Wanstead weather
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Meteorological stats and phenomena for East London. FRMetS
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London winter forecast 2025/26
This winter is looking mild or very mild overall with slightly above average rainfall. This year I’ve added to my previous method of forecasting by also considering the 12-month rolling rainf…
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Another mild winter in all probability with best chance for snow between Christmas and New Year. wansteadmeteo.com/2025/12/02/l...
I do hope that the authorities now consider Mandelson is a very serious flight risk. www.ft.com/content/844d...
Police search Peter Mandelson’s homes as part of misconduct probe
Veteran Labour politician is being investigated following revelations about his friendship with sex offender Jeffrey Epstein
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February 6, 2026 at 5:13 PM
I do hope that the authorities now consider Mandelson is a very serious flight risk. www.ft.com/content/844d...
Late winter 1947 saw seemingly endless snow cover across large parts of the British Isles
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February 5, 2026 at 4:22 PM
Late winter 1947 saw seemingly endless snow cover across large parts of the British Isles
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Mandelson is an absolute shoo in for Trump’s Bored of Peace
Looks increasingly like Mandelson's salary was nominally paid by the taxpayer, yet he was actually working for Epstein
EXCLUSIVE:
Lord Peter Mandelson lobbied the US government on behalf of Jeffrey Epstein and Jes Staley in 2010 when he was business secretary, using their talking points in conversations with an American official about financial-crisis reforms
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Lord Peter Mandelson lobbied the US government on behalf of Jeffrey Epstein and Jes Staley in 2010 when he was business secretary, using their talking points in conversations with an American official about financial-crisis reforms
www.ft.com/content/e50f...
February 3, 2026 at 2:03 PM
Mandelson is an absolute shoo in for Trump’s Bored of Peace
A good illustration of how unusual the precipitation / prevailing wind has been this month can be seen by reports from Glenmuick No.2 gauge (nr Ballater)
January 29, 2026 at 10:42 PM
A good illustration of how unusual the precipitation / prevailing wind has been this month can be seen by reports from Glenmuick No.2 gauge (nr Ballater)
Noticeable and very welcome apricity this morning!
January 28, 2026 at 11:23 AM
Noticeable and very welcome apricity this morning!
A run of mild nights has seen the January mean lift to 4.6C, just 0.6C below average now.
Looking back to January 2014 this month's minima is currently just 8th coldest out 13! A cold start but whatever happened to the severe doomageddon promised by the tabloids?
Looking back to January 2014 this month's minima is currently just 8th coldest out 13! A cold start but whatever happened to the severe doomageddon promised by the tabloids?
January 24, 2026 at 10:27 AM
A run of mild nights has seen the January mean lift to 4.6C, just 0.6C below average now.
Looking back to January 2014 this month's minima is currently just 8th coldest out 13! A cold start but whatever happened to the severe doomageddon promised by the tabloids?
Looking back to January 2014 this month's minima is currently just 8th coldest out 13! A cold start but whatever happened to the severe doomageddon promised by the tabloids?
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Astonishing how much wetter Glasgow is than London, especially going into February.
An excellent tool to compare city meteorology.
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Astonishing how much wetter Glasgow is than London, especially going into February.
An excellent tool to compare city meteorology.
awjuliani.github.io/weather-expl...
January 22, 2026 at 10:26 PM
@nickabbot.bsky.social
Astonishing how much wetter Glasgow is than London, especially going into February.
An excellent tool to compare city meteorology.
awjuliani.github.io/weather-expl...
Astonishing how much wetter Glasgow is than London, especially going into February.
An excellent tool to compare city meteorology.
awjuliani.github.io/weather-expl...
There's been an easterly wind blowing since Monday yet the lowest temperature recorded here in that time is 5.5C! Some 8.4mm of miserable rain. The near continent mostly mild.
January easterlies ain't what they used to be.
January easterlies ain't what they used to be.
January 22, 2026 at 10:35 AM
There's been an easterly wind blowing since Monday yet the lowest temperature recorded here in that time is 5.5C! Some 8.4mm of miserable rain. The near continent mostly mild.
January easterlies ain't what they used to be.
January easterlies ain't what they used to be.
There's been a distinct lack of high pressure so far this winter compared with previous years. Here's the 9am readings.
January 21, 2026 at 6:37 PM
There's been a distinct lack of high pressure so far this winter compared with previous years. Here's the 9am readings.
A faint green through the clouds at Wanstead Weather Towers last evening which could only be seen through this camera phone rather than the naked eye. Which may say more about how lousy my eyesight is these days than real life? #Auroraborealis
January 20, 2026 at 12:19 PM
A faint green through the clouds at Wanstead Weather Towers last evening which could only be seen through this camera phone rather than the naked eye. Which may say more about how lousy my eyesight is these days than real life? #Auroraborealis
"On average, one person contributes around 968 grams of CO2 daily from social media use.
Over a year, this can equate to approximately 353,466 grams of CO2, similar to the emissions from a long-haul flight."
So, stop the literal doom-scrolling and take that long-haul flight?
Over a year, this can equate to approximately 353,466 grams of CO2, similar to the emissions from a long-haul flight."
So, stop the literal doom-scrolling and take that long-haul flight?
January 17, 2026 at 9:34 AM
"On average, one person contributes around 968 grams of CO2 daily from social media use.
Over a year, this can equate to approximately 353,466 grams of CO2, similar to the emissions from a long-haul flight."
So, stop the literal doom-scrolling and take that long-haul flight?
Over a year, this can equate to approximately 353,466 grams of CO2, similar to the emissions from a long-haul flight."
So, stop the literal doom-scrolling and take that long-haul flight?
Some 2.5mm of rain overnight brought the January total to 32mm, already 60% of the month average. However, 50 days on from when I last looked and the rolling 12-month total has increased just 1%!
But a look at past 10 years would suggest we're about to enter a very wet cycle.
But a look at past 10 years would suggest we're about to enter a very wet cycle.
January 12, 2026 at 3:00 PM
Some 2.5mm of rain overnight brought the January total to 32mm, already 60% of the month average. However, 50 days on from when I last looked and the rolling 12-month total has increased just 1%!
But a look at past 10 years would suggest we're about to enter a very wet cycle.
But a look at past 10 years would suggest we're about to enter a very wet cycle.
The opening week or so of 2026 has already seen 30 per cent of frost hours recorded locally in an average year. Nearly 64 hours of -0.1C and lower already represents more than half of what was recorded here in the whole of 2020!
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January 10, 2026 at 3:18 PM
The opening week or so of 2026 has already seen 30 per cent of frost hours recorded locally in an average year. Nearly 64 hours of -0.1C and lower already represents more than half of what was recorded here in the whole of 2020!
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January 8, 2026 at 8:30 PM
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-6.1C the overnight low, more than 8C below average. It's been 15 years since I've recorded something so cold in the first week of January.
Elsewhere, some nine UK stations recorded -10C and lower.
Elsewhere, some nine UK stations recorded -10C and lower.
January 6, 2026 at 10:55 AM
-6.1C the overnight low, more than 8C below average. It's been 15 years since I've recorded something so cold in the first week of January.
Elsewhere, some nine UK stations recorded -10C and lower.
Elsewhere, some nine UK stations recorded -10C and lower.
Look at the visibilities in this lovely cold, clear Polar air. Heathrow reporting 55km. Much less in falling snow in Scotland.
January 2, 2026 at 4:12 PM
Look at the visibilities in this lovely cold, clear Polar air. Heathrow reporting 55km. Much less in falling snow in Scotland.
Few averages from Wanstead for 2025 and how they compare with last 10 years or so.
Biggest takeaway was the lack of rain; the total of 458.4mm, 73% of average, made it the driest for 22 years and 4th driest in a local series going back to 1960.
#LondonWX
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Biggest takeaway was the lack of rain; the total of 458.4mm, 73% of average, made it the driest for 22 years and 4th driest in a local series going back to 1960.
#LondonWX
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2025 averages in Wanstead
The mean temperature for 2025 finished 12.2C, 0.2C above the most recent 10-year average and just 0.01 warmer than 2024. The average maximum finished 16.7C, 0.5 above average and 0.6C up on 2024. T…
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January 1, 2026 at 9:07 PM
Few averages from Wanstead for 2025 and how they compare with last 10 years or so.
Biggest takeaway was the lack of rain; the total of 458.4mm, 73% of average, made it the driest for 22 years and 4th driest in a local series going back to 1960.
#LondonWX
wansteadmeteo.com/2026/01/01/2...
Biggest takeaway was the lack of rain; the total of 458.4mm, 73% of average, made it the driest for 22 years and 4th driest in a local series going back to 1960.
#LondonWX
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Lovely orange glow post sunset.
January 1, 2026 at 4:30 PM
Lovely orange glow post sunset.
Arome modelling a lot of precipitation in the North Sea and Netherlands. Beyond that a signal for a Pembroke Dangler to set up and last through the weekend with the 528DAM line way south into northern Iberia!!
Happy new year all.
Happy new year all.
January 1, 2026 at 4:23 PM
Arome modelling a lot of precipitation in the North Sea and Netherlands. Beyond that a signal for a Pembroke Dangler to set up and last through the weekend with the 528DAM line way south into northern Iberia!!
Happy new year all.
Happy new year all.
The high pressure centre over us is spreading nearly all the way to the southern tip of Greenland! Just look at the satellite image!! Could have conveniently forgotten but I can't remember the last time I saw something similar at this time of year.
December 30, 2025 at 5:22 PM
The high pressure centre over us is spreading nearly all the way to the southern tip of Greenland! Just look at the satellite image!! Could have conveniently forgotten but I can't remember the last time I saw something similar at this time of year.
In terms of the mean December is still over 2C above average. However, average maxima over the past 7 days has been the coldest for 15 years! Nothing notably cold but what IS notable is just how mild many recent Christmas periods have been.
December 29, 2025 at 11:00 AM
In terms of the mean December is still over 2C above average. However, average maxima over the past 7 days has been the coldest for 15 years! Nothing notably cold but what IS notable is just how mild many recent Christmas periods have been.
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Looking for postdoc positions in the UK studying weather extremes?
Two jobs with deadline 4th Jan:
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Two jobs with deadline 4th Jan:
Historical windstorms, working with two insurance companies: jobs.reading.ac.uk/Job/JobDetai...
Storylines of extreme events, as part of a European collaboration: jobs.reading.ac.uk/Job/JobDetai...
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December 27, 2025 at 8:35 AM
Looking for postdoc positions in the UK studying weather extremes?
Two jobs with deadline 4th Jan:
Historical windstorms, working with two insurance companies: jobs.reading.ac.uk/Job/JobDetai...
Storylines of extreme events, as part of a European collaboration: jobs.reading.ac.uk/Job/JobDetai...
Two jobs with deadline 4th Jan:
Historical windstorms, working with two insurance companies: jobs.reading.ac.uk/Job/JobDetai...
Storylines of extreme events, as part of a European collaboration: jobs.reading.ac.uk/Job/JobDetai...
Christmas day was, locally, the coldest for 5 years. The high of 5.7C.
Most notable was the sunshine, a total of at least 6.1 hours at Heathrow would make it the sunniest since 1953, the third sunniest in a record going back to 1881!
The joys of dry continental air.
Most notable was the sunshine, a total of at least 6.1 hours at Heathrow would make it the sunniest since 1953, the third sunniest in a record going back to 1881!
The joys of dry continental air.
December 26, 2025 at 12:12 PM
Christmas day was, locally, the coldest for 5 years. The high of 5.7C.
Most notable was the sunshine, a total of at least 6.1 hours at Heathrow would make it the sunniest since 1953, the third sunniest in a record going back to 1881!
The joys of dry continental air.
Most notable was the sunshine, a total of at least 6.1 hours at Heathrow would make it the sunniest since 1953, the third sunniest in a record going back to 1881!
The joys of dry continental air.