Spring in Wick could be driest since records began
Spring looks set to be the driest on record in Wick, unless a forecast break in the weather leads to a deluge.
Recent weeks have seen high pressure maintain sunny, dry conditions across much of the UK, but that system looks set to change soon.
Local weather watcher Keith Banks said: “The paucity of rainfall this spring has been caused by protracted Omega high blocking events that have disrupted the usual west to east passage of the Atlantic weather systems across the country.
“However, there are indications that the jet steam is becoming reinvigorated and that the current Omega blocking event is going to break down by the weekend and into next week.”
He said the total rainfall up to 7am on Tuesday for spring 2025 in Wick was 64.4mm (2.54 inches).
This compares to a long-term average total for spring of 154.1mm (6.07 inches).
Keith added: “I’ve had a quick look through the archive of variables for this parameter for the series of springs going back to 1910 and noted that Wick’s driest spring to date appears to be that of 1980, when 96.6mm (3.80 inches) fell on the town.
“The total for the very dry spring of 1964 was 100.8mm (3.97 inches).”
With the end of the meteorological spring fast approaching on May 31, the spring of 2025 could well be Wick’s driest since record began in 1910.