Archive for 2020
July 2020 is likely the UK’s coolest since 2012 thanks to the dominance of low pressure and winds blowing in off a cooler-than-normal Atlantic. The temperature rise and fall within a 72 hour period between July 30-August 1 over Southeast England has been quite remarkable. Heathrow Airport in west London has been grabbing all the […]
It’s brutal at the best of times across the Middle East during the summertime but the current heat wave is turning the blast furnace up to new levels. The Iraqi capital of Baghdad set a new all-time heat record last month by reaching 51.8C (125F) followed by 51.1C (124F). Both of these readings surpassed Baghdad’s […]
Tuesday (below) was a notably cool late July day for Scotland and barely average for the rest of the UK in what’s likely to be the UK’s coolest since 2012. Wednesday wasn’t a whole lot better. However, we have potentially our strongest surge of summer heat on the way and not because of a big […]
It’s been a record fast start to the 2020 Atlantic Hurricane Season and we have just seen the 1st US hurricane landfall of the year. Hurricane Hanna rapidly strengthened from borderline Cat 1 to near Cat 2 / 90 mph storm as it made landfall on Padre Island at 5pm ET on Saturday 25 July […]
The month of July has been, as forecast, a very changeable month dominated by lower than normal pressure. That lower than normal pressure has delivered frequent spells of rain and with more cloud than sunshine, sub-par temperatures. In fact, we may well have just went through our coldest July for the UK since 2012 and […]
Waves of unseasonably cold air has been pressing north from Antarctica up through South America in recent days. This has resulted in record heavy snowfall and snow in rare places as well as record cold. The Rio Grande do Sul and Santa Catarina regions of Brazil have endured harsh frosts. According to an article by […]
The strongest and most widespread heatwave to impact an area from California to the Mid-South since 2011/2012 has shattered countless long standing heat records. Several towns and cities have reached new July levels and even all-time. With near 600dm ridge core’s parked over New Mexico, the heat is focused over the Desert Southwest. While hot […]
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