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Monthly Archives: February 2021
Record low temperature for the UK this millennium
Overnight the recorded minimum temperature at the weather station at Braemar dropped to -23.0°C, one of three stations in the UK to dip below minus 20.0°C. With the media reporting on the ‘extreme’ conditions, we have analysed our records since … Continue reading
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Tagged climate, climate change, climate science, cold, Met Office, record, Scotland, severe weather, snow, statistics, temperature, Winter
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Multiple drivers create challenges for forecasting weather direction
How times change. This time last year, we were in the early days of a month which went on to become the wettest February for the UK in a series stretching back to 1862. Storms Ciara, Dennis and Jorge, which … Continue reading
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Tagged El Niño-Southern Oscillation, El Nino, ENSO, La Niña, Madden Julian Oscillation, Met Office, North Atlantic Oscillation, Storm Ciara, Storm Dennis, Storm Jorge, sudden stratospheric warming
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Coldest January since 2010, but not exceptional by historical standards
January, with an average temperature of 2.2 °C, has been the coldest January across the UK since 2010. In that year the average UK January temperature was 0.9 °C; the coldest January on record was 1963 with a mean temperature … Continue reading
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Tagged Met Office, Met Office Hadley Centre, Met Office National Climate Information Centre, rainfall, snow, Winter
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