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Our changing weather patterns: a tale of abrupt transitions

the first five days it had transitioned to a notably cold and dry period. But then, after a further couple of weeks, it transitioned again to a mild and wet spell. Tapping into warmth Sea-surface temperature anomalies from the latest OSTIA analysis, 01 February 2024, compared to the European Space Agency

Sunny and cool January kicks off the new year

than their respective long-term average. Scotland had its sunniest January since 2001 with 49.4 sunshine hours. This is provisionally its fourth sunniest on record, with 1959 still Scotland’s sunniest January. Met Office Scientist Emily Carlisle said: “While many will remember the impactful wet

Why 1.5°C?

for these regions. Elsewhere, there are increases of around 1 to 1.5 °C in the USA, Europe, parts of Australia and the Antarctic seas, while in South America, Saharan Africa, Southern Africa, the Middle East and central Asia increases could be around 2 °C. From Paris to present   As a response to the Paris

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May 2020 becomes the sunniest calendar month on record

2020 also exceeds the sunshine amount for most summer seasons, with only three summers being sunnier (1976, 1995, and 1989). The figure for England is even higher. Spring 2020 recorded 696 hours of sunshine, exceeding the previous record set of 594.3 hours All UK countries have recorded their sunniest

make-a-barometer-diy-activity.pdf

that is used to measure the air pressure around us. Pressure is important as it can tell us about what kind of weather to expect; when the pressure is high, we can usually expect clear skies and light winds, when the pressure is low we can usually expect wet and windy weather. You can find more information

2020_03_storm_dennis.pdf

Storm Dennis Storm Dennis was the fourth named storm of the 2019/2020 season. Arriving one week after storm Ciara, Dennis brought heavy and persistent rain across much of the UK – especially Wales and western England. Western upland parts of the UK received 50 to 100mm or more of rain falling

SPF City Pack_editable_template

experiences more cloudy, wet and windy weather than regions further east. Some upland areas experience harsh weather whilst coastal and lower lying areas enjoy more favourable conditions. Winter mean daily minimum temperatures vary from 0°C in high parts of north and mid-Wales to 3 or 4°C around the coast

SPF City Pack_editable_template

to the west creates an environment that is frequently cool, dull and wet. However, the Pennines can cause the cloud to break up downwind, meaning warmer days but cooler nights. If low winter temperatures coincide with high winter precipitation, heavy winter snowfall may occur across Kirklees. Snowfall

ukcp18-factsheet-precipitation.pdf

decades. • Over land the projected general trends of climate changes in the 21 st century are similar to UKCP09, with a move towards warmer, wetter winters and hotter, drier summers. However, natural variations mean that some cold winters, some dry winters, some cool summers and some wet summers

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