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Those interested in climate change and predictions of future climates should also visit the Met Office Hadley Centre web pages.

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UK last month

April 2008
Mean temperatures close to average across the whole of the UK. Provisionally, England, Wales and the UK all had their coldest April since 2001. Rainfall generally above average, and well above average across parts of eastern Scotland and north-east England. However, rainfall was actually below average most of Northern Ireland. Sunshine generally above average, but below average across parts of northern England and southern Scotland.

Weybourne (Norfolk) recorded a maximum temperature of 22.0 °C on the 26th. Blencathra (Cumbria) recorded a minimum temperature of -7.7 °C on the 6th. During the 6th an area of sleet and snow moved across much of the Midlands and SE England with 5 to 10 cm reported fairly widely, causing Heathrow airport to close for a time.

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