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: (Feb 1- 3): -1.2°C (-5.6 degC)

E&W Rain: (Feb 1- 3): 0.1mm ( 2 per cent)

E&W Sun: (Feb 1- 3): 16.1hr (224 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.

January was another “westerly” month, but the westerly winds were not as relentless as during December so the pressure gradient across the British Isles was rather less steep. It was a dry, sunny and mild month over most parts of England and Wales, but the north and west of Scotland and Northern Ireland were rather cloudy, wet, with temperatures only fractionally above normal.

Most recent updates:

02/01 December charts uploaded

02/01 December review added

03/01 Long-range for January

04/02 January charts uploaded

04/02 January review added

04/02 Long-range for February