Features
Take a look at the strangest thing to fall from the sky, shelter from some extreme English weather and find out if we really are a nation obsessed with talking about the elements.
Raining Sprats and Frogs
How would you feel if you turned on the weather forecast to see Sian Lloyd predicting "showers of crabs and winkles over Worcestershire"? This sounds far fetched, but there are many well-documented cases of such events. Read on to learn just how weird the English weather can sometimes be…
Extreme Weather
Compared with many parts of the world, England is lucky to have a temperate climate. Even so, our country has occasionally suffered from extreme weather conditions, including great storms, blizzards, floods and droughts. As a result of global warming, we are likely to see even more extreme weather in the future.
Interview: Michael Stevens, Senior Salesman for Brigg - Prince Charles's Umbrella-makers
Despite the record summer temperatures and water shortages of recent years, the cliché that England is a soggy-weather nation still has a lot of truth in it – and most of us still own an umbrella
Interview: Michael Stevens, Senior Salesman for Brigg - Prince Charles's Umbrella-makers
Just Making Conversation
“It is commonly observed, that when two Englishmen meet, their first talk is of the weather,” the 18th century writer Samuel Johnson famously remarked. This is often the case today, but what makes the English as a nation obsessed with the elements?
Under the Weather?
Besides influencing the numbers of accidents outside the home, cold weather conditions can worsen several specific illnesses - among them respiratory problems and SAD. Heatwaves, although reletively rare in England, can lead to dehydration, heat stroke and sunburn.
The Met's Supercomputer
On a visit to the Met Office in Exeter, ICONS managed to sneak a peek at its extraordinary supercomputer…
Ten Things...
How many of these weird and wonderful weather-related facts have you got wind of?
