United Kingdom & Ireland
Without a doubt, March 2018 was by far the biggest and most challenging ‘winter’ month across Europe with not one but two record breaking cold spells which hosted crippling, record-breaking snowfall accompanied by bitter winds along with the coldest March days on record. A surge straight from Siberia that shall be long remembered. Scotland received […]
I’ve not seen any stats but when looking at the widespread MAXIMUM temperatures for both 17th and 18th March with 1/2C either side of freezing UK-wide, even maximums of -2 and -3C in southwest parts with a sun strength comparable to late or even mid September, I recon these two days must be among the […]
After not one but two major cold spells this March, the spring equinox arrived yesterday and it’s all uphill from here. The clocks ‘spring forward’ this Sunday morning at 2am. With a very pleasant 10C and sunshine, the kids made the most of it. https://twitter.com/MarkVogan/status/976098211839533056 At this time of year (March-May & September-November) when nice […]
Despite 5% stronger (late Sept strength) sun and an hour of daylight gained since the previous beast 2 weeks ago, heavy snow and fierce easterly gale-force winds are back and so is sub-freezing daytime highs with wind chills of -5 to -10C. Focus of snow this time around shifted to southern parts of England and […]
A lot of focus is on today and tomorrow’s snow threat, particularly for southern parts. However, you don’t get much of a bigger shock to the system you the southern UK has seen in the last 24 hours. From 12-14C widely yesterday at 3pm to a degree either side of freezing and a wind chill […]
The cold continental air is now making it’s way back across the North Sea. With cold air and precipitation comes the renewed threat for disruptive snowfall, especially for England and Wales but nowhere will be immune from seeing snow at least in ‘shower’ form through the weekend. With an hour of daylight gained since the […]
Up until the end of February/beginning of March 2018, the benchmark for deep snow and drifting probably goes to March 2013. The last time heavy snow, strong winds and severe blowing and drifting stopped me from completing a delivery. March 2013 happened to be the UK’s coldest in 50 years. I was delivering across Dumfries […]
What will be interesting with this net wave of Siberian cold dubbed the ‘beast from the east 2’ will be how cold AFTER the easterly winds. What I mean by that is the easterlies blew from Wednesday right through Sunday with a lot of cloud and snow in the air. While cold yes, there was […]
We may be in a milder regime now compared to the beginning of the month and with temps UK-wide hitting double figures, many are being led into a false sense of security. There’s still a good degree of uncertainty but confidence is growing on a cancellation of spring and an abrupt return to winter with […]
The British Isles turns cold following a sudden stratospheric warming some 66% percent of the time. The mid February warming of course led to the record breaking ‘beast from the east’ last week. When Europe turns cold a week to 10 days following an SSWE, the NAO is often very negative along with the AO. […]
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