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Two April heatwaves compared

April 23, 2018by wansteadmeteo Leave a comment

The stats are in and the average maxima for the past few days’ heatwave is 1C lower than the hot spell in 2011: a positive anomaly of 10.6C over six […]

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Heatwaves, London weather, Weather

London’s April extremes since 1959

April 1, 2018by wansteadmeteo Leave a comment

April showers bring spring flowers… so the saying goes though a look at local east London stats shows that eight of the last 11 Aprils have been drier than average, […]

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History, London weather, Weather

March 2018: cold, some snow and very dull

April 1, 2018by wansteadmeteo 2 Comments

Though March is usually, meteorologically speaking, the first month of spring this year it felt more like an extension of winter. The mean temperature for March 2018 finished 6.3C, that’s […]

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London snowfall, London weather, Monthly Review, monthly summary, UK snowfall, Weather

‘So much for global warming…’

March 20, 2018by wansteadmeteo 2 Comments

Since notably cold weather struck at the end of February I’ve lost count of the number of times I’ve heard this phrase uttered by the public and some sections of […]

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Climate Change, cold spell, History, London weather, UK snowfall, Weather

Repeat of March 24th 2013 only 10C colder

March 15, 2018by wansteadmeteo 2 Comments

The weather this coming weekend reminds me of a March weekend in 2013 when large parts of the south-east woke up to a covering of snow. Conditions in Wanstead were […]

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London snowfall, London weather, UK snowfall, Weather, weather pattern

Beast MkII or just a late March cold spell?

March 11, 2018by wansteadmeteo Leave a comment

After the severe spell at the end of February that lasted into this month there’s lots of excitement / dread (*delete as appropriate) that the synoptic conditions that brought very […]

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Blizzards, cold spell, History, London weather, UK snowfall, Weather

Winter 2017/18 forecast review

March 5, 2018by wansteadmeteo Leave a comment

It would seem that the winter was most influenced by the ENSO variable up until February when the effects of the SSW were enough to overcome it?

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London weather, Seasonal summary, Weather, Winter forecast

Winter 2017/18: 27th out of 72

March 5, 2018by wansteadmeteo Leave a comment

A few years ago I devised a winter index to try to decipher how modern winters ranked against legendary seasons, such as 1947 and 1963. With the media hyping conditions […]

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cold spell, London snowfall, London weather, newspaper reporting of weather, UK snowfall, Weather

Winter 2017/18: average, cold start and end

March 4, 2018by wansteadmeteo 1 Comment

The winter of 2017/18 will probably be remembered as much colder that it actually was – the exceptionally severe spell right at the end was only at its halfway point […]

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London snowfall, London weather, Seasonal summary, Uncategorized, Weather, weather prophets

February 2018: cold, very sunny, snowy end

March 3, 2018by wansteadmeteo 2 Comments

February 2018 saw the start of the first decent cold spell since 2013 with thick (by modern standards) snow cover, deep cold air and bitter winds. It was the coldest […]

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Autumn overlooking The Temple in Wanstead Park, by Wanstead Meteo
Autumn overlooking The Temple in Wanstead Park
Looking north toward Aldersbrook. The Flats, a 186 hectare open space that is a larger than Hyde Park, can be very exposed during a thunderstorm
Looking north toward Aldersbrook. The Flats, a 186 hectare open space that is a larger than Hyde Park, can be very exposed during a thunderstorm
Sunset from Southwark Bridge overlooking St Paul's Cathedral by WansteadMeteo
Sunset from Southwark Bridge
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The view across to St Paul's Cathedral from Bankside at low tide by Scott Whitehead
The view across to St Paul’s from Bankside at low tide.
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