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Thursday will begin with areas of locally heavy rain, moving erratically north and east throughout the day. While the thundery component of this rain is expected to diminish, brighter conditions following the rain may help to trigger scattered showers and isolated thunderstorms during the afternoon

temperature for August was provisionally 0.3 °C below the 1981-2010 long-term average. Maximum temperatures were around 1.5 °C below average in the south-east, whereas minima were slightly above average over the Midlands and the north. Rainfall was near average in the south-east, parts of Devon, and from

were around 1.5 °C below average in the south-east, whereas minima were slightly above average over the Midlands and the north. Rainfall was near average in the south-east, parts of Devon, and from Lancashire to East Yorkshire, but well below average in some areas such as the Midlands, Lincolnshire

UK rainfall total for 2019 was 1240 mm, which is 107% of the 1981-2010 average, making this a wet year overall although not especially so. Parts of the North Midlands, South Yorkshire and Lincolnshire were notably wet through the year, and Sheffield had its second wettest year in a station record

in North Yorkshire. There was widespread disruption across the rail network, with the West Coast Main Line closed between Carlisle and Lockerbie and the TransPennine Express also disrupted. Localized surface water flooding also caused disruption to many roads. In Cumbria, households were temporarily

in the Great North Run were stranded after the event due to major disruption to the transport network, with the South Shields Metro station closed while water was cleared from the tracks. Weather data The hot, sunny weather was due to the jet stream shifting to the north, allowing high pressure

. These storms resulted in significant and widespread weather impacts, particularly from flooding - affecting all four nations, most notably the south-east of Northern Ireland, parts of eastern Scotland and parts of the South Pennines and north Midlands - but elsewhere too. The storms also caused

island effect, which results in higher urban temperatures compared with surrounding rural areas. WHAT AFFECTS THE REGION’S WEATHER? Newcastle is located within the North East of England, which includes the counties of Northumberland, Tyne and Wear, Durham and North, West and South Yorkshire. Here

71.9 77.4 93 Myerscough, Lancashire 87.0 96.8 90 Rochdale, Greater Manchester 98.6 112.2 88 Ruthin, Clywd 65.6 75.1 87 Westerdale, North Yorkshire 66.4 77.1 86 The chart below shows area-average daily rainfall totals across north-west England and North Wales from September 2020 to January 2021

of Scotland, the whole of Northern Ireland, and parts of northern England, north Wales and the north Midlands. Dan Suri is a Chief Meteorologist at the Met Office and said: “An area of low pressure slides its way eastwards on Monday night. The associated frontal system, marking the boundary between