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August 2025

August was an unsettled month, with showers, thunderstorms, a named storm, and a heatwave. The month started with temperatures around average for the first week, with some areas dropping below average and others creeping above average. The sixth named storm of the year, Storm Floris, arrived on the 4th and brought strong winds and heavy rain to northern Scotland in particular. Parts of northern England, northern Wales and Northern Ireland also saw heavy rain in the first week of the month. The second week was warmer, with temperatures widely above average. Heatwave conditions were met in parts of central and eastern England between the 11th and 15th. Mid-month saw dry conditions for most, with only scattered showers and mist. August ended with unsettled weather as low pressure brought outbreaks of rain, some heavy, to much of the country. The 25th and 26th saw increased rainfall along the west coast of the UK as the remnants of Hurricane Erin arrived. Temperatures returned to around average for many in the last few days of the month, and much of the country saw showers and some heavy rain.

The UK recorded a provisional mean temperature of 16.3°C for August, 1.2°C above average. All four nations were similarly above average for mean temperatures, with the heatwave pulling the average up despite some cooler temperatures early in the month. Rainfall was below average for the UK overall, which provisionally recorded just 62% of the long-term average. However, there were strong regional variations, with Scotland recording 83% of the average rainfall and southern England seeing just 43%, much of this from the final week of August. Sunshine hours were above average for most, with the UK overall recording 112% of the long-term average sunshine duration. The first half of the month was particularly sunny, with all four nations recording over 60% of their average sunshine hours by mid-month.

The UK monthly extremes were as follows: A maximum temperature of 33.9°C was recorded at Westonzoyland (Somerset) on the 12th. A minimum temperature of 1.2°C was recorded at Tomintoul (Banffshire) on the 23rd. In the 24 hours ending at 0900 UTC on the 28th, 81.6 of rain fell at Resolvan S Works (West Glamorgan). A wind gust of 71 knots (82 mph) was recorded at Wick Airport (Caithness) on the 4th.

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