Weather and Climate GapFill

The Climate of the British Isles

The British Isles enjoy a temperate, maritime climate. Temperate means the temperature is never   over 30 °Cconstanttoo extremeunder -5 °Cfreezingvariable, while maritime means that it is influenced by   continental driftthe mountainssailorsour latitudethe seaglobal warming. Still, there is some variation between the regions. In London and the South East, there are   mildcoldwarmchillyboilingfreezing summers, while in the winter it often gets quite   sunnywarmmildtepidfoggycold. This is because the   usualfreakcommonprevailingsolardominant wind usually approaches the British Isles from the   northsouth-westSouthern Oceancontinent of AsiaeastArctic and any rain-bearing clouds drop their rain in places like   the North York MoorsCornwallSussexAberdeenthe WashNorfolk before reaching the south-east. The warmest parts of the British Isles are in the   north-eastcentreLake DistrictOuter HebridesScottish Highlandssouth-east in counties such as Kent and   CumbriaEast SussexYorkshireSuffolkHertfordshireLancashire while, in the winter, ocean currents keep much of the west of the country quite   settledcalmmild and wetcold and drycold and wetmild and dry