2019

🌡️ Temperature

In the UK, 2019 was very hot. 🌡️

The average temperature in 2019 was 10.34°C.
That's 1°C hotter than the average of 9.3°C.
This puts it in the 93rd percentile for heat, as the 26th hottest year on record.

Distribution of average yearly temperatures (1659 - 2021)

The hottest year ever was in 2014, when it averaged 10.95°C, and the coldest year was 1740 at 6.86°C.

In the UK, 2019 was very wet. 🌧️

The total rainfall in 2019 was 1095mm.
That's 175.9mm wetter than the average of 919.1mm.
This puts it in the 93rd percentile for rainfall, as the 18th wettest year on record.

Distribution of total yearly rainfall (1769 - 2021)

The wettest year ever was in 1872, when rainfall totalled 1284.9mm, and the driest year was 1788 at 612mm.

In the UK, 2019 was very sunny. ☀️

In 2019 there were1454.4 hours of sunshine.
That's 114.7 hours more sunshine than the average of 1339.7 hours.
This puts it in the 85th percentile for sunshine, as the 15th sunniest year on record.

Distribution of yearly sunshine hours in (1920 - 2022)

The sunniest year ever was in 2003, when there were 1586.3 hours of sunshine, and the least sunny year was 2022 with 0 hours of sunshine.