anywhere in the world climate is unique.And the inhabitants of different parts of it would be something to gossip at the meeting.That climate of the island of Great Britain leaves the English, Irish and Scots indifferent.And how funny sayings they come up with on this topic!
Characteristic features
The main feature of the British weather - it's variability.In the morning sun can shine in the evening sky and clouds will tighten sharply colder.Or the whole day will be clear and warm, but tomorrow will go heavy rain.The latter is generally a special subject.The islanders say that they can be three types of weather: rain in the morning, rain in the afternoon and evening drizzle.Exaggeration, of course, but here is really quite humid.
But what to say, if in the "wet" area of the UK (it is in Scotland) falls in year three thousand millimeters of rain!That's a lot.In the dry - Cambridgeshire - about six times less, but too much.So what's the climate in the UK?Accepted describe it as mild, wet and cool.But that's not saying much.To understand the climate of Great Britain, it is necessary to study it thoroughly.
Humidity
As mentioned above, the rain falls on the island are many: somewhere more, somewhere less.On average in the United Kingdom falls two thousand millimeters of rain a year.Moreover, the wettest period is from October to January and dry - from March to June.
Snow cover
Winter rainfall, of course, not uncommon for the UK.Snow falls on the island everywhere, but a thin veil, and is generally no longer than a week.And only in the mountains of Scotland, it is possible to observe up to six months.However, in recent years, due to a noticeable change in the global climate, and in London the case of strong snow drifts.
temperature
warm weather, of course, not known UK.The climate is more temperate than at the same latitudes in Russia and Canada, thanks to the Gulf Stream (but more on that later).But it is said that the inhabitants of Albion at the first opportunity, eager to leave the country - a weekend course.And once given a warm day, the British immediately take off with the warmth of clothing to a little tan.
Although, again, thanks to climate change (whether warming, or cooling - no longer understand), on the island in summer the temperature began to rise to extreme values.But in one or two days a year.On average, the temperature here is (in spring and summer), 15-23 degrees above zero Celsius.And in the winter rarely fall below minus ten.The coldest months, as a rule, it is January and February.The warmest in July and August.Severe winter frosts are rare, as the drought in the summer.But hours of sunshine here only in the year 1340, accounting for one third of the maximum value in the world.That's why there is always overcast!
maximum temperature was recorded in August 2003.Then, the thermometer climbed to as much as 38.8 degrees above zero!The record was set in Kent.And the coldest day in the history of the British Isles is considered to be December 30, 1995.New Year's Eve in Scotland the temperature dropped to minus 27.2 Celsius.
Wind
Generally, the type of the UK climate can be described as a sea.After all, it is an island, so no surprise here, and plenty of windy days per year.Cases and severe storms.As a rule, the sea more windy than in mountain areas and in the center of the country.
So, on the windy days there are up to thirty-five a year.But in the interior of the island of Great Britain the climate is not so cruel, and blowing is not more than a week.The maximum wind speed, which was recorded on the island, is two hundred twenty-eight kilometers per hour!It happened in February 1989 in Scotland.
The weather locally
Tell me more about the situation in different parts of the island of Great Britain.The climate in the UK - the soft.But there are also disadvantages.Almost half do not see any sun from behind the clouds, often pouring rain, and fog is not uncommon.Here is coldest in January.But the average temperature usually does not fall below four to five degrees Celsius with a "plus".But in the warmest time - in July - on the street is usually not more than eighteen plus.Rains are usually poured from September to January, and most of all - in October.
In Wales, the climate is also quite soft.The average winter temperature rarely drops below minus five or six degrees Celsius.The negative record is kept at -23.In the summer the thermometer often kept within plus fifteen or sixteen.In the central areas of the climate is drier than the east.
Scotland - this is the coldest part of the island of Great Britain.The climate is also quite soft, but still different from other regions.In the mountains in the winter often snow falls, while the average January temperature is minus three degrees Celsius.The warmest time of year - it's July.The air is warmed up to plus fifteen.Do not sunbathe.But the fog and rain in the region happen to two hundred forty days a year.This is especially true for the western regions.
We can not tell, and about another part of the UK state.The climate in Northern Ireland is not too different from the Scottish.The temperature of the coldest month (January) there is four to five degrees Celsius.And in July, it rarely rises above fifteen or sixteen.
who "does" weather
The climate of Great Britain are linked, of course, primarily the Pacific warm Gulf Stream.According to scientists, it is because it is the average temperature is higher than it should be at this latitude, about eight degrees.Gulf Stream extends to ten thousand kilometers, and its rate of flow is from three to ten kilometers per hour.
flow in the second carries about 50 million cubic meters of water.This is twenty times more than all the Peace River.But this flow of heat transfers as much as drew up a million nuclear power plants.
Another factor influencing the climate of the British Isles, are the high-altitude jet streams of air.The speed of some of them up to five hundred kilometers per hour.They are at different heights (from ten to fourteen thousand meters).Some of them carry the cold air (so-called polar jet stream).Others - warm.Average speed past - 50 meters per second.
Now you know what the climate of Great Britain is special.In conclusion, it must be said about some of the consequences of such weather conditions.In the British Isles - a paradise for flower cultivation.This is from the pros.Of the minuses as in most homes do not have central heating and double-glazed window in one glass.And because in the cold winters the English have to use heaters.
