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Sunshine 35 Wind 39 Sea Level 42 Extremes for year 2016 44 Significant Weather Events of 2016 45 Eastern Scotland wet spell 45 September hot spell 47 Correction to 2015 report 49 Annex 1: Datasets 50 Monthly grids 50 Long term average grids 52 Daily grids and degree days 53 Central England

winter are the wettest seasons, especially from October to January, and spring and early summer is normally the driest part of the year, especially from April to June. The average monthly rainfall for 4 sites is shown below. The numbers of days with rainfall totals of 1 mm or more ('wet days') tend

UK 3-month Outlook Period: Issue date: Next issue: March - May 2025 24.2.2025 31.3.2025 3-month 1-month About the Outlook Shifts in likelihood What is average? Q&A Find out more 3-month summary • Spells of wet and windy weather along with associated impacts are more likely early in spring

, with the arrival of the first two named storms of the 2018/19 season, Storm Ali on the 19th and Storm Bronagh on 20th to 21st, during a spell of very windy weather. There were no significant weather impacts prior to the arrival of Storm Ali on the 19th. Ex-tropical Storm Helene approached the UK on the 17th

of +/- 1 °C. The table below provides average values. Smoothed trend lines used here and throughout the report are described in Annex 2. 9 Spring Summer Autumn Winter Temperature anomaly (°C) 1°C 1°C 16.00 12.00 8.00 4.00 0.00 1910 1920 1930 1940 1950 1960 1970 1980 1990 2000 2010 Year Season 1961-1990

. They are counties in Western Region, which have a much wetter climate than Tana River County. Consequently, flooding is the main hazard and can be severe, including through flooding of the Nyando river. The main rainfall and flooding season is MAM, but floods can also occur in OND. Despite the generally wetter

All four seasons have fallen in the top ten in a series which began in 1884 and the 10 warmest years have all occurred since 2003.   As well as setting a new 139-year annual mean temperature record, 2022 will also be remembered for several other significant weather events.  Exceptionally warm start

on from a largely wet June, northern England and the Midlands have now received more than the season’s usual rainfall, with August still to go. Tim Legg, of the Met Office’s National Climate Information Centre, said: “With an all-time temperature record it would be easy to assume that this summer

You may have seen that Spring 2025 broke historical climate records, marking an unprecedented season of warmth and sunshine across the UK, according to provisional Met Office statistics.

-season cold snaps, especially during clear nights when radiative cooling can cause temperatures to dip sharply. Rainfall in the Midlands can vary significantly, and the wettest May on record brought 143.9mm of rain in 1932. While not as extreme as in western regions, this total still represents