Archive for 2026
While Easter doesn’t fall on the same dates each year, we’ve witnessed all weather types and seasons with dates ranging from as early as March 22nd and as late as April 25th. Quite as few past Easter weekend’s have produced a little bit of everything given the high volatility ‘transition’ from winter to summer. The […]
The westerlies continued on from mid January through much of February as well as March, reflected nicely with a persistent +AO/NAO. Warmer than average has been the rule but not without a chillier end to the month as per my March Outlook. From late winter to early spring, rainfall distribution returned to a typical climatalogical […]
The period mid January through mid February was dominated by an unusually strong/south shifted and zonal jet stream, initiated by strong high latitude blocking (forcing jet south) and large thermal contrast over North America (stronger jet). The 3rd piece to what produced ‘unusual persistence’ and shift in distribution of wind and precipitation was unusually strong […]
The pattern which carried through the back half of January largely continued in February with dominant westerlies. A distinct cool North, mild South for not only UK but Europe. Cold and dry Scandi & Baltic Region, exceptionally mild and wet France/Spain/Portugal. See February Recap! Is there any hints of change into the first month of […]
The period between January 15th and February 10th will go down as one of the coldest and snowiest in recent decades for Eastern North America. The result of a stretched polar vortex with similarity to 2013-14 and 2014-15. Tweet by Ben Noll (Feb 13th) It’s been the coldest winter in more than two decades for […]
Global temp & precip anomaly for January 2026 Europe UK Stats/Highlights MET OFFICE: Northern Ireland sees wettest January in 149 years as 2026 gets off to a wet and windy start January 2026 was a notably unsettled month for many across the UK, with persistent spells of heavy rain and strong winds. Provisional Met Office […]
January was, like many recent months, a tale of two halves with cold first half followed by less cold 2nd half. I say less cold because it wasn’t entirely mild. Some days a little above, some a little below and many nearer average and that should make for a slightly colder than average following the […]
Winter 2025-26’s first period has been truly remarkable for extreme cold, warmth then flip back to cold or very cold. Within the wilds of the Northwest corner of North America, December and first half of January has displayed true ‘old fashioned’ winter. December Away from Alaska and Canada’s Yukon and Northwest Territories, there was a […]
December 2025, as predicted both in my Winter Forecast & December Outlook was mild and wet with frequent lows and fronts affecting the NW of Europe including UK & Ireland. The southwest to northeast storm track kept the UK and Ireland on the warm, moist side of the ridge-trough couplet and higher pressure over Europe […]
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