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for 2019 of 9.42 °C. This puts it just outside the top ten warmest years, all of which have occurred since 2002. It has also been the 11th wettest year on record, and at a local level some counties in central and eastern England such as Nottinghamshire and Lincolnshire and parts of south Yorkshire which

broke the national record by 1.6°C and across an extensive area of the country from Kent to North Yorkshire and from Suffolk to Warwickshire. “Even when you factor in the temperatures seen in summer 1976, they didn’t reach anywhere near the levels seen this week, although that was a much more

areas with a few spots from south Lancashire and Yorkshire southwards seeing 27 or 28 °C.    The highest temperature of the day is likely to be in or just west of the London area where 29 °C is possible, smashing the previous record high for early May Bank Holiday Monday. The warmest early May Bank

sunshine hours by mid-month. Reference climatology used for calculating anomalies is the period 1991-2020 unless otherwise stated. Weather impacts • The sixth named storm of the season, Storm Floris, brought heavy rain and strong winds to northern Scotland on the 4th • Wildfires in North Yorkshire

had some scattered light showers in the north and a maximum of only 13.4 °C at Malham Tarn (North Yorkshire). High pressure built from the south-west on the 2nd and 3rd and the weather turned dry and generally sunny, with 16.0 hours of bright sunshine at Morecambe (Lancashire) on the 3rd. The 4th

from fog persisting on some eastern coasts, with 15.8 hours of sunshine at Whitby (North Yorkshire). Most places started fine on the 2nd, but showers spread from the south-west, initially with isolated thunderstorms, reaching central and northwestern parts by early evening, while low cloud off

progressed northwards over Britain from Cornwall to the Yorkshire Coast and the strongest winds in the system developed as a rather narrow stream from the N or NNE over the Irish Sea. The winds reached hurricane force 12 on the Beaufort Scale and were estimated at well over 100mph. Wind speeds recorded

with parts of Suffolk, Cambridgeshire, Yorkshire and Northumberland seeing snowfall on the 25th. Rainfall All regions of the UK received more than their expected average rainfall with some eastern areas actually exceeding their normal December rainfall by the middle of the month. South England

the temperature reached 42.6 °C. The satellite image on 25 July 2019 shows the British Isles largely cloud-free, but with weather fronts bringing cooler, fresher air to the west, and an area of cloud pushing north into central southern England during the afternoon. Without the presence of this cloud

rain affected parts of England and Wales from the 28th onwards. A number of roads and bridges were closed in Mid and South Wales. Trains in the Machynlleth area were disrupted due to flooding, while a landslide blocked the A490. In North Yorkshire, a cycling race was cut short as heavy rain made