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2017
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Review of UK Weather for 2017
29 January 2018

2017 was warmer than average for the UK as a whole, with temperatures 0.7°C above the 1981-2010 long-term average, ranking as the fifth warmest year in the historical UK series since 1910.

A view of Earth's atmosphere from space.
Climate
First direct proof that Global effort to repair the ozone hole is succeeding
26 January 2018

Direct satellite observations of the ozone hole show that levels of ozone-destroying chlorine are declining at last.

Highest gusts of over 60 knots recorded on 25 January 1990
Weather
On This Day: Burns Day Storm 1990
25 January 2018

On 25th January 1990 an intense depression tracked across southern Scotland bringing storm force winds to many parts of England and Wales.

Storm Georgina
Weather
Storm Georgina
24 January 2018

Storm Georgina, the seventh named storm of the year, brought strong winds to the UK and Ireland on 24th January 2018

Temperature anomalies by year, relative to 1981-2010 mean (Source: WMO)
In the Spotlight
2017: the warmest year on record without an El Niño
18 January 2018

Confirmation that 2017 was the warmest year without an El Niño boost has come from the Met Office Hadley Centre and UEA.

Storm Fionn
Weather
Successive storms: Fionn and David
18 January 2018

Storm Fionn was named by Met Éireann and affected the Republic of Ireland on 16th January and Storm David impacts the UK on 17th-18th January.

View from the air in Montecito.
Weather
At least seventeen dead in California mudslides
10 January 2018

At least 17 people have died and 163 people injured in deep mudslides in Southern California.

December 2017 Mean temperature 1981 - 2010 anomaly
Weather
UK weather review: December 2017
09 January 2018

UK weather review: December 2017

Fires
Weather
2017 most expensive year for US natural disasters
09 January 2018

2017 was a record year of losses from fires, hurricanes and other weather related disasters, according to the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)

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