How the UK is going to get even wetter – due to climate change. The UK is getting more rain on average over the whole year – about 7 per cent more over the past 30 years, than in the previous 30 years.
How the UK is going to get even wetter – due to climate change. The UK is getting more rain on average over the whole year – about 7 per cent more over the past 30 years, than in the previous 30 years.
September looks set to be one of the wettest yet for some parts of England, and climate change means the whole country is likely to carry on getting rainier still.
While there’s always variability in UK weather – making it one of our favourite conversation topics – the wet conditions are part of a trend of more rain and more extreme rainstorms caused by the warming climate.
The Met Office is due to announce this week that several counties in England have had their wettest September since records began, including Buckinghamshire, Gloucestershire, Northamptonshire, Berkshire, Oxfordshire and Bedfordshire.
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September looks set to be one of the wettest yet for some parts of England, and climate change means the whole country is likely to carry on getting rainier still.
While there’s always variability in UK weather – making it one of our favourite conversation topics – the wet conditions are part of a trend of more rain and more extreme rainstorms caused by the warming climate.
The Met Office is due to announce this week that several counties in England have had their wettest September since records began, including Buckinghamshire, Gloucestershire, Northamptonshire, Berkshire, Oxfordshire and Bedfordshire.