South West England: latest wind

UK last month

September 2009

Mean temperatures were generally above the 1971-2000 normal for September, ranging from about 0.3 °C above average in Wales and south-west England to about 1.5 °C above in northern Scotland. Rainfall was well below average across most of the UK, the main exception being parts of north-east Scotland. It was very dry across much of East Anglia, the Midlands, south Wales and Northern Ireland with less than a third of the normal amount. Provisionally, it was the driest September across England since 1997 and the 11th driest in a series from 1914. Sunshine was generally close to normal. The sunniest places were in southern England and south Wales, where totals were typically 20% above average, and the dullest were in north-west Scotland where they were about 20% below.

A maximum temperature of 28.7 °C was recorded at Gravesend (Kent) on the 8th. A minimum temperature of -1.2 °C was recorded at Kinbrace (Highland) on the 19th. A site near Fochabers (Moray) recorded 123.6 mm of rainfall in the 24 hours ending at 0900 on the 4th.

Monthly assessment | Actual and anomaly maps | Regional values