Introduction

These pages, together with those on weather-uk, are maintained by Philip Eden, and contain a substantial amount of original material, work in progress, and a growing quantity of historical information.

weather-uk

On this site can be found daily, monthly and yearly records for the observing sites at Hampstead in north London, Luton and Whipsnade, both in Beds, Chesham in Bucks, Howden in Yorks, and Milhaguet in SW France.

climate-uk

This site contains UK-wide summaries of the weather month by month, plus day-to-day monitoring of several climatic variables such as the Central England Temperature (CET), England and Wales rainfall (EWP), England and Wales sunshine (EWSS), and so on. There are also monthly charts of sea-level pressure (and anomaly) covering Europe and the North Atlantic, circulation indices for the British Isles, and more.

CET: (Aug 1-30): 15.4 °C ( -0.8 degC)

E&W Rain: (Aug 1-30): 106.2mm (152 per cent)

E&W Sun: (Aug 1-30): 137.7hr ( 72 per cent)

All value-added information, including observations from the managed weather-recording stations, is subject to copyright. Short quotations of up to 100 words may be made without permission as long as each one is properly credited. Longer items of text and/or data may be used only with my express consent.

For the first time since November 2009 there was a westerly component to the anomalous flow, and with pressure below the long-term average in all parts of the British Isles it was no surprise that much of the UK had a cloudy and wet month with rather cool days and rather warm nights. But it was surprising how dry and warm East Anglia and SE England were.

Most recent updates:

01/07 June charts uploaded

01/07 June review added

04/07 Long-range for July

02/08 July charts uploaded

02/08 July review added

04/08 Long-range for August