2Understanding Future Climate
Climate Projections for the UK
There is a difference between climate and weather. Weather is what we experience from day to day, described using metrics such as temperature, precipitation, humidity, wind speed and direction, sunshine and cloud cover. Climate is the average weather experienced over a long period, typically 30 years. The averaging process means that climate data is less chaotic than weather data, and it is possible to identify trends that are difficult to discern amid the natural variability of weather patterns. However, buildings do need to be able to deal with that ...
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