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or Wales reached their average monthly sunshine this month.  Average rainfall for the UK but wet for some  While there was much regional variation, the UK provisionally experienced around average rainfall.  The UK recorded 82.4mm which is the long-term meteorological average. England, however, saw

a shift to wetter and windier weather on Tuesday and into Wednesday. This could indeed see a mixture of snow and rain over the high ground of Scotland over the next couple of days, but this isn’t the weather the vast majority of people will experience and isn’t unheard of, even at this time of year

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

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

decade 2015-2024, the number of months where counties are recording monthly rainfall totals of at least twice the 1991-2020 monthly average has increased by over 50% compared to the number in 1961-1990. As the UK’s climate warms, it is also becoming wetter, with this report showing that the increase

Storms Isha and Jocelyn, 21 to 24 January 2024 Storms Isha and Jocelyn, the ninth and tenth named storms of the 2023-2024 storm season, arrived in quick succession in late January 2024. The storms were influenced by a powerful jet stream which was intensified by a large contrast in temperature

development (measured as CAPE) is lower than earlier forecasts indicated, reducing the likelihood of severe weather. A Pattern of Change The overarching theme for the coming days is one of alternating systems: periods of wet and windy weather followed by brief, quieter interludes. This pattern

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

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 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