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in the second half of the month. The weather was changeable, with scattered showers as well as dry, fine spells. The winds were often from the west or southwest, bringing moist, sometimes warm air from the Atlantic. August began with widespread thunderstorms across central and southern parts

to East Midlands corridor, where a peak of 34°C is forecast. Further north and west, conditions will be more unsettled. Cloud will thicken across Northern Ireland during the morning, bringing spells of rain, which will extend into western Scotland by midday. This rain will be locally heavy at times

, and an area of rain over the north moved steadily southwards, becoming more showery. The 2nd began chilly in the south, with fog slow to clear in the Midlands; there was sunshine, but with showers all day over the south-west and developing elsewhere during the afternoon. The 3rd was mainly cloudy

                     1 30 December 1995 Altnaharra No 2 North Scotland -27.2 °C 3 13 December 1981 Shawbury Midlands -25.2 °C 4 13 January 1979 Carnwath West Scotland -24.6 °C 5 20 January 1984 Grantown-On-Spey East Scotland -23.6 °C 6 27 January 1985 Lagganlia North Scotland -23.4 °C 7 13 January 1987

in the way of sunshine and showers. Saturday will see a cold and frosty start for many with plenty of sunshine in the west, but windy and showery conditions in the east. There is a risk of heavy showers for the Midlands and South East, with a risk of hail, and some of the showers could be wintry over

maximum temperature was around 7 °C in Birmingham and 17 °C in London. The panel of rain-radar images below indicate the persistence of the heavy rainfall (3-hour intervals from 0900 UTC 25 October to 0900 UTC 26 October 2019 The map below shows rainfall totals for the 3-day period 0900 UTC 24 October

A battle for supremacy continues over the UK, with cold air to the north and east and milder, wet conditions to the south and west

Cold air from Scandinavia A dense pool of cold air over Scandinavia continues to exert a strong influence on the UK weather as weather systems from the Atlantic try to extend their influence. In this set up over the areas of rain will moving in from the South West of the UK and snow is likely

, with just East Anglia and the south-east remaining drier. After a dry start for most on the 4 th , showers in the north and west gradually spread inland to all parts, turning thundery in parts of the Midlands during the afternoon. Heavy overnight rain cleared most areas early on the 5th but persisted over

rain from the Midlands northwards on the 16th, and some short-lived snowfall in parts of the north, with some rain also moving into the south-west late in the afternoon, and the Needles (Isle of Wight) saw gusts to 70 mph. 17th to 24th A north-westerly regime brought sunshine and showers on the 17th

to help combat their grass allergy. Table 1: Awareness levels Most to least aware regions 1 Wales 77% 2 Yorkshire 69% 3 Northern Irelan 68% 4 South West 67% 5 South East 66% 6 East Midlands 65% 7 Scotland 64% 8 East Anglia 62% 9 West Midlands 59% 10 North East 55% 11 North West 54% 12 London 41% Worse