Some notable months and seasons since 2006

[Weather-history]

6th driest September on record for England and Wales

1959 8.0mm

1865 9.5mm

1804 11.9mm

1795 12.9mm

1910 16.4mm

2014 16.5mm

[Weather-history]

Top 10 months since Jan 2006 regards to CET, EWP rainfall, EW sunshine

July 2006

September 2006

October 2006

November 2006

January 2007

April 2007

June 2007

January 2008

February 2008

August 2008

December 2008

November 2009

December 2009

December 2010

April 2011

October 2011

November 2011

March 2012

April 2012

June 2012

December 2012

July 2013

October 2013

January 2014

February 2014

April 2014

September 2014

[damianslaw]

Regard the post above, only month not to feature is May. Long overdue a warm or dry or wet or cold May. Its been a very topsy turvy month in recent years with no overall pattern dominating.

[Snowyowl9]

Driest September since records began 1910 is fine by me.

[Weather-history]

It's getting ridiculous now.

October 2014 is on the list now as it is joint 10th warmest October on record.

[North-Easterly Blast]

Actually, the main record for October 2014 is that it saw the warmest second half on record since at least 1772.  The first half of October 2014 was not that remarkably warm with 11.8, compared to say 14.7 for the first halves of Octobers 1995 and 2011.  It was the record second half of October (13.2) that put Oct 2014 alongside the ten warmest Octobers on record.  The previous warmest second half of October on record was 13.08 in 2005.  For the first half, the record is 15.1 in 1921.  So the first half of Oct 2011 was not far off a record first half.

 

I do not think that Sept 2014 was far off a top ten warm September, it was at least amongst the 20 warmest Septembers ever.

Edited November 1, 2014 by North-Easterly Blast

[BornFromTheVoid]

3rd warmest Autumn to add to the list tomorrow.

[Weather-history]

Looks like joint 4th sunniest January on record to add to the list.

[Weather-history]

Looks like joint 4th sunniest January on record to add to the list.

Forgot to add December 2014 was exceptionally sunny

[Snowyowl9]

What are the top 10 sunniest January`s.

We`re getting extremes of all kinds which to me is an exciting period to be living in now as the summer of 2007 showed.

Edited February 14, 2015 by Snowyowl9

[Weather-history]

So it looks like the sunniest winter on record for 2014-15

[BornFromTheVoid]

So it looks like the sunniest winter on record for 2014-15

 

All the more remarkable that it followed the wettest on record.

[Snowyowl9]

April 2015 the driest on record just beats 2007 here,and that was the second driest I recorded.

So in the last few years april has broke many records whether for the heaviest lying snow 2 years ago to the hottest 2007 to the wettest just 3 years ago.

[damianslaw]

April 2015 the driest on record just beats 2007 here,and that was the second driest I recorded.

So in the last few years april has broke many records whether for the heaviest lying snow 2 years ago to the hottest 2007 to the wettest just 3 years ago.

 

 

Its been a dry month for whole but with regional contrasts. I think Scotland ended up with about 2/3rds normal rainfall, the SE only about a third. April traditionally is one of the driest months of the year, often the driest in the west.

 

May though is going to get off to a wet start so odds of the driest May on record already look very very slim..

[cheese]

It was very dry but not the driest here. April 2011 had 0.5mm.

[Weather-history]

Met office says April 2015 is the sunniest on record

[Weather-history]

Top 10 months since Jan 2006 regards to CET, EWP rainfall, EW sunshine

July 2006

September 2006

October 2006

November 2006

January 2007

April 2007

June 2007

January 2008

February 2008

August 2008

December 2008

November 2009

December 2009

December 2010

April 2011

October 2011

November 2011

March 2012

April 2012

June 2012

December 2012

July 2013

October 2013

January 2014

February 2014

April 2014

September 2014

October 2014

December 2014

January 2015

April 2015

[Weather-history]

April 2011: warmest on record

April 2012: wettest on record

April 2015: sunniest on record

[Weather-history]

Taking the warmest of each month in the above period comes to a 12 month period with a CET of 12.11C

And the coolest comes to 8.03C

Taking the wettest of each month the 12 month total comes to 1741.1mm

And the driest comes to 411.5mm

[Weather-history]

After what has been a relatively quiet period, looks like November is going to be in the top 10 for dullest and warmest.

[Weather-history]

On 1 February 2014 at 6:14 PM, Weather-history said:

If we start from 1st January 2006, so in the last 8 years, here are some amazing stats that have occurred that have either broken or got in the top 10 of long standing records such as the CET, rainfall series. I may have missed out one or two and it doesn't include such things as the highest maximum ever recorded in October etc.

CET Seasons

4th Warmest winter: 2006-07

Warmest Spring: 2011

3rd warmest spring: 2007

5th warmest summer: 2006

Warmest autumn: 2006

2nd warmest autumn: 2011

10th warmest autumn: 2009

Other notables

Coldest winter since 1978-79

Coldest spring since 1962

Coolest summer since 1988

CET months

5th warmest January: 2007

9th warmest January: 2008

4th warmest March: 2012

Warmest April: 2011

2nd warmest April: 2007

Warmest July: 2006

10th warmest July: 2013

Warmest September: 2006

3rd warmest October: 2006

8th warmest October: 2011

10th warmest October: 2013

10th warmest October: 2014

2nd warmest November: 2011

9th warmest November: 2009

2nd coldest December: 2010

Other notables

Joint 13th coldest March: 2013

Rainfall seasons

3rd wettest year: 2012

4th wettest summer: 2012

Wettest January: 2014

Wettest April: 2012

7th driest April: 2011

9th driest April: 2007

Wettest June: 2012

4th wettest June: 2007

6th driest September: 2014

5th wettest November: 2009

7th wettest December: 2012

Sunshine

2nd sunniest winter: 2008

2nd sunniest spring 2011

5th sunniest winter: 2012

3rd dullest summer: 2012

Sunniest February: 2008

2nd sunniest March: 2012

Sunniest April: 2011

3rd sunniest April: 2007

Sunniest July: 2006

Sunniest November: 2006

2nd sunniest December: 2008

4th sunniest December: 2009

2nd dullest June: 2012

2nd dullest August: 2008

That period is 97 months

If my calculations are right, I reckon about 1 in 5 months have been in the top 10 for one or more reasons.

These are long standing records, CET goes back to 1659, rainfall series to 1772

The  period which I set as starting on 1st January 2006 completes a decade at the end of this year and it is going to end this decadal period with the one of most remarkabke months of them all! 

Edited December 29, 2015 by Weather-history

[Weather-history]

January 2016 may have sneaked into the top 10 wettest Januaries on record for England and Wales.

[Weather-history]

2015-16

8th wettest winter on record for England and Wales
Wettest ever winter and season for Scotland
2nd wettest winter on record for Northern Ireland.