The weather in 2016

The highs and lows of a year which continued the trend towards mild stormy winters

The first half of 2016 was unsettled and quite wet. The winter of 2015-16 was the equal mildest on record in England and Wales and it continued the recent trend to mild, quite stormy winters. June was notably dull and wet in southern Britain. The second half of the year saw more settled weather, especially in the south where a sequence of dry months lasted from July to October. Autumn was often fine with quiet "blocked" weather. The year as a whole was mild with rainfall close to average.