United Kingdom & Ireland
KEY DRIVERS UNCERTAINTIES Latest SSTA’s as of October 7th. Recently, a record 30C sea surface temperature was observed within Nino 3.4 for the first time in recorded history. Matching up past years to current While much of the attention is currently on the record strong El Nino and rightly so since it serves as our […]
Day/date: Saturday 26 September, 2026 Munro: Slioch, 981m (3,219 ft) Start point: Incheril car park Drive length: 1h 5m / 45 miles Walk length: 12.5 miles / 7h 58m Weather: BASE: Sun/cloud mix, blustery, 15C /SUMMIT: Mostly sunny, good visibility with strong wind, 6C, WC near 0C Stunning Beinn Eighe Loch Maree Summit of Slioch Incredible view looking north up Loch […]
The relentless warm stretch of months for Western Europe continued into meteorological autumn 2026. While Atlantic low pressure gave way to the king of summer; HIGH PRESSURE, warmth remained dominant! Strong ridging on top of dry ground and surrounding warm SST’s produced yet more unusual heat which flexed back and fourth out of Iberia, France […]
September has continued a quite impressive run of unusually warmer than average months for much of Western Europe and like June, pretty much all of Europe was warm. So much so this month could be one of Europe’s as well as UK & Ireland’s warmest September’s on record. Warmth was one aspect, lack of appreciable […]
While all global drivers needs looked at when it comes to long range forecasting, there’s increasing confidence that the powerful El Nino of 2026 is likely to drive a particular global pattern and with particularly strong equatorial Pac warm events, the dice is loaded firmly towards a particular direction. Below is the in-depth video of […]
Global temp anomaly for August & Meteorological Summer 2026 August Past 90 days Europe August Past 90 days UK Stats/Highlights August 2026 figures across the country How Was My Forecast? What was said… My Prediction With EL NINO developing at the rate it is with frequent and strong WWB’s, the background warming and warmer waters […]
It’s been a remarkable May through August period for not only the UK and Ireland but Europe as a whole. While a season largely dominated by unusually strong and persistent high pressure with frequent hot spells and an exceptional dry period, the month of August and season is ending very different. Europe Temp & Precip […]
Global temp & precip anomaly for July 2026 Europe UK Stats/Highlights MET OFFICE: An early look at the July statistics: just how dry has it been?A prolonged heatwave, exceptionally low rainfall and widespread drought conditions have combined to make July 2026 a remarkable month. Early provisional Met Office statistics, covering the period up to and […]
Away from far NW Britain, July 2026 has been a remarkable month for lack of rainfall, seemingly endless high pressure and relentless heat. While the bulk of this mid-summer month was hot and dry, it’s start witnessed more Atlantic influence with fresher winds and wetter weather (for some). Below average rainfall for the majority of […]
The United Kingdom weather records show the most extreme weather ever recorded in the United Kingdom, such as temperature, wind speed, and rainfall records. Reliable temperature records for the whole of the United Kingdom go back to about 1880.[1] Records Daily records unless otherwise specified are from 0900-2100 UTC. As of 23 June 2026, the records, as recorded by the Met […]
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