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For weather information specific to your locale, visit the Met Office Website. Sign in to Your Account Done. Sign in. Don't have an Account? Register Now! UK School Search. Search Now. West Midlands. Summer rainfall has decreased since the s, and winter rainfall has increased over the last years. More winter rain days and longer wet-spells have occurred since the s.
Heavy storms have contributed more to winter rainfall totals since the s 6. East Midlands. Individual months and years show far larger departures from the long-term average.
A trend analysis of Scottish climate between and shows a general reduction in the number of days of snow cover in each season, and a shorter snow season Data for show a long-term decline in average yearly snow cover with greatest declines in some mountain areas, notably in northern England A study of gale activity over the UK for the period — showed no long—term trend, but the average frequency of severe gales did attain a maximum in the s corresponding to the pronounced westerly phase of the North Atlantic Oscillation during that decade 7.
The more frequent windstorms in the past few decades, however, did not exceed the frequency in the s 3. A northward shift in mean storm track position since about is consistent in studies on wind climate in northwestern Europe over the last decades Sea surface temperatures around the UK coast have risen over the past three decades by about 0. By , average annual temperature for the UK is expected to rise by between 0. In all seasons, and for all scenarios, there is a northwest to southeast gradient in the magnitude of the warming over the UK, the southeast consistently warming by at least several tenths of a degree Celsius more than the northwest 3, This is probably the reason why for parts of the UK higher future temperatures have been reported.
For England, for instance, annual warming of between 0. By , average summer temperature for the UK is expected to rise by between 0. According to the UKCP09 scenarios, changes in summer mean temperatures are greatest in parts of southern England up to 4. Increases in the summer mean daily maximum temperatures are up to 5. The summer heat wave experienced in is likely to become a normal event by the s and considered cool by the s 11, All areas of the UK warm by the s relative to a — baseline, more so in summer than in winter.
By , average winter temperature for the UK is expected to rise by between 0. According to the UKCP09 scenarios, increases in winter mean daily maximum temperatures are 1.
This conclusion is based on research in which a cold spell CS is defined as a non-interrupted sequence of days in which the 5-day average temperature falls below a threshold value Tcold Year-to-year variability in seasonal temperatures also changes in the future.
Winter variability decreases, indicating that very cold winters become rarer. Conversely, summer variability increases, indicating that very hot summers occur more frequently 7. The average annual mean temperature in Birmingham is expected to increase by between 0. Most of the warming is expected to take place in summer although winters are also expected to be significantly warmer 6.
The potential changes in soil moisture are quite dramatic. Soil moisture is a function of temperature, precipitation, humidity, sunshine and wind speed.
In winter however, the increased precipitation could lead to higher soil moisture levels and the increased probability of flooding. East Anglia and North West England. Increases in mean annual temperature, relative to , range from 0.
East of England. For the East of England by the s annual temperature may increase between In addition the number of very cold days in winter decreases. The rate of future climate warming in Wales ranges from 1.
A slightly more rapid warming is predicted for autumn and winter than for spring and summer. In winter, minimum temperatures rise more rapidly than maximum temperatures which reduces the diurnal temperature range. In summer the opposite occurs 2. The year-to-year variability in seasonal temperatures also changes in the future.
Winter variability decreases very cold winters become rare whereas summer temperature variability increases very hot summers occur more frequently. By s an extreme summer may be up to 3. In fact, an individual winter in the s may be 4. Southwest of England. By the s the predicted warming is 1. Warming in the winter will be greater in the night than during the day; the opposite holds for the summer. Warming will be greater in summer and autumn than in winter and spring Northern Ireland.
Projections of future change measured relative to the baseline for Northern Ireland if high emissions continue are an increase in mean winter temperature very likely to be between 0. Results illustrate a progressive warming for both maximum and minimum temperatures.
The results, averaged across all GCMs, emissions scenarios, sites, and seasons, are:. These results lie within the temperature range of previous studies Autumn is the season projected to experience the most warming, for both maximum and minimum temperatures, with spring projected to increase the least. The number of frost days is projected to decline considerably for all sites, with an average of less frost days over the year period centred on the s from the modelled baseline period — According projections for London, based on a medium emissions scenario, during summers in London in the average summer day will be 2.
Winters will be warmer, with the average winter day being 2. Average annual precipitation probably will not change much 1, This is reported for both the UK as a whole 1 and several regions 6,7, A future simulation of summer precipitation for the future period - with a detailed weather model and a high-end scenario of climate change RCP8. In general, when it rains, it rains harder 38, The maximum peak summer hourly precipitation rate, however, does not noticeably increase Increases are smaller than this in some parts of the country, generally on higher ground 1.
Heavier winter precipitation is expected to become more frequent 3. Also in the summer the intensity of extreme events will increase see also Storms producing large damaging hailstones are rare in the UK, and almost always occur during the summer months
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