Mike Kendon

Sep 1, 2023 | inkl.com | Mike Kendon

Of the top 10 warmest summers on record, 2023 has been the wettest, with Northern Ireland having its wettest July on record. Met Office senior scientist Mike Kendon said: “The lion’s share of fine and settled weather in summer 2023 for the UK occurred in June, when high pressure was widely established bringing many dry days of warm summer sunshine.

Jul 26, 2023 | rmets.onlinelibrary.wiley.com | Mike Kendon |Mark McCarthy |Svetlana Jevrejeva |Andrew Matthews

Futile it were to heave the fretful sigh When facile mirth is free to such as I: Should cheerless rain from high Olympus fall, I choose wet weather, and record it all. A poem in the preface to British Rainfall, 1916 (British Rainfall Organization, 1917) INTRODUCTION This report provides a summary of the UK's weather and climate through the calendar year 2022, alongside the historical context for a number of essential climate variables.