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and not every particularly snowy winter includes snow at Christmas, which falls at the beginning of the season for snow in the UK. This factsheet explores some particularly snowy Christmases and winters of the past. The Little Ice Age and Thames Frost Fairs The Little Ice Age was a period of cooling

, the fifth named storm of the season, Eowyn, brought destructive winds to northwestern parts of the UK and the first red warnings for wind in 2025. Gusts of over 90mph were recorded across parts of Northern Ireland, Wales and Scotland. Northern Ireland also recorded its lowest January MSLP

cloudier and wetter than average over much of the UK, average temperatures in May and Spring broke previous records in a series dating back to 1884. With the day-time heat in May and Spring focussed in sparselypopulated Northern Scotland, and significant (but not unprecedented) rainfall and cloudiness

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of data between 1961 and 2001). This was done for one month of each season, for maximum temperature, sunshine, rainfall, and days of rain ≥ 1mm. The estimates produced by the infilling method were then compared to the actual measured values. The results, averaged across all the test months

30 April). This crop calendar was selected because in the EMME region, wheat is usually cultivated during this period of the year, the beginning of which also coincides with the start of the wet season (Sacks et al. 2010). 2. CLIMATE DATA The biomass model used for calculation of potential yield

, the fifth named storm of the season, Eowyn, brought destructive winds to northwestern parts of the UK and the first red warnings for wind in 2025. Gusts of over 90mph were recorded across parts of Northern Ireland, Wales and Scotland. Northern Ireland also recorded its lowest January MSLP

summary of Met Office activity. The group were taken through the weather trends experienced over the summer. Summer 2017 was wetter than average with much of the forecasting challenge stemming from the convective rainfall that dominated. This was evident in events such as Coverack. DR touched on other

, this natural climate variability is the current La Niña event, marked by cool sea surface temperatures in the equatorial Pacific Ocean which are generally associated with modified global weather patterns that make many tropical land regions wetter and cooler. These increase plant growth, temporarily

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