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- Spring 2021 saw record-warm temperatures across many parts of Europe in late March. These conditions continued into the first few days of April, appearing to follow a similar pattern of a warm start to spring that has been seen in Europe in recent years.
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The following represents a provisional assessment of the weather experienced across the UK during Spring 2021 (March, April and May) and how it compares with the 1981 to 2010 average. This...
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May 28, 2021 · Spring 2021 (March, April and May) will be remembered for a real mix of weather conditions. March was slightly warmer than the long-term average, but April and May's below normal temperatures have...
Mar 20, 2021 · In 2021, the spring (also known as vernal) equinox falls on Saturday 20 March. This is comfortably the most common date for the phenomenon, although it can fall any time between the 19th and 21st...
Mar 19, 2021 · If you refer to the meteorological calendar, which splits the seasons into four periods made up of three months each, spring will always start on March 1 and end on May 31.
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Was 2021 an average year for UK climate? The answer rather hinges on what we define as “average” – a rather tricky concept in a shifting climate. All national meteorological agencies, including the Met Office in the UK, retain extensive historical records of weather and climate observations. In order to facilitate international consistency in the w...
The 2021 UK average temperature is an example of a situation that was previously quite rare and unusual, but is now commonplace. Thanks to climate “attribution” science, we can quantify the role of human-caused climate change on these statistics using now well-established attribution methods. We have conducted analysis using a collection of climate...
Looking at each season specifically, 2021 began on a relatively cold theme. It was overall the coldest January since 2010, and the coldest for any calendar month since the cold and snowy March of 2013. Storm Christoph (pdf) saw some exceptional rainfall totals during 18-20 January, requiring evacuation of homesin parts of Warrington, Chester and Ma...
A maximum temperature of 24.5C was recorded at Kew Gardens on 30 March, which is only the third day on record with a UK March temperature exceeding 24C. A daily minimum of 12.7C at Kinloss in Moray that day was also Scotland’s equal highest March daily minimum. After this brief warm interlude, cold and snowy conditions returned rather abruptly with...
Early summer was relatively uneventful for UK weather, although parts of southeast England received up to twice their average rainfall for June. During mid-July there was a more significant heatwave and the Met Office issued its first-ever amber extreme heat warningfor western parts of the UK. On 17 July, Ballywatticock in County Down recorded a te...
Autumn was persistently warmer than average, with a temperature of 30.8C recorded at Hartpury College in Gloucestershire on the 7 September. It was the second warmest September on record for the UK, and for Northern Ireland its warmest – with temperatures approaching 2C above the 1991-2020 average. With an average temperature of 14.7C for the UK, S...
Jan 27, 2021 · When is Spring 2021? Spring will begin on 20 March 2021, as this is the date of the Spring Equinox. This means the sun will move back into the northern hemisphere and both halves of the...
Mar 1, 2021 · 1st March 2021. The meteorological spring runs from March 1st to May 31st. At the start of the season cold weather is a risk and March often brings more snow than December. By May genuine warmth is possible.
