child\" data-index=\"2\" ><div class=\"newsearch panel-widget-style panel-widget-style-for-13-0-1-0\" ><form class=\"search-form\" method=\"get\" action=\"https:\/\/marriott-stats.com\/nigels-blog\/\" role=\"search\" itemprop=\"potentialAction\" itemscope itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/SearchAction\"><input class=\"search-form-input\" type=\"search\" name=\"s\" id=\"searchform-1\" placeholder=\"Search this website\" itemprop=\"query-input\"><input class=\"search-form-submit\" type=\"submit\" value=\"Search\"><meta content=\"https:\/\/marriott-stats.com\/nigels-blog\/?s={s}\" itemprop=\"target\"><\/form><\/div><\/div><div id=\"panel-13-0-1-1\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_featured-post featured-content featuredpost\" data-index=\"3\" ><h3 class=\"widget-title\">Other News<\/h3><article class=\"post-6924 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail category-weather tag-index tag-presenting-data tag-weather tag-weather-tracker entry override\" aria-label=\"UK Weather Tracker #112 &#8211; 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