Category: UK climate trends

COP27 Special: 2022 Hottest Year Ever in CET, So Far

I first started analysing the Central England Temperature (CET) record on Uncharted Territory back in 2010, because it seemed to

I compare summers in the Central England Temperature (CET) record in three ways: “High Summer” (July and August), Meteorological Summer

The temperature reached 22.9C in Kew Gardens on 29th October 2022, the highest in the UK so late in the

It puzzles me slightly that there is so much focus on the “meteorological summer” – June, July and August. June

The Met Office has announced that summer 2022 was, with 2018, the joint hottest in England on record. Wanstead Meteo

Well, that was unpleasant. In fact, it still is. The block I live in seems to have retained heat from

As the southern part of Great Britain enters another heatwave, it’s worth noting that the “1976” drought and heatwave actually

The UK record temperature of 40.3C set on 19th July 2022 could potentially be significantly exceeded, even in the current

Here we go again. Yet another heatwave here in London. And, with the Met Office forecasting 34C, it’s very likely

In my previous post I mused that: “…if the seasonal effect is not extreme, the UK might achieve sustained herd