Category: UK climate trends

High Summer 2022: Second Hottest since at least 1659

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

I suggested last time that 2018 could beat 1976 to the title of UK’s hottest summer ever in the whole

2018 is already notable (pending final data for July) for the hottest May to July and the hottest April to

Last month I jumped the gun to report the hottest UK June since 1976 in the Central England Temperature (CET)