Phew! What a scorcher…
I’ve seen this phrase uttered more than once over the past couple of days thanks to high temperatures and humidity. But ask anyone to define a hot day and you’ll […]
June 2017: very warm
June 2017 has been a month of real contrasts. A thundery deluge on the 2nd was followed by conditions typically brought by the European monsoon. Warm weather followed in the […]
Hot spell is minnow among historic heatwaves
Heatwave hype has been building over the past few days and, for once, the media has been justified in its coverage of the current spell. Temperatures over the past few […]
Poor start to June? That’ll be the Euro monsoon
Widespread heavy rain and gales across the UK have made the start of summer feel very unseasonal. But the conditions, which follow an extended period of mostly dry weather, are […]
May 2017: rather warm, average rain
The mean temperature for May 2017 of 14.7C was 1.6C above average; the warmest for six years and the 11th warmest in a local series going back to 1797. Despite […]
Thunderstorm: June 2, 2017
It’s not often you experience what it’s like to be right under a cloudburst but June 2, 2017, provided a perfect example. Some 30.2mm of rain fell in little over […]
Summer forecast 2017: average
The dry nature of spring this year has scuppered a large part of my usual method of trying to predict the summer season. With El Nino forecast to be neutral […]
Winter sports and Alpine snowfall variability
The Alpine snowfall season finished just below average in the Splügen area of the Swiss Alps. Abnormally warm weather after decent snowfalls in February and March curtailed the season; mean temperatures finished […]
Is this the last remaining snow of winter?
I spent last weekend in the Lake District, on Saturday ascending both Scafell and the Pike, England’s two highest mountains. The 964m Scafell, though lower than the Pike, is a […]
April 2017: seventh driest since 1797
The driest April since 2011 was also the seventh driest in a local record going back to 1797. Just 4.3mm fell, nearly half of which was recorded on the final […]
