Met Office

Reflecting on the weather of 2022, it was a busy year! We had our hottest ever day; 38.8°C on the 19th July, a huge 4.3°C above our previous record. We were also affected by three storms within one week (Dudley, Eunice and Franklin), which was a first for the UK. Our average temperature across the year was also our highest on record; 10.59°C, which is higher than the record breaking UK mean of 10.03°C. A nice graphical depiction of our weather last year compared with our average over the past 30 years can be seen below.

So far in 2023 at RAF Leeming, we have had our 3rd sunniest January with 84 hours of sunshine, 151% of the average of 55.6 hours. Then, Storm Otto brought wind gusts up to 62 KT on 17th February, but this was still a way off the wind record which stands at 79 KT from 1997. Looking ahead through 2023, we have another busy year coming up. Joe and Lauren are both working between Leeming and JOMOC (Joint Oceanographic and Meteorological Operations Centre), and Jenny will be working partly with the Met Office Defence Applications team updating the Defence Maritime Environmental Briefs for use by the Royal Navy.