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June 2019 The averaging period used for the following assessment was 1981-2010. June started with a ridge of high pressure which brought warm dry sunny weather to much of the south and south-east, hot for a time in East Anglia, but it was cloudier with rain further north. From the 3rd to 9th

On the 4th and 5th south-eastern England experienced travel disruption, with delays and multiple accidents on the M20 and delays to rail services between Hastings and Eastbourne. In Northern Ireland, there were some accidents on the M2. The north-east of England and Scotland saw some road closures

weather returned from the 22nd, and it was predominantly bright and showery in Scotland and Northern Ireland but with more general rain at times over England and Wales, and the 30th was unseasonably cool, wet and windy in East Anglia and the south-east. The provisional UK mean temperature was 8.4 °C

by the strong winds. Snow fell on higher ground in north-west England, with some reports of fallen trees impacting both rail and road travel. In East Anglia some trees were brought down, impacting rail services between Norwich and Lowestoft and reducing the speed limit on the Orwell Bridge

stranded for 20 hours on snow-bound roads. Numerous roads were closed including the M73, M80, M876 and A92, and Glasgow and Edinburgh airports closed. National Rail reported mass disruption in the South East, Scotland, north-west England and the South West, with only two train operators in the whole

, especially in the north-west and in many southern counties, with over twice the average in parts of Cumbria. The overall figure for England was 136% of average. Sunshine was below average in both the north-west and the south-east, and near average elsewhere, with an overall figure of 92%. 1st to 5th

, and numerous showery days over England including some thunderstorms, and some heavy convective outbursts especially in the south-east. The provisional UK mean temperature was 14.2 °C, which is 1.2 °C above the 1981-2010 longterm average. Mean maximum temperatures were up to 2 °C above normal in some northern

, and numerous showery days over England including some thunderstorms, and some heavy convective outbursts especially in the south-east. The provisional UK mean temperature was 14.2 °C, which is 1.2 °C above the 1981-2010 longterm average. Mean maximum temperatures were up to 2 °C above normal in some northern

Extreme Norfolk rainfall, 16 August 2020 Thunderstorms affected parts of East Anglia on 16th August. A rain-gauge in East Wretham, Norfolk recorded a remarkable daily total of 239.9mm, setting a new UK August daily rainfall record at an individual station. Impacts The torrential rainfall caused

2.0 and 2.5 °C below average over much of Scotland, but less than 1.0 °C below in southern England and in Wales, and between 1.0 and 2.0 °C below in most other areas. Rainfall was 113% of average, and some parts of north-west and north-east England, the east Midlands and the south-east had over twice