20 Jan 2021 – 08 UTC analysis and extremes
Another very windy and mild night for mid January across the bulk of England and Wales, with minima no lower than 10°C quite widely …
Frost
No flies on Stav!
Do BBC weathercasters ever look at the latest UK observations before going on air to do their broadcasts? It certainly looks like Stav Danaos …
-10.6°C at Glascarnoch at sunset
After a bitterly cold day across the Highlands with maximum temperatures even in the bright sunshine of -5°C, temperatures have already plummeted to -10.6°C …
A rather “chilly” -12.1°C at Glascarnoch
There was a minimum 0f -12.1°C at the AWS above Loch Glascarnoch last night [18-06]. The 21-09 minimum might well have dropped even lower …
Nights with a frost so far this winter
The frost count after 36 nights so far this meteorological winter is nothing exceptional, but at least the count is not as low has …
-11°C a “sharp frost” I don’t think so
The forecast for tonight from the Met Office for the Highlands says that there will be a “sharp frost” with a minimum air temperature …
Dalwhinnie finally gets it’s cigar
This mornings minimum of -9.7°C [18-06] Dalwhinnie just pipped Altnaharra as the coldest night of the year. Before you write to me complaining that’s …
Close, but no cigar for the -9.5°C at Dalwhinnie
Not a perfect radiation night by any means, but temperatures at 18 UTC yesterday evening were already -6°C over a covering of powder snow …
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Staying cold for next ten days
The meteogram that I have cobbled together from grid point data from the ECMWF model remains on the cold side for the next ten …
So this is Christmas
A generally widespread slight to moderate frost away from windward coasts overnight. Temperatures are already rising and pressure falling in the northwest though. The …
Number of UK ice days slipping away
The Met Office have already announced their new climate tool today that tells you how global warming will affect your postcode, and now there …
-9.6°C at Altnaharra coldest night of the year
The 18-06 minimum of -9.6°C at Altnaharra last night was the coldest of the autumn so far in the UK. It looked like it …
So much for Buchan
Mild November on the cards after a short lived cold spell We might have to wait till the latter part of November to see …
Another frost at Loch Glascarnoch
Second night in a row for an air frost at Loch Glascarnoch and the fourth their this autumn. That figure could have been a …
Another early frost
It could have been so much colder overnight if it hadn’t been for some low cloud and the wind never really falling out across …
Frost for the north?
I would have thought that there was a good chance of a sharp frost tonight across inland parts of Scotland, although the ICON model …
29-30 August 2020 – minimum temperatures
Generally far too much stratocumulus coming in around the top of the high across the northwest of IONA to achieve a real air frost …
Katesbridge the icebox of Northern Ireland does it again
The 18-06 minimum at Katesbridge county Down last night was a remarkably low -6.1°C and according to the Met Office it was close to …
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Last nights min temps
Despite the wind there was still quite a widespread air frost last night across inland parts of Scotland. As far as I can see …
Another one of those grass frosts across Scotland
The new breed of Met Office ‘forecaster’ either get the terminology wrong or the forecast and sometimes both. Perhaps I’m being too hard on …
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April 2020 Frosts
I don’t think I’ve seen a frostier month even in winter than we’ve seen this April across the northeast of Scotland. Spring has only …
A memorable April
The end of a quite spectacular sunny seven days in April, with today and maybe tomorrow to come, across much of the country. The …
Air Frosts: 1 October 2019 – 22 April 2020
These climate stats that I used to produce these charts are based on the 18-06 UTC minimum temperatures as reported in the 06 UTC …