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ppalasek OP t1_j4u70x7 wrote on January 18, 2023 at 7:35 AM

Data from: https://www.ecmwf.int/en/era5-land https://cds.climate.copernicus.eu/cdsapp#!/dataset/reanalysis-era5-land?tab=overview

Tools used: Python, cdsapi (https://cds.climate.copernicus.eu/api-how-to), matplotlib

Code at: https://github.com/ppalasek/climate/

We can clearly see some extremes, e.g.:

January/February 1963 (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Winter_of_1962%E2%80%931963_in_the_United_Kingdom)
April 2011 (https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2011/apr/24/april-warmest-britain-sun)
July 2018 (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2018_British_Isles_heat_wave)
August 2022 (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2022_United_Kingdom_heat_waves)
December 2015 (https://www.metoffice.gov.uk/binaries/content/assets/metofficegovuk/pdf/weather/learn-about/uk-past-events/interesting/2015/exceptional-warmth-december-2015---met-office.pdf)