Weather in the UK 2022 - up

[Mark]

Snow is set to blanket much of Scotland this week as a polar air mass sweeps in, tanking temperatures.

Starting Wednesday, freezing conditions will return and persist through the weekend.

Snowfall will first hit northern areas like the Cairngorms, Moray, Aberdeenshire, and Perthshire. And by Thursday could reach the Angus Glens and parts of the Highlands, including Ross and Cromarty and Inverness-shire. The snow will be heaviest and most widespread on Saturday, impacting the likes of Sutherland, Caithness, and Argyll.

The Met Office is forecasting overnight frosts--and not just for Scotland but for great swaths of the UK:





Much of mainland Europe is also expecting an early-season freeze:



GFS 2m Temperature Anomalies for Oct 12 [tropicaltidbits.com].

Scotland Snow
https://electroverse.substack.com/p/scotland-snow-ucsds-mandatory-climate

[Mark]

The UK is enduring its second-worst harvest on record (to 1983), with cold, damp weather crippling crops from wheat to grapes.

Despite analysts predictably blaming "climate change", the reality is that it’s unseasonal cold and wet conditions—exactly the opposite of the warm, dry future they’ve long forecasted—that have devastated the growing season.

Wine production has suffered the biggest losses, as you might expect, with some regions seeing yields plummet by 75%. Wheat output is down 21%, while winter barley and oilseed rape have declined 26% and 32%. The Energy and Climate Intelligence Unit (ECIU) estimates a £600m hit for farmers, as key crop production slumped 15% overall.

The persistently cold and soggy conditions stunted growth and delayed planting, forcing a costly shift to less productive spring crops. Vineyards were plagued by mold and disease, and grape yields, particularly across the southwest, have proven a disaster.

The alarmist predictions are once again failing to match reality—cold, not heat, is ruining the harvest. Yet the climate advocates persist in distorting the facts to fit their narrative:


https://electroverse.substack.com/p/cold-devastates-uk-growing-seasonsecond

[Mark]

An early cold snap has gripped the UK and Ireland, setting records and resulting in widespread disruption.

Braemar, Scotland, recorded -11.2C (12F), marking the region's coldest November temperature since 1998. While to the south, the likes of Huddersfield, West Yorkshire was dealing with -8C (17.6F) and heavy snow, and flakes were even falling in London.



Tower Bridge, London

The polar conditions brought significant snowfall and icy roads to a large portion of the UK, in fact, disrupting travel extensively on Monday and closing over 200 schools, delaying train services and cancelling flights.



November snow falls in the south of England. Here is Bristol.

The Met Office has increased its cold weather alerts for Wednesday. They now span Scotland, Northern Ireland, as well as southern and eastern England, and parts of Wales—you can't even clearly see the map for all the overlapping warnings:



Met Office warnings for Wednesday, Nov 20 [metoffice.gov.uk]

Ireland, too, has faced harsh weather with lows of -4C (27F) recorded.

Met Éireann has extended its cold weather warnings through Nov 21, with the anticipation of further heavy snow and tanking temps across all counties, particularly northern and western areas such as Cavan, Donegal, and Monaghan.

https://electroverse.substack.com/p/record-cold-and-heavy-snow-grip-the

[Mark]

The UK’s coldest night of winter so far was recorded in the UK, with temperatures in northern Scotland plunging to -13.3C (8F), as per Met Office data.




The low was logged at Loch Glascarnoch, a reservoir in the Scottish Highland, during the early hours of Monday morning. Schools across Aberdeenshire, the Highlands, and Moray were among those forced to close as snow/ice gripped the area.

Last winter, thermometers in the Highland village of Dalwhinnie dropped to -14C (7F). This low is expected to be bested later this week as an even colder air mass descends into the UK, running Wednesday through Friday. Meteorologists aren't ruling -20C (-4F) or below in the Highlands, which would threaten the UK's coldest temperatures (for the dates) on record, set back in 1982.

As winter deepens, the UK remains firmly in the grip of freezing temperatures. The snow isn't letting up either, with warnings currently in place for much of the country:

https://electroverse.substack.com/p/uk-shivers-at-133c-8f-flawed-data

[Mark]

Ireland remains locked in an extreme cold snap, with a 'Status Orange' warning for severe low temperatures and ice extended for 15 counties through Friday morning.

Temperatures will tank below -5C (23F) for most of the country, with further snow in the northwest. Met Éireann is warning of severe frost, black ice, and freezing fog, making roads treacherous. Motorists and pedestrians are urged to take caution.



Sally Gap in Wicklow on Jan 9 [Brendan Bernie]

Granard, Co Longford, registerd a low of -8.2C (17.2F) Thursday, Ireland’s coldest temperature this week. Mullingar, Co Westmeath, dropped to -7.5C (18.5F), with Athenry, Co Galway, at -7C (19.4F).

Above the border, Northern Ireland's warnings for snow and ice persist, while the UK braces for lows as brutal as -20C (-4F).
https://electroverse.substack.com/p/irelands-extreme-cold-warnings-extended

[Mark]

Scotland is bracing for a hard freeze, the hardest in decades (perhaps ever) with temperatures in the Highlands forecast to drop below -20C (-4F) Thursday night.

Dalwhinnie, near the Cairngorms, is forecast to hit -18C (0F), with the likes of Altnaharra possibly dipping below -20C (-4F). If reached, this would be the coldest January temperature recorded in the UK since 2010. If breached, it could mark the coldest January 9th/10th since 1982. (The nation’s record Jan low is the -27.2C (-17F) logged in Braemar, Aberdeenshire, also in 1982.)
https://electroverse.substack.com/p/uk-braces-for-20c-4f-ideology-above

[Mark]

By CNN
The United Kingdom and Ireland are bracing for what could be one of the most severe storms seen in years, with authorities shutting schools and warning residents to stay in.
Storm Éowyn, an extratropical "bomb" cyclone that has formed in the North Atlantic and intensified rapidly, is expected to bring gusty winds, heavy rain and some snow to the region.
Met Éireann, the Irish Meteorological Service, has issued red warnings, its highest alert level, for wind for much of the country beginning early Friday, saying that wind gusts could exceed 80 miles per hour.

[Mark]

Bumblebee populations in the UK hit a record low last year, plummeting nearly 25% below the 2010-2023 average, according to the Bumblebee Conservation Trust’s latest report.

The primary culprit was an unusually cold spring. Early in the season, queen bumblebees act as “single mothers,” feeding themselves and their larvae while establishing new colonies. Persistent cold weather made this crucial phase far more difficult, leading to widespread population declines.

Species peaking in June and July suffered the worst, with red-tailed and white-tailed bumblebees dropping 74% and 60%, respectively. Other species hit hard include the garden bumblebee, tree bumblebee, southern cuckoo bumblebee, and buff-tailed bumblebee.

Dr. Richard Comont of the BCT warns that continued monitoring in 2025 is critical to see if these species can rebound. Unfortunately, the UK is enduring continued cold weather this year, with something of a delayed spring in the offing.

https://electroverse.substack.com/p/bees-struggling-in-the-cold-cyprus

[Mark]

The hottest day of the year so far has been recorded in the UK, as a Met Office warning for thunderstorms comes into force.

A temperature of 33.2C was recorded on Saturday afternoon in Charlwood, near Gatwick, beating the previous 2025 record set earlier this week.

Saturday is expected to be the peak of the recent hot weather, with temperatures expected to dip into Sunday.

The yellow weather warning is in place until 03:00 BST on Sunday for parts of northern England, the Scottish Borders, and north-east Wales.

Storms are expected because the humid weather means there is plenty of moisture in unstable atmospheric conditions. They could bring localised flash flooding, large hail and lightning.

An amber heat-health alert in England issued by the UK Health Security Agency remains in force until Monday, as fresh research suggests nearly 600 people could die in the next four days because of the heat in England and Wales.

Researchers at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine and Imperial College London predict there could be around 570 heat-related deaths, using decades of UK data, with the greatest number, 129, in London.

Prof Antonio Gasparrini, of the LSHTM, said: "Every fraction of a degree of warming will cause more hospital admissions and heat deaths, putting more strain on the NHS."
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cg5z78nyglpo

[Mark]

The UK experienced its hottest day of the year on Tuesday as a heatwave which has gripped much of England this week reached its peak.

St James's Park in London saw England's top temperature of 34.7C (94.4F), while parts of Essex and Kent also topped 33C.

Temperatures are expected to cool down across the UK on Wednesday.

It comes as the Met Office said last month was the warmest June on record in England, and second warmest in the UK since records began in 1884, according to provisional figures.


Map showing temperatures forecast across the UK on Tuesday. The highest temperature of 34C is forecast in south-east England, and the lowest temperatures of 17C are forecast in both Northern Ireland and Scotland.
While feeling cooler for many on Tuesday, the heatwave continues in south-east England
In Wales, Tuesday's top temperature was 25.8 in Usk.

But conditions for most people living north of the Midlands were cool and cloudy on Tuesday, with Scotland's high 19.7 in Drumnadrochit and Northern Ireland's 20.5 in Killowen.

Forecasters say temperatures in the south-east will fall to the mid-20s on Wednesday, with some heavy showers across the far south-east of England, north-east England and eastern Scotland.

Flooding alerts have been issued for parts of northern and central Scotland.

However, those in the south-east will still face a warm Tuesday night.

Several amber heat health alerts issued by the UK Health Security Agency remain in place until Wednesday morning for Yorkshire and the Humber, East Midlands, West Midlands, East of England, London and both south England regions.

It came as Europe remained gripped by an intense heatwave, with France, Spain, Portugal, Italy, Germany and the Balkans all experiencing scorching heat in recent days.

What's the difference between Heat Health Alerts and Extreme Heat warnings?
Why are UK cities often the hottest spots in the country?
The average temperature across England was 16.9C throughout June and 15.2C for the UK, according to the Met Office.

That tops June 2023, when the mean temperature was 16.7C - and it comes after the Met Office previously confirmed this spring was the warmest ever.

Little significant heat-related disruption was reported on Tuesday - but in the Scottish Highlands and neighbouring Moray, firefighters tackled moorland wildfires for a fourth day in a row.


A graphic with 6 images of the UK which have read on the counties that have experienced at least 1 heatwave in June
This week marked the second UK heatwave of 2025. It lasted six days for parts of Yorkshire and the Humber, and five for people in central and eastern England.

An official heatwave is declared when locations reach a certain temperature for three consecutive days.

The thresholds vary from 25C to 28C in different parts of the country.

Heatwaves in June more likely due to climate change
While this heatwave is a result of a large area of high pressure getting "stuck" over Europe – dubbed a "heat dome" by some - high temperatures are becoming increasingly common in the UK.

Scientists have emphasised the role of climate change in these sizzling summers, saying that heatwaves will likely become more frequent and hotter in the future.


Heatwave peak sees parts of UK climb to 33C
'Unprecedented' alerts in France as blistering heat grips Europe
UK heatwaves
Heatwaves
Related
Cooler weather conditions set in across UK as heatwave ends
3 days ago
UK
What to do if you think someone has heat exhaustion or heatstroke
4 days ago
Health
Jersey sees hottest June day on record
5 days ago
Jersey
More from the BBC
3 days ago
Bottles of water at an emergency outdoor centre in Herne Bay with a sign and cones.
Heatwave affects water supply for thousands
South East Water says bottled water is available to customers at a collection point in Whitstable.

Kent
3 days ago
A young woman, her straight light hair pulled into a ponytail, drinks from a plastic water bottle, her eyes closed, in the sunshine. She stands beside a fountain before a staircase, people standing and walking in the background.
Scorching European heatwave turns deadly in Spain, Italy and France
Two people are found dead by firefighters in Spain's Catalonia region, with heat-related fatalities in France and Italy.

Europe
4 days ago
A red flower in St Leonards, East Sussex.
Heat peaks as South East temperatures hit mid 30s
Tuesday could be the hottest day of the year so far in the South East, weather forecasters say.

England
5 days ago
Woman holding fan and wearing hat on a London street
Heatwave peak sees parts of UK climb to 33C
The rise in temperature coincides with the beginning of Wimbledon and the end of the Glastonbury festival.

UK
5 days ago
Lots and lots of people in the sea and on the sand at the beach in Brighton. The pier can be seen in the background.
South East bakes as heat alert extended
An amber heat health alert is in place for the South East until 09:00 BST on Wednesday.
The UK experienced its hottest day of the year on Tuesday as a heatwave which has gripped much of England this week reached its peak.

St James's Park in London saw England's top temperature of 34.7C (94.4F), while parts of Essex and Kent also topped 33C.

Temperatures are expected to cool down across the UK on Wednesday.

It comes as the Met Office said last month was the warmest June on record in England, and second warmest in the UK since records began in 1884, according to provisional figures.


Map showing temperatures forecast across the UK on Tuesday. The highest temperature of 34C is forecast in south-east England, and the lowest temperatures of 17C are forecast in both Northern Ireland and Scotland.
While feeling cooler for many on Tuesday, the heatwave continues in south-east England
In Wales, Tuesday's top temperature was 25.8 in Usk.

But conditions for most people living north of the Midlands were cool and cloudy on Tuesday, with Scotland's high 19.7 in Drumnadrochit and Northern Ireland's 20.5 in Killowen.

Forecasters say temperatures in the south-east will fall to the mid-20s on Wednesday, with some heavy showers across the far south-east of England, north-east England and eastern Scotland.

Flooding alerts have been issued for parts of northern and central Scotland.

However, those in the south-east will still face a warm Tuesday night.

Several amber heat health alerts issued by the UK Health Security Agency remain in place until Wednesday morning for Yorkshire and the Humber, East Midlands, West Midlands, East of England, London and both south England regions.

It came as Europe remained gripped by an intense heatwave, with France, Spain, Portugal, Italy, Germany and the Balkans all experiencing scorching heat in recent days.

What's the difference between Heat Health Alerts and Extreme Heat warnings?
Why are UK cities often the hottest spots in the country?
The average temperature across England was 16.9C throughout June and 15.2C for the UK, according to the Met Office.

That tops June 2023, when the mean temperature was 16.7C - and it comes after the Met Office previously confirmed this spring was the warmest ever.

Little significant heat-related disruption was reported on Tuesday - but in the Scottish Highlands and neighbouring Moray, firefighters tackled moorland wildfires for a fourth day in a row.


A graphic with 6 images of the UK which have read on the counties that have experienced at least 1 heatwave in June
This week marked the second UK heatwave of 2025. It lasted six days for parts of Yorkshire and the Humber, and five for people in central and eastern England.

An official heatwave is declared when locations reach a certain temperature for three consecutive days.

The thresholds vary from 25C to 28C in different parts of the country.

Heatwaves in June more likely due to climate change
While this heatwave is a result of a large area of high pressure getting "stuck" over Europe – dubbed a "heat dome" by some - high temperatures are becoming increasingly common in the UK.

Scientists have emphasised the role of climate change in these sizzling summers, saying that heatwaves will likely become more frequent and hotter in the future.


Heatwave peak sees parts of UK climb to 33C
'Unprecedented' alerts in France as blistering heat grips Europe
UK heatwaves
Heatwaves
Related
Cooler weather conditions set in across UK as heatwave ends
3 days ago
UK
What to do if you think someone has heat exhaustion or heatstroke
4 days ago
Health
Jersey sees hottest June day on record
5 days ago
Jersey
More from the BBC
3 days ago
Bottles of water at an emergency outdoor centre in Herne Bay with a sign and cones.
Heatwave affects water supply for thousands
South East Water says bottled water is available to customers at a collection point in Whitstable.

Kent
3 days ago
A young woman, her straight light hair pulled into a ponytail, drinks from a plastic water bottle, her eyes closed, in the sunshine. She stands beside a fountain before a staircase, people standing and walking in the background.
Scorching European heatwave turns deadly in Spain, Italy and France
Two people are found dead by firefighters in Spain's Catalonia region, with heat-related fatalities in France and Italy.

Europe
4 days ago
A red flower in St Leonards, East Sussex.
Heat peaks as South East temperatures hit mid 30s
Tuesday could be the hottest day of the year so far in the South East, weather forecasters say.
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c79qqx1r5yyo

[Mark]

Arctic air has delivered Britain’s coldest temperatures of the season so far, down to -1.7C (29F) at Warcop, Cumbria.

A sharp northerly flow pushed cold Arctic air deep into the UK, dropping daytime highs into the single digits (C) and triggering widespread frost.

In Scotland, snow settled above 600 m (2,000 ft) from the Cairngorms to Ben Nevis — the first notable fall of the season.




The blast followed Storm Benjamin’s departure midweek, which opened the gates for polar air to surge south.
https://electroverse.substack.com/p/snow-flurries-hit-uk-new-study-on

[Mark]

Parts of the UK, most notably Wales, have been buried under a rare November snowstorm, cutting power to homes and closing dozens of schools as depths climbed to levels not seen in at least two decades.

The likes of Pembrokeshire, Ceredigion and Carmarthenshire were under a snow warning as the Met Office forecast 10cm (4in) for some spots. In reality though, totals pushed far beyond that, with Pembrokeshire councilor Shon Rees reporting 25cm (10in) — calling it “very, very deep snow” and the heaviest in his 20 years living there.





Snow-clad Pembrokeshire, Wales, on Nov 20.

Across the Preseli Hills, power flickered, “thundersnow” clapped, trees snapped under the weight, and rail services were halted after a fallen trees blocked the lines. Roads across north Pembrokeshire became impassable.

Scotland and northern England have also been hit, with deep snow burying the North York Moors Thursday:

North York Moors on Nov 20.

Forecast calls for similar conditions through the weekend and into early next week. Today (Friday) has started frigid with -10.9C (12.4F) at Loch Glascarnoch, Scotland.
https://electroverse.substack.com/p/deepest-snow-in-decades-hits-wales

[Mark]

Tomintoul recently tanked to -12.6C (10F), the UK’s coldest November reading since 2010, according to Met Office data.

That 2010 benchmark was the -18C (0F) observed in Llysdinam, Wales. The recent cold didn’t reach that mark “officially” — but away from the Met Office’s questionable weather data, independent stations show parts of Scotland rivaled that record low. Lynemore in the Highlands hit a reported -18C, tying the 2010 record, with several nearby sites dipping below -14C (7F).

Whichever figure you choose, the story is the same: the UK just endured one of its harshest November cold snaps in years.

And the freeze has since spread to the continent...
https://electroverse.substack.com/p/uks-coldest-november-low-in-15-years

[Mark]

Scotland has yet to reach 12C (54F) in 2026. That delay is now the longest in 40 years.

The last time it took this long was 1986, when the first 12C didn’t arrive until March 4.

That year’s cold winter actually dragged deep into spring, with 15C (59F) not recorded until late April. It was followed by a subdued summer, part of a run of cooler-than-average years in the mid-1980s.

This year, the usual brief surges of mild Atlantic air have been absent. The country has been persistently chilly.

That may change this weekend as a pulse of milder Atlantic air moves in. Whenever temperatures finally do touch 12C, it will formally confirm 2026 as Scotland’s slowest start to the year, thermally speaking, since the mid-1980s.
https://electroverse.substack.com/p/scotlands-cold-start-to-2026-drags

[Mark]

https://electroverse.substack.com/p/glasgow-wakes-to-april-snow-monthly
Heavy snow covered Glasgow on Easter Sunday, with full winter conditions reported across the city.
Travel was disrupted as conditions deteriorated throughout the day.
And higher up, the Scottish mountains continue to hold impressive snowpack, with excellent conditions on the peaks, including on and around Cairngorm Mountain:
In Glen Feshie, at around 900 m (2,950 ft) above Coire Garbhallach, layered snow has built up at least 4 m (13 ft) in a northwest-facing hollow.
Scotland has no glaciers today, hasn’t for thousands of years, but this large patch, holding strong into April, is doing a good job of mimicking one
In Glen Feshie, at around 900 m (2,950 ft) above Coire Garbhallach, layered snow has built up at least 4 m (13 ft) in a northwest-facing