London is facing one of its gloomiest winters in nearly 50 years, with many areas experiencing no sunshine for seven consecutive days. Provisional Met Office data revealed that southern England has had only 61% of its usual winter sunshine hours, equating to about 115.9 hours. In December alone, Heathrow Airport recorded just 22.1 hours of sunshine, demonstrating a significant drop from the average. As residents shared their hopes on social media for brighter evenings, reality struck as the anticipated winter sun failed to appear, leaving many to grapple with ongoing gloom.
Londoners have waited and rejoiced for evening commute sunsets only to have their optimism dashed by one of the gloomiest winters in 50 years.
The south of England has had only 61% of expected sunshine this winter, averaging just over 1.5 hours per day over 72 days.
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