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• New official highest temperature in UK confirmed

  A recording of 38.7°C at Cambridge Botanic Garden on Thursday 25 July has become the highest temperature officially recorded in the UK.

  high temperatures gripped large parts of central and western Europe last week, the UK joins Belgium, Germany and the Netherlands in breaking national temperature records.   The recording was taken at the University of Cambridge Botanic Garden - which houses a Met Office climate observation site

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  . For example, tomatoes, it’s much better to buy organic Spanish ones, than ones that have been grown in the UK. To get tomatoes all year round in the UK you have to heat the greenhouses/polytunnels with CO2, and this causes a much bigger carbon footprint than shipping in overland from Spain. 6

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  spotted two Kingfishers on the pond in the winter of 2017 and we are hopeful they will return. (Photo Tom Blackmore) Timeline 2018 (Photo Tom Blackmore) 2008 The Biodiversity Working Group was established in 2008 to work with Property Management, our Facilities Contractor G4S and Devon Garden

• Sun cream or brollies this Easter?

  skies remain clear, so gardeners need to be aware of the risk of frosts. Alex Deakin explains more about the forecast for the weekend in the video below: VisitEngland Director Patricia Yates said: “With so many fantastic attractions and events on this Easter and with a mainly fine, dry forecast

• Royal Meteorological Society awards recognise two outstanding Met Office staff members

  very grateful for the support of my colleagues across the Met Office, whose expertise and encouragement have been invaluable.” The Royal Meteorological Society celebrated the awards at its Annual Meeting on 3rd June at the Royal Botanic Gardens, recognising all 2025 winners and each

• Study examines drivers of 2018 UK summer heatwave

  of 38.7 °C at Cambridge University Botanic Gardens on July 25. The paper has been published in the Royal Meteorological Society journal Weather and can be read here.

• Statistics for April 2017

  were in Edinburgh (Gogarbank at only 3.2 mm and Botanic Gardens with 4 mm – 7% and 10% of average respectively), closely followed by London (Hampton at  3.8 mm and St James park at 4.2mm, both 9% of average). It was a mild month overall with a notable warm spell early in the month, but some cold

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  *) Greatest Snow Depth at 0900 UTC 28.4°C on 10th at Wellesbourne (Warwickshire, 47mAMSL) 12.3°C on 8th at Lerwick (Shetland, 82mAMSL) and Baltasound No 2 (Shetland, 15mAMSL) 18.9°C on 11th at Thornes Park (West Yorkshire, 35mAMSL) 1.4°C on 6th at Altnaharra No 2 (Sutherland, 81mAMSL) -2.2°C on 31st at Port

• A look back at November's historical weather records

  in the UK and Wales for November was 22.4°C at Trawsgoed (Ceredigion) on 1 November 2015. England’s highest November daily maximum was 21.1°C, observed at several locations including Cambridge Botanic Gardens, Writtle (Essex), Tottenham (London), Galleywood (Essex), and Halstead (Essex) on 5 November

• Snow and ice warnings remain before a change this weekend

  conditions  With freezing temperatures and the potential for snow and ice in places, there are a number of simple steps you can take to prepare your home, garden, or business for the winter weather.  Our WeatherReady pages provide expert seasonal advice from carefully selected organisations to help keep you