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, this represents between a third and half of the November whole-month average rainfall, and more than 50% in some areas, in the first three days of the month. The chart below shows rainfall totals from 1 September to 7 November 2023 as a percentage of average for the whole of autumn. With three weeks of November

of these long-lived tropical cyclones in the South Indian Ocean and the La Niña (cool) phase of the El Niño Southern Oscillation cycle in the tropical Pacific. There is currently a La Niña in the tropical Pacific: the third in three successive years. Julian Heming added: “Leon-Eline and its associated

take into account what is actually happening in nature, which is after all how most of us understand the notion of seasons. So comes the third method, which is based on phenology – the process of noting the signs of change in plant and animal behaviour. In this distinction, Autumn may be deemed

) During the third KRCS SDT meeting towards the end of 2016, KRCS reported that drought was becoming serious in the Kilifi and Tana River counties and described their operational triggers for intervention and associated relief activities. Drought was occurring mainly where the March-May season had been

, but a call to action.” Sea level rise Tide gauge records since the 1900s provide observational evidence that sea level rise around the UK is accelerating, with two-thirds of the observed sea level rise over that period happening in just over the last three decades. For the first time this report highlights

, bringing dry, bright, and frosty conditions with icy patches. But the Atlantic isn’t finished yet, a third, larger area of low-pressure will move in over the weekend, taking a more northerly track and replacing the Arctic air with wind, rain, and much milder weather by Sunday. Keep up to date

average. England recorded its third highest June maximums, and the UK its sixth. Sunshine levels were above average for England, while rainfall was slightly above average overall, though with marked regional variation. June 2025 was the hottest for England since records began in 1884. But how warm

of flying and can be quite unnerving, but if you understand how to find that lift and use it you can be up for hours and travel long distances.  The third kind is wave lift, and this is essentially when the air ‘bounces’ over large ground features such as mountains or hills and this ‘bounce’ creates

, humid air were drawn northwards off continental Europe. However, by the 11th the temperatures dropped as Arctic air moved in. The third week saw temperatures again above average, before a return to much cooler conditions in the final week of the month. It was also a very wet month for many

and east, where there was snow at times. It was often very wet in the third week, then turned colder between the 22nd and 25th with some snowfalls mainly in western areas and the Midlands, then it was mild and wet especially in the south during the closing days of the month. The mean temperature