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Latest observations - 1400 on 15 May 08: UK

Location	Weather	Temp	Wind			Vis	Pressure / trend
Location	Weather	Temp	Dir	Speed	Gust	Vis	Pressure / trend
Belfast (Aldergrove)		14.2 °C	ENE	8 mph		18 km	1014 hPa, Falling
Cardiff (St Athan)		9.9 °C	NE	13 mph		5 km	1011 hPa, Falling
Edinburgh (Gogarbank)		10.8 °C	ENE	8 mph		30 km	1015 hPa, Falling
London (Heathrow)		13.5 °C	NNE	7 mph		11 km	1010 hPa, Falling

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More UK observations

24 hours ending 2200 on 14 May 08: UK

Highest max	23.6 °C	Solent
Lowest max	9.6 °C	Loftus
Lowest min	-1.4 °C	Kinbrace
Highest rainfall	14.6 mm	Cardinham
Sunniest	14.6 hours	Aldergrove

Last updated: 0827 on Thu 15 May 2008

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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