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due to floodwater. Flooding in Lincolnshire also caused some delays to rail travel, and over 20 properties flooded in Sutton-on-Trent in Nottinghamshire. In Scotland, there was flash flooding in Ballater, with cars submerged in Kilsyth, and Scotrail reported flooded rails near Cumbernauld. Heavy

, though tending to break up as it moved further south-east. Apart from some low cloud overnight in places, most areas had near-unbroken sunshine from the 27th to 31st inclusive. Morecambe (Lancashire) recorded 15.6 hours of sunshine on the 29th and 30th, and Waddington (Lincolnshire) also had 15.6

The UK’s new record-high temperature of 40.3°C at Coningsby, Lincolnshire, has been confirmed by the Met Office, following a rigorous process of analysis and quality control.

on the 29th and 30th, and Waddington (Lincolnshire) also had 15.6 hours of sunshine on the 30th. Wales diary of highlights May was generally dry and sunny, and particularly sunny during the last week. The month started showery, and there was a brief interlude of windy and unsettled weather from the 21st

, but there were breaks in the cloud sheet in north-east England, and Thornes Park (West Yorkshire) reached a high of 14.7 °C. Most places were dull on the 23rd and 24th, with fog patches in places, but again parts of north-east England and Lincolnshire had some sunshine. All parts were cloudy

of the month; wettest areas relative to normal were Wales and western parts of England (around 150% of average in a few places), while a strip from the Grampians to Lincolnshire was the driest (only 50% in a few places). Sunshine was well above average in most areas, with north-west Scotland the notable

Wales and North Yorkshire on the 16th, and the northbound A19 had to be closed. Heavy showers and thunderstorms broke out on the 20th across parts of Northamptonshire, Cambridge, Rutland, Lincolnshire and Norfolk, but with no impacts resulting. Increasingly high temperatures developed across the east

, but patchy rain and drizzle affected the north, and around midday the south-west saw some rain. On the 7th, rain over the south-west spread north reaching the Borders by evening. Rain persisted over East Anglia and the south-east on the 8th, spreading north into Lincolnshire and East Yorkshire

-8.2 °C Pershore (Worces.) -9.0 °C Lincoln (Lincolnshire) 2010 1981 25 Dec 31 Dec Wales -7.8 °C* Llysdinam (Powys) -5.5 °C Moel Cynnedd (Powys) 2010 1978 Altnaharra 21 Dec Fyvie Castle 29 Dec Scotland -13.8 °C -15.9 °C (Highland) 2010 (Aberdeenshire) 1995 Northern Edenfel (County 23 Dec Boom Hall

counties, some turning thundery late in the afternoon. Fog along many southern coasts on the 7th cleared by midmorning, but there were showers through the east Midlands and parts of the north, with thunderstorms developing over Lincolnshire and over the North York Moors during the afternoon. The north