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and wetter weather; January was a particularly dry month, but February was very wet. December began rather unsettled and cold, a period which included Storm Barra, then after a quieter spell it became unsettled again for Christmas week and the first ten days of January. The last day of 2021

times within a given season. The length of the season is pollen-level dependent although high readings are usually reported from mid/ end of March, through to September and is typically 26 weeks in duration. The pollen season separates into three key periods: 1. Tree Pollen (Late March to mid-May) 2

average, but this disguises the alternation between cold, settled spells and milder, wetter weather. The first half of December was fine and settled but increasingly cold, with Braemar (Aberdeenshire) recording a low of -17.3 °C on the 13th, followed by a rapid transition to an unsettled westerly regime

, it was another rather dry month with 68% of average UK rainfall in total. May was very wet in parts of western Scotland, but some parts of England and Wales were rather dry, with 107% of average rainfall overall. Many areas were unusually sunny in March, with both Scotland and Northern Ireland having

1.7 °C below average, making it the coldest April since 1989. March rainfall totals were rather below average in most areas, despite wet and unsettled spells between 9th and 14th and between 23rd and 30th; overall the UK had 89% of average rainfall. April was predominantly dry, though with rainfall

figure of 111% of average. October was slightly drier than average along eastern coasts, but most other areas were wetter than average, especially south-west Scotland and Northern Ireland, and the UK had 115% of average rainfall. September saw a modest shortfall in sunshine, with the exception

areas, with only a few western counties exceeding the average, giving a UK-wide figure of 76% of average. July was notably dry in many areas, with the south-eastern half of England particularly arid; the far north-west of Scotland was slightly wetter than average, and the UK has 56% of average

at times, but any settled spells of weather have been short-lived, with only parts of north-west Scotland having been drier than average, and many parts of southern England have been quite wet over the spring so far. Temperatures in March averaged out to near normal, though northern Scotland

of colder weather. It was provisionally the third warmest autumn for the UK in a series from 1884. Most areas had a rather dry autumn, despite October being rather wet, with November being much drier than average in southern areas of the UK. Sunshine was above average for eastern England, though