A fascinating month-by-month collection of facts, figures and explanations related to UK weather. Discover historical facts, notable weather events, amazing statistics and stories that will keep you informed all year round.

You can delve as deeply as you like, or follow your own favourite topic throughout the year.

• discover little-known secrets about the weather
• learn fascinating facts and notable meteorological anniversaries
• track weather patterns over the previous 12 months
• examine weather extremes, temperature and atmospheric pressure highs and lows
• check wind, rainfall and snowfall extremes
• discover the times for sunrise, sunset, moonrise and moonset across the UK capital cities
• find the Moon's Phases and Ages for the year
• Written by weather expert Zoë Johnson

Storm Dunlop is an experienced Astronomy and meteorology author and translator. Books include Gem Weather (Collins, 2012), Meteorology Manual (Haynes, 2014), Practical Astronomy (Philip’s, 2012) and authored the bestselling annual Guide to the Night Sky (Collins). Fellow of the Royal Astronomical Society, the Royal Meteorological Society and a member of the International Astronomical Union.

Zoë Johnson is a meteorologist, journalist and author. She spent three years as an operational meteorologist, providing weather forecasts to farmers, wind farms and the media. Zoë’s passion for climate change communication inspired her to leave operational forecasting and pursue a career as a journalist, through which she hopes to tell climate-related stories that inspire and motivate. Although she misses day-to-day forecasting, Zoë still follows the weather and loves being outdoors, where there is always the chance to do a bit of cloud spotting!