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A summary of all the named storms from the 2020/21 storm season in the UK. The 2020/21 storm season saw five storms named over the year with Storm Darcy being named by KNMI in February 2021. The first named storm was Storm Aiden on 31 October 2020 bringing some strong winds and heavy rain to the UK as part of a spell of turbulent, wet and very windy weather from late October to early November.
Jan 4, 2021 · 15:39 (UTC) on Mon 4 Jan 2021. 2020 was notable for being ranked in the top ten for mean temperature, rainfall, and sunshine. Early figures show it was the third warmest year in records dating back to 1884, beaten only by 2014 and 2006, and marginally warmer than 2011. It was also provisionally the sixth wettest year for the UK in records back ...
Seasonal Assessment –Winter 2021. The following represents a provisional assessment of the weather experienced across the UK during Winter 2020/21 (December, January and February) and how it compares with the 1981 to 2010 average. The winter overall was slightly colder than average, though with contrasts between the cold spells of late ...
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After a long run of mild winters lasting through much of the 1990s and 2000s, a run of colder winters started in 2008/09 and finished in 2012/13. Since then they have been mainly mild. Late February 2018 brought a spell of severe wintry weather dubbed the Beast from the East, but despite that the last notably cold month was March 2013 when the mean...
Last winter was notably milder than average. Much of lowland UK saw very little snow. In much of southern England no falling snow was recorded until the 27th February. Will things be different this time?
At the moment there isn't a conclusive signal for winter 2020-21 but the seasonal models are quite bullish about it being milder and wetter than average. The prospects for the QBO and NAO are uncertain. On balance they do very little to suggest an increased chance of a cold winter. The possibility of a weak La Nina may be a factor which increases t...
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Apr 7, 2021 · UK seasonal weather summary Winter 2020/2021. National Climate Information Centre, National Climate Information Centre. Met Office, Exeter.
Jan 12, 2021 · It suggests that without human-induced climate change, a year as warm as 2020 in the UK would have a likelihood of 1.1 % (uncertainty range 0.9 % – 1.3 %), or around one year in 90. For the present day climate the likelihood estimate increases by around a factor of 50, to 56% (range 53 % – 58 %) suggesting an expectation that we would now ...
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Jul 28, 2021 · This report provides a summary of the UK weather and climate through the calendar year 2020, alongside the historical context for a number of essential climate variables. This is the seventh in a series of annual ‘State of the UK climate’ publications and an update to the 2019 report (Kendon et al., 2020). It provides an accessible ...
