The UK village that hasn't seen a ray of sunshine since October due to 'atmospheric gloom'

Areas of Britain have had a grey start to November due to "atmospheric gloom" - with one village believed to have seen no sunshine since the start of the month. Odiham, a village of around 5,000 people in Hampshire, has recorded zero minutes of sunshine since October according to ITV weather presenter Becky Martin. However the village is not the only area that has had a grey start to November, with only around 54 minutes of sunshine recorded across much of southern England so far this month.

Elsewhere, many areas of Northern Ireland have only seen 48 minutes of sunshine recorded, with only about 12 minutes recorded in Wales. The windless and rainless murk that has seen the UK as a whole recording an average of around three hours of sunshine in the seven days up to Thursday, November 7, has been dubbed "atmospheric gloom" by forecasters. Met Office spokesman Stephen Dixon said the "atmospheric gloom" meant the UK has so far had only 5 percent of the average sunshine expected for the month of November, compared with the 23 percent expected at this stage in the month.



The gloom, which he described as "unusual, but not unheard of" occurs when "high pressure traps a layer of moisture near to the earth’s surface and that brings a prolonged period of dull and cloudy weather, but with pockets of mist and fog as well". Mr Dixon added: “We’ve been locked into this weather pattern for a few days now and we’ve got a bit more of it to come. However, there is a change on the way, with brighter skies early next week.

” However, the Met Office predicts the situation is set to start changing from this weekend. Mr Dixon added: “By the time we get to Sunday, we start to see this change on the way, with fronts moving in from the north-west bringing periods of rain to the west of Scotland through Sunday. “But it also allows a change of air mass across the UK which invites another area of high pressure from the west – but, this time, with much less cloud on it.

“What it means for the UK’s weather is that, by Monday, it’s looking like a widely dry and fine day for many with good spells of sunshine, albeit with a touch more patchy cloud in the north of the country. “But, for the vast majority, a dry and fine day for many with some sunshine, which will feel like it’s much needed after the recent week.”.