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• Met Office specialist forecasts: Tailored insights for land, sea and space

  in valleys. Practical advice Our forecasts are complemented by safety guidance. We encourage all visitors to the hills to follow the AdventureSmart principles: check the forecast, carry appropriate gear and know your limits. In winter, avalanche risk should also be considered, and specialist reports

• Why frost can still occur in late Spring

  countryside allows heat to escape more freely, while valleys are especially prone as colder air drains downhill and pools near the surface overnight. By contrast, towns and cities tend to stay slightly warmer. Buildings, roads and other hard surfaces absorb heat during the day and release it slowly

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  Riverside Quidhampton Wood Bemerton Water Meadows Bishopdown Park Bishopdown Railway Burrough's Hill Laverstock Down Church Road Avon Valley Sports Centre Wyndham Park Churchill Gardens 8 Ticks in urban green space Locations 9 Urban ticks in Bath Site ID Habitat Transect (5m) Total nymphs collected Total

• SPF City Pack_editable_template

  be significant but localised. Kirklees is mainly sheltered from prevailing westerly winds by the South Pennines. Calm winds can cause fog formation in the Colne valley, while slight easterly winds can blow fog in from the Humberhead Levels. HOW HAS THE AREA'S CLIMATE CHANGED? Temperature Difference (°C

• SPF City Pack_editable_template

  . Inland valleys experience the coldest winter night temperatures, such as Rhyader (Powys) which experienced -23.3°C in January 1940. Rainfall in Wales varies widely, with Snowdonia receiving average annual totals exceeding 3000 mm in comparison to places along the coast which may receive less than

• Deep Dive: High-pressure, dry air and meteor showers

  could briefly reach 40–50 mph. These winds will be highly localised and are not expected to be widespread enough for formal warnings, but they may still cause disruption. Routes crossing higher ground are most at risk, where sudden changes in wind strength can catch drivers out. Sheltered valleys may

• Met Office weather stations: How we measure the weather

  ground, free from trees, buildings, or steep slopes that could affect measurements. Factors that can introduce uncertainties include buildings which can artificially warm temperature readings, trees that can shelter instruments from wind or sunshine, and valleys (frost hollows) which can exaggerate

• Rainfall in the first half of September: A wet start, but the deficit remains

  Bradfield (South Yorkshire) on 27 September 1975. Wales has seen gusts up to 73 knots (84 mph) at Valley (Gwynedd) on 5 September 1967 and Capel Curig (Gwynedd) as recently as 27 September 2023. Northern Ireland’s record is 79 knots (91 mph) at Killowen (County Down) on 19 September 2018. Sunshine, too

• Deep Dive: extreme rainfall, spring frost and a dry April

  extend well into May, and in a few places even into June. This means that frost at this time of year is not especially unusual, particularly in rural and elevated areas. Sheltered valleys are also more prone, as colder air drains downhill and pools near the surface overnight. Frost and a warming

• snow-and-low-temperatures-february-to-march-2018---met-office.pdf

  temperature for England, beating -3.3 °C at Buxton, Derbyshire on 5 March 1942, and at Spadeadam, Cumbria on 2 March 1965. A very large number of long-running weather stations recorded their lowest March daily maximum temperature on record, examples including -0.1 °C at Valley, Anglesey (87 years), 0.8