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• Mild February marks the end of a dry Winter

  Preliminary statistics show that the 2016/17 winter has been dry and mild compared to the long-term average. Meanwhile, early February statistics show a milder than average month to end the season.

  on record for Scotland and the fifth mildest winter for Northern Ireland. The UK as a whole has seen the ninth mildest winter on record. Interestingly the winters of 2013/14 and 2015/16 were both milder than this winter; however the key difference is that those winters were also very wet and often

• Rain to reign as low-pressure dominates the forecast

  The seasons are changing and so is the weather, with wind and rain for much of the UK in the coming days.

  and for anyone looking for rain in the forecast there is good news. High pressure - which we have become quite accustomed to over the summer - will stay with us for a little longer, but by the weekend conditions will be changing as low-pressure will take the lead for several days, bringing wet and windy

• east-africa-climate-risk-report-appendix-final.pdf

  - humid areas (Gari, 2002). Optimum millet growing temperature is 30C Wheat is generally cultivated as a winter rainfed crop in the highlands of Ethiopia, Kenya, Uganda, Rwanda, and Tanzania (Negassa et al. 2012 ). Wheat is a cool season crop and increasing temperature shortens its growth period

• east-africa-climate-risk-report-appendix-finalpdf

  - humid areas (Gari, 2002). Optimum millet growing temperature is 30C Wheat is generally cultivated as a winter rainfed crop in the highlands of Ethiopia, Kenya, Uganda, Rwanda, and Tanzania (Negassa et al. 2012 ). Wheat is a cool season crop and increasing temperature shortens its growth period

• factsheet_5_white_christmas_2025.pdf

  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

• factsheet_5_white_christmas_2025pdf

  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

• mwr_2025_01_for_print.pdf

  , 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

• rapidattributionsummary_may2024_v2.pdf

  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

• rapidattributionsummary_may2024_v2pdf

  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

• highway-wiser-research-fellowship-full-report.pdf

  variables that are used to predict the weather based on indigenous knowledge. These variables can be used to predict imminent weather events as well as long-term prediction on upcoming seasons. Traditional knowledge: is the knowledge, as well as skills and practices, that is developed within a community