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For UK and Ireland, April 2026 was wet through 1st half, dry 2nd half and generally mild for all with decent warmth to end. Another warm one for west and north, cool, wet east of Europe. Global temp & precip anomaly for April 2026 Europe UK Stats/Highlights April showers in shorter supply, but sunshine plentiful […]
May 2026 shall open warm and sunny with widespread low 20s up and down the British Isles with even warm into France and Iberia while it’s wintry on the opposite end of the continent. 26/27C possible in SE England Friday. However, this warm and dry West/cold, wet East contrast looks to quickly even itself out […]
March and spring’s opening month was dominated by a strongly +AO/NAO with a deep trough stretching from Alaska to Greenland with strong ridging over North America & Europe. Unfortunately the below 500mb geopotential anomaly below only goes out to the 17th. The ridging over North America and eastern Europe was unusually strong and persistent… This […]
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 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 […]
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 […]
An unusually warm, wet December ends cold, frosty and largely dry while January opens increasingly cold, with biting northerly. The northerly, packing 30 to 50+mph gusts shall usher in increasingly heavy and frequent snow showers. Low level accumulations of 5-10cm and 10-20, locally 30+ over high, exposed ground. A yellow snow and ice warning is […]
Despite a cooler end, December 2025 will be remembered for it’s persistent spells of wind, rain and warmth. On 9/10th Dec, Storm Bram (4th name of 2025/26 season) swept past. While generating the usual strong winds and heavy rains, probably the most notable aspect of this particular storm is the unusually warm air air pulled […]
Bi-Polar November’s seem to be a thing this recently. Abrupt swings from strong southwesterlies bringing record warmth to northerlies ushering in heavy snow and cold… Global temp & precip anomaly for November 2025 Europe The first 10 days was warm, even record warm across the continent with UK observing it’s warmest bonfire night on record. […]
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