2022 #weather extremes in East #Dorset -

• Record wind gust of 60mph recorded on 18th February
• #Driest summer by some margin with just 16.4% local rainfall
• Station record high temperature of 35.6°C recorded on 18th July
• A record run of 7 days exceeding 30°C in July
• November was the station’s wettest month on record (242mm, 240.8%)
• Not a single air frost in November
• #Warmest autumn on record
• #Wettest autumn on record
• #Coldest start to December since 2010

2022 #weather extremes in East #Dorset -

• Record wind gust of 60mph recorded on 18th February
• #Driest summer by some margin with just 16.4% local rainfall
• Station record high temperature of 35.6°C recorded on 18th July
• A record run of 7 days exceeding 30°C in July
• November was the station’s wettest month on record (242mm, 240.8%)
• Not a single air frost in November
• #Warmest autumn on record
• #Wettest autumn on record
• #Coldest start to December since 2010

Autumn 2022 (Sept.-Nov.) was easily the #warmest and #wettest #autumn since I began recording the #weather in 2009.
This beats the previous records of 12.64°C in 2011 (Salisbury, Wiltshire) and 418.4mm in 2019 (#Wimborne, #Dorset).

#UK #weather: #May on track to be #wettest on record with more #rain to come | UK weather | The Guardian

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2021/may/21/uk-weather-may-on-track-to-be-wettest-on-record-with-more-rain-to-come

#Meteorology