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The basic climate of the UK annually is wet and cool in winter, spring, and autumn with frequent cloudy skies, and drier and cool to mild in summer. The climate in the United Kingdom is defined as a humid temperate oceanic climate, or Cfb on the Köppen climate classification system, a classification it shares with most of north-west Europe. [1]
The Central England Temperature (CET) record is a meteorological dataset originally published by Professor Gordon Manley in 1953 and subsequently extended and updated in 1974, following many decades of work. The monthly mean surface air temperatures, for the Midlands region of England, are given (in degrees Celsius) from the year 1659 to the ...
The climate of East Anglia is generally dry and mild. The region is the driest in the United Kingdom with many areas receiving less than 600mm (24") of rainfall a year. [1] and locations such as St Osyth less than 500 mm (20") on average. [2] Rainfall is fairly evenly distributed throughout the year.
This is a list of cities by average temperature (monthly and yearly). The temperatures listed are averages of the daily highs and lows. Thus, the actual daytime temperature in a given month may be considerably higher than the temperature listed here, depending on how large the difference between daily highs and lows is.
London rarely experiences tornadoes, although an F2 struck Kensal Green on 7 December 2006. Severe weather and extremes in temperature are uncommon. London is vulnerable to climate change in the United Kingdom, and there is increasing concern among hydrological experts that London households may run out of water before 2050. [15]
According to a study by the Met Office, within 40 years the average temperature is likely to increase by 2 °C (3.6 °F) in the south-west and the average warmest summer day will increase by 3 °C (5.4 °F) to be 31 °C (88 °F). It predicts that the region will have one of the highest annual temperatures in the United Kingdom and there will be ...
The wettest six consecutive months is from September 2000 to February 2001 with 834.6 millimetres (32.86 in). The next wettest (non-overlapping) have been August 1852 to January 1853 with 811.1 millimetres (31.93 in), July to December 1960 with 786.9 millimetres (30.98 in) and September 2019 to February 2020 with 784.9 millimetres (30.90 in).
The lowest temperature recorded in December was −25.2 °C (−13.4 °F) recorded in Shawbury, Shropshire on the 13th, and is the lowest December temperature recorded in England. Wales also recorded its lowest recorded December temperature during the cold wave, with a temperature of −22.7 °C (−8.9 °F) recorded at Corwen , Denbighshire ...