30°C in Strasbourg this afternoon
A sudden warm plume of air has wafted up from the sub-tropics across central Europe today. Temperatures at 14 UTC reached 30.3°C at Strasbourg …
Temperature
9 May 2021 – Warmer particularly so in eastern England
It is undoubtedly a much warmer day than it’s been of late, but apart from Eastern England it’s not particularly that warm for early …
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8 May 2021 – 1200 UTC temperatures
The milder air is steadily pushing northwards this afternoon across IONA, and when the sun comes out as it has across western Ireland this …
The curious tale of the HadCRUT land station data
The global land station climate data used in the CRUTEM climate series is no longer available to download from the Met Office site as …
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5 May 2021 – Wind chill & temperature anomalies
A thoroughly cold day across the country, particularly so if you factor in the wind chill, where in the north values are sub-zero. Temperatures …
Shockingly poor 42 day temperature forecast from the ECMWF for April
A shockingly poor 42 day long range forecast for 2M temperature anomalies across Europe for April from the ECMWF. They did have area of …
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Less that seven weeks before nights start drawing in!
It is a sobering fact but it’s less than seven weeks before the summer solstice and the nights start drawing in again! In this …
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Tell it like it is
Smiling Carol Kirkwood said it wasn’t “particularly cold” across the country in her 8.15 am forecast on the BBC News channel. I think she …
Temperatures still subdued and disappointing
According to Louise Lear the master of the cliched phrase and euphemism, temperatures today are still subdued and disappointing across the country. She still …
An April to remember
As one station falls out of drought another couple pop up across Hampshire and the Isle of Wight. The end of the absolute drought …
Chillyitus
Stav Danaos seems to be getting over his long bout of chillyitus, it’s still there but he did manage to use the word cold …
29 Apr 2021 – Another cold day across IONA
Another cold day in a moderate to fresh northeasterly lunchtime temperature anomalies range from 1°C to 7°C below the LTA. A shower of hail …
28/29 Apr 2021 – Rainfall
I can see why Lincolnshire escaped yesterday’s showers but I can’t see why it wasn’t wetter across East Anglia. The only thing I can …
A cold May ahead
Why I still put any trust in the long range 2M temperature forecasts from the ECMWF with their recent run of dreadful predictions God …
Since records began in 1960 – really?
It amazing to discover that we’ve only been adding the number of days of frost that occur each month since 1960. That’s according to …
Frostiest April for at least 60 years in UK
The Met Office have just caught up on the fact that it’s been rather frosty this month, and quick as a flash on the …
Why not tell it like it is – it’s cold!
I hate some euphemisms and the use of ‘temperatures really struggling’ and ‘double figures’ really hides the fact that the weathercaster for whatever reason …
25 Apr 2021 – 12 UTC temperatures, anomalies, differences and wind chill
After a rather cold start with a touch of frost it’s another sunny day across Scotland again today. Some persistent SC across eastern parts …
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Cold start to May
It seems like we might not be completely done with either frost or snow this spring according to the outer limits – the T+216 …
April 2021 – East west split in temperatures
For a change the warmest places in IONA were in the extreme west of Ireland. There was yet another night with air frost across …
It’s strange how quickly windchill is forgotten once Winter is over
Well it’s been a lovely sunny day in the Strath although there has been a fair bit of cirrus around at times. Temperatures have …
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21/22 Apr 2021 – Overnight minima
I think you’ll agree that there was a widespread slight, locally moderate frost across the northeast Scotland last night, and not at all as …
20/21 Apr 2021 – Extreme temperatures
The frost has returned to the north after four milder nights with a minimum of -6.3°C at Tulloch Bridge. You’ll notice that Loch Glascarnoch …
20 Apr 2021 – Winners and losers
The cold front has produced quite a drop in temperatures compared to yesterday along the Moray Coast and in the Highlands with Kinloss 6°C …