A month of contrasts in the UK compared to April the rains returned and some places had a deluge. It was still cold but warm in the sun which made some of the days feel better. May ended up being the coldest May since 1996 in the UK and the 4th wettest since 1862. I…
Looking back on Aprils weather in the UK and around the world. April in the UK is normally known for its showers. But this year it was entirely different. Record amounts of frost occurred across the country. A nightmare for farmers and gardeners alike. It was also very dry, record-breakingly dry. Some places had less…
What a month it has been with glorious sunshine and warm temperatures you could have been mistaken it was July. A record-breaking month as well with the sunniest May on record and smashing it by quite a bit and amazingly it was the sunniest month on record. It was also the driest month, more about…
August has been another strange month which has continued the pattern of rather cool and wet and then some very warm weather for the last week to 10 days. In the SE it has been high pressure dominated with the NW being wetter with Atlantic systems continuously brushing the coast. The end of the month…
Summer 2019 will be remembered in the record books for the highest ever temperature that has been recorded in the UK. 38.7c occurred at Cambridge on the 25th July 2019. It is also only the 2nd time we have broken the 100F. It hasn’t been an especially hot summer but there have been some notable…
April was a month of contrasts it started with a warm 1st week and the last week of the month, in the middle it was very cool with some late severe frosts and some places snow. April is usually the month of showers but not the case this year as it was very dry, especially…
It has been an amazing spell of settled weather over the last 2 weeks of the month. Which has culminated in the highest February temperature ever recorded! These records are the longest in the world and go back to 1656. It is also significant that previously no winter month had ever gone over 20c before….
It was a cool summers day as we went on a charity walk down to Beachy Head lighthouse. With a distance of around 2 miles, walking down the steep cliffs and boulders it was a long trek along the difficult terrain towards the lighthouse. It takes around 2 hours to walk there, so good walking…
It was bird spotting morning in Cassiobury Park a couple of weeks ago, over 30 people met up with avid bird watcher Mark Sutton. We did a tour of the park from near the hub, down towards the nature reserve, along the canal and back round to the hub. We managed to spot 27 different…
On a cold winters day I ventured into RHS Wisley’s glass house with Surrey Creatives Meetup group, to see some butterflies. It certainly was a lovely experience although coming from the cold to tropical heat of the glasshouse hot. To take photographs you needed to acclimatise as your lenses misted up. It took about 15…
