The mean temperature for December was 9.67°C which was a remarkable +5.02°C above the 1961-1990 long-term average for the month. It was 1.58°C warmer than the last warmest December of 1934 a record that lasted for over 80 years
Category England
ENGLAND ..Mildest Christmas day 2015 on record
XMETMAN SAYS “And here I am talking about the daily Central England Temperature [CET] that began in 1878. The maximum temperature for yesterday was astonishing 13.7°C which was +0.8°C higher than the record set 115 years earlier in 1900. “
UK FLOODS…DECEMBER 2015
“The River Irwell and River Roch have both overflowed, causing flooding in Salford, Manchester city centre and Rochdale.
Roads in central Leeds, where a severe warning is in place on the River Aire, are also under water.”
“A 200-year-old former pub located on a bridge over the River Irwell was destroyed by flooding at Summerseat, Greater Manchester”
WEST YORKSHIRE
MYTHOLMROYD under water
http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-35181139
BELOW..Much of the 200-year-old watering hole in Summerseat was washed away as heavy rains triggered floods in parts of northern England.
More info:
England ..September 2014: 6th driest since 1766
XMETMAN CHALLENGES THE MET OFFICE CLAIMS OF A RECORD
Independent assesor Warwick Hughes has found the same disparity with theBOM. Its food for thought. But thanks for all the hard work from our independent auditors
UK …Rainfall cycles
Good news.. XMETMAN says
“I though I would display the daily totals as a 365 running total in an effort to try to identify any trends or cycles that may be lurking in the unseen data, and lo and behold there they are!”
Awesome work XMETMAN.. I will use this graphical data for sure. You are a legend!
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English weather events as l come across them : commenced 28th July 2014
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28th July 2014
The hailstorm was so fierce that it left swathes of ice on roads and pavements across Sussex
“Writing on Twitter Laurence Hill wrote: “Used to be roads. Now rivers of hail. Never seen anything like it.”
http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-sussex-28520520#
CRIKEY !#&@ ...... IT'S THE WEATHER CYCLES 