Monthly reports: October 1988

01 March 1989
Comments News and comment High pressure over Europe affected the weather for most of the month. For the first five days, the anticyclone covered southern England, with westerly cyclonic weatherfarther north over Scotland. The latter moved south over Britain and Ireland as press...
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Monthly reports: September 1988

01 January 1989
Comments News and comment The month began with a spell of very unsettled westerly weather. A depression centred off the west coast of Scotland brought strong-to-gale-force northwest-to-westerly winds across Britain and Ireland, especially on 2nd. In the north of Scotland, the w...
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Monthly reports: July reports

01 November 1988
Comments News and comment The wettest July for over fifty years was the result of the track of the eastward-moving Atlantic depression being persistently farther south than normal, bringing unsettled cool weather. The winds were predominantly southwesterly in the south of Brita...
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Monthly reports: June reports

01 October 1988
Comments News and comment These are largely unchecked reports, not authenticated records. Unless otherwise stated, dates refer to June 1988 After three days of Atlantic westerlies, the Azores anticyclone extended north on 4th to the west of Britain and Ireland, turning the winds t...
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Monthly reports: May reports

01 September 1988
Comments News and comment As in April, anticyclones near to Britain and Ireland resulted in mainly dry, settled weather, asfrontal systems became slow-moving and inactive. A high-pressure region over northern Europe from 6th to 16th brought easterly winds with warmer spells of wea...
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Monthly reports: January reports

01 May 1988
Comments News and comment The month ivas dominated by unsettled cyclonic westerly weather. Very moist, warm air from the Azores meeting the colder Arctic air caused strong winds and very heavy rain. Fortunately, the warm airflow covered Britain and Ireland, and the extensive cl...
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Monthly reports: December reports

01 April 1988
Comments News and comment Cold anticyclonic weather dominated the first half of the month, but persistent cloud cover kept overnight temperatures above freezing. Winds were light, coming from north to southeasterly directions. From 15th, the temperature rose, and warm, set...
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Monthly reports: November reports

01 March 1988
Comments News and comment These are largely unchecked reports, not authenticated records. Unless otherwise stated, dates refer to November 1987. An anticyclone covered Britain and Ireland during the first week, with resulting quiet and mild conditions. From 8th, westerly cyclonic ...
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Monthly reports: October reports

01 February 1988
Comments News and comment In the first week, an anticyclone stayed close by over the Continent, bringing warm east to southeast winds. As the centre of pressure moved eastwards, the weather became cyclonic, and wet westerlies arrived on 7th. A series of weather fronts trailed acro...
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