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'dry', 'near-average' and 'wet' for rainfall). We use three or five categories in our forecasts. Taking the example of a three-category forecast, each category is defined as having occurred exactly a third of the time in the past. Thus, when the prediction shows a category with a percentage greater
outbreaks of rain to western Scotland by dawn. A fresher night is expected across the southeast, with temperatures falling more widely than in recent nights. Outlook for Thursday A distinct northwest–southeast split will emerge. The southern two-thirds of the UK will remain settled and dry, with rather
still, according to the poll of 2,000 British hay fever sufferers, many are exacerbating their symptoms unnecessarily. Indeed, a third (35%) of respondents said they frequently hang washing out to dry in the summer, seemingly unaware that pollen sticks to their clothes. A further 40% said
relatively cooler, 2020 also saw the UK reach its third highest annual average temperature, after 2014 and 2006. The 31st State of the Climate report – published online by the American Meteorological Society and covering 2020 - also showed that the average surface temperature over land areas
and resources specifically designed to assist Local Authorities and other local groups in understanding the impacts on climate change in their area. The LACS is a commitment made by Defra in The Third National Adaptation Programme (NAP3) and the Fourth Strategy for Climate Adaptation Reporting. Since
Northern Ireland has had its third hottest summer on record, and Scotland its fourth. The summer of 2021 has been a season of contrasting fortunes across the UK, with the north and west of the UK experiencing a warmer, drier and sunnier season compared to average while parts of the south east have
-2020 average) and England (120%) provisionally had their third and sixth-wettest years respectively in series from 1836. Some parts of the UK received over a third more rainfall than normal. 2023 included the UK's sixth wettest March, sixth-wettest July, equal-sixth wettest October and equal-eighth
Northern Ireland has recorded its third wettest Autumn since the series began in 1836, and Wales its tenth. Autumn 2025 now stands as the only season of the year to report above average rainfall, with winter, spring and summer all below their respective long-term averages. A very wet season
Launching from French Guiana, the Meteosat Third Generation Imager (MTG-I1) is the first satellite to be launched as part of a wider project to revolutionise and safeguard weather forecasting across Europe for the next 20 years, improving short-term weather forecasting, as well as long-term climate
– Visits? – Views? – Live nearby? • Does size of green space matter? • Does type/quality of green space matter? – Inland water – canals, rivers, ponds? – More ‘natural’, wooded areas or flat grassland? Based upon LCM2007 © NERC (CEH) 2011. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown Copyright 2007. © third
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