Archive for 2022
The levels of heat observed over recent days in parts of China and Japan has been incredible. A new national June record has been achieved in Japan along with the earliest 40C ever observed. *RECORD BREAKING*Isesaki, 80 km north of Tokyo, recorded 40.1℃ (104F) on Saturday afternoon, making it the NATIONAL RECORD HIGH for the […]
Another year, another heat wave for Europe. This latest wave of heat comes in the midst of a warm first half to 2022 and coinciding with an abnormally warm Atlantic and Mediterranean. 2022 follows part of a cluster of particularly warm ‘summer spells’ which started in 2018. The multi-year La Nina certainly appears to have […]
Welcome to my 12th annual UK, Europe summer forecast. As always, when compiling this forecast for the upcoming June-August period there are multiple factors which I have taken into consideration. They include the past winter pattern, type of spring just observed as well as other factors including current ENSO state, global and regional sea surface temperature […]
Following what’s been a warm, very dry March and April for the UK, Ireland and much of north/central Europe, it’s been a cool and very wet spring for Iberia. That changes this week as a trough deepens over the Atlantic and dives southward towards the Azores while strong high pressure spins over Europe. With Atlantic […]
April 2022 commenced record cold and strikingly similar to April 2021 but unlike last year, a significant mid-month warm up has brought the monthly average now ABOVE average for the UK, nearer average for France while Spain and central Europe remains colder than average. The chill is a direct consequence of the multiple waves of […]
With a high of 33.1C at Malaga Airport Easter Sunday, they recorded their hottest April day on record. The previous April record stood at 33.0C set on 25th April, 2002. Climate data for Málaga Airport (AGP), Churriana (1981–2010), Extremes (1942-present) Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year Record high °C (°F) 26.8 […]
What a difference this Easter week compared to 2 years ago when I last published an Easter forecast! During Easter 2020, the country was in the firm grip of lockdown with little moving on our roads except for emergency services and the movement of essential goods. Folks were barely allowed out the door and what […]
For a second April in a row, record breaking cold has attacked Europe with penetrating frosts and snowfall following record warmth in March. March 2022 temperature anomaly April’s opening 2 days! Opening 5 days! Just 10 days ago, temperatures across the UK, Ireland, N France, Belgium, Netherlands and Germany were widely reaching 17-20C, locally 22C […]
March followed February with an above average temperature for the month throughout the UK, France, Low Countries and Scandinavia, slightly below average for Iberia, much of Germany and firmly below for Italy, Balkans and SE. March anomaly The final 5 days of March and first 2 days of April was below normal for the UK […]
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