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Monthly Archives: November 2013
Statistics announce an average autumn
Early statistics for autumn 2013 suggest it has been a fairly normal season overall with temperature, rainfall and sunshine amounts all quite close to the long-term average. Our early season assessment for autumn (Sep-Nov) uses figures from 1 September to … Continue reading
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Tagged Autumn, Average, Met Office, November, statistics
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The Met Office’s outlook for UK winter
There are some headlines in the media today which suggest the Met Office is warning of exceptionally cold weather for three months. However, the Met Office hasn’t issued a warning along these lines and we have not highlighted months of … Continue reading
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Tagged cold, contingency, express, forecast, Met Office, snow, three month, Winter
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Stormy weather in the Mediterranean
The central and western Mediterranean will experience very unsettled conditions through the weekend and next week. Very heavy rain is expected to affect the northeast of Spain, southern France, the Balearic Isles, Corsica, Sardinia, Italy and the Adriatic facing Balkan … Continue reading
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Tagged Balkan, Corsica, flooding, France, gales, hail, heavy rain, Lightning, Mediterranean, Mediterranean Sea, Sardinia, Spain, storms, thunder, tornadoes, Venice
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Typhoon Haiyan heading for the Philippines
Typhoon Haiyan is set to make landfall over the central Philippines on Friday bringing extremely strong winds and heavy rain to the region. Typhoon Haiyan is the 11th typhoon to form in the west Pacific during an exceptionally active period … Continue reading
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Tagged Bay of Bengal, hurricane, Met Office, Mindanao, Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration, Philippines, season, Storm surge, storm warnings, tropical cyclone, Typhoon Bopha, Typhoon Haiyan
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October 2013 one of the top ten warmest
Provisional Met Office statistics for October show it was one of the warmest in the national record dating back to 1910. The mean temperature for the UK is 11.2 °C, which is 1.7 °C above the long-term (1981-2010) average. This … Continue reading
October set for top ten warmest
5 November 2013 Update – The full month figures are available in our latest blog Early statistics for October up to the 28th of the month suggest this October is likely to be one of the warmest in records dating … Continue reading
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Tagged dullest, figures, mild, october, records, statistics, warm, warmest, wet, windy
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