UKP – Running at record high levels

The 365 day UKPUKP UKP is a gridded datasets of UK regional precipitation. regional precipitation totals are running at record high levels at the moment. Never since the start of the gridded daily records in 1931 have 365 day totals been as high as they are on the 23 February 2024 for Central England, Eastern Scotland, Northern Ireland and England Wales. Anomalies for Central England for example are at 149.3% of the 1981-2010 LTALTA Long Term Average. This is usually defined as a 30 year period by the WMO.. Hopefully I’ve got all my maths and my coding right 😉

The red ringed cells mark the highest 365 day totals for this region.
Northern Scotland still has the lowest 365 day anomaly (105.2%).
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