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Data Center (NSIDC). Figure 2: Sea ice extent on 17 August 2016, with 1981-2010 extent for this date indicated in orange. Underlying map and data courtesy of NSIDC. July 2016 in context The average July Arctic sea ice extent was 7.84 million square km – the third lowest July extent since satellite

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types of climate information people might need, and how to deliver to those requirements. But there was a third element to the project too, as Dr Richard Graham, Manager of the Met Supported by: Fund Manager: Office Forecast Verification and Outreach Team, explains: “One crucial element of SCIPEA

types of climate information people might need, and how to deliver to those requirements. But there was a third element to the project too, as Dr Richard Graham, Manager of the Met Supported by: Fund Manager: Office Forecast Verification and Outreach Team, explains: “One crucial element of SCIPEA

in the south saw over a third more rain than average. In contrast, Northern Ireland and Scotland were slightly drier than average in the month.” The graph below shows every May’s average UK mean temperature back to 1884. Mixed rainfall for May across the UK Rainfall in May had much regional variation

was, by a wide margin, the wettest day on record in a series from 1891. Heavy, persistent and widespread rain also affected much of England, Wales and Northern Ireland from 18th to 20th, with 100mm falling fairly widely. This was the third-wettest independent 3-day period for England and Wales in a series from

is notable not just for this season, but in the context of Atlantic hurricane history. It is the third category 5 hurricane of the current season, following Erin and Humberto. The last time the Atlantic saw three category 5 hurricanes in a single season was in 2005, a year that remains etched

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, and heavy rain reached the north after dark. Wales diary of highlights The first two-thirds of the month were generally fine and increasingly mild, with only modest amounts of rainfall, but the last ten days were much colder and more unsettled. Mean temperatures for the month were provisionally 0.6 °C above

on the 27th. The mean temperature for September was provisionally 2.1 °C above the 1981-2010 long-term average, making this the equal third warmest September in a series from 1884. Maximum temperatures were nearly 3 °C above average in parts of the East Midlands. Rainfall was broadly near average, though