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to a lightning strike was reported in Gillingham. Thunderstorms in the last days of July brought flooding to roads, railway infrastructure and homes across many areas, as well as power outages as properties were struck by lightning. Scotland and south-east England reported the most impacts, with some rescues

the south-east was generally not as dry as in July; the UK had 54% of average. It was a sunnier than average month in all areas except the far northwest, with an overall sunshine figure of 128% of average, making it the UK’s fourth sunniest August in a series from 1919. The UK monthly extremes were

accumulations in some areas by the morning of the 5th. These gave difficult driving conditions across the north-east of Scotland, with a road traffic collision involving a lorry on the A9. In Sandwick, Shetland two buses skidded off the road in snowy conditions. There were a number of other road

the south at times. It turned hot in places, especially south-east England, around mid-month, and the 16th to 21st was settled with high pressure and plenty of warm sunshine for most parts of the UK. The weather turned much cooler and more unsettled from the 22nd, and it was very wet and windy

was near average in some western areas, but well above average further east, with over 200% of normal for London and the south-east and also parts of Aberdeenshire and Moray. Sunshine was particularly low for much of England and Wales, with only the south of Northern Ireland and the Isle of Man

southern areas, with parts of south-east England actually slightly colder than average. Most parts of the UK saw less rainfall than average, substantially so for some areas, with less than 20% of normal for London and much of southern England. The only area with more rainfall than average was the far

with high pressure dominant. A generally westerly flow resulted in mild and mostly cloudy weather, but parts of eastern Scotland and north-east England saw a fair amount of sunshine. The provisional UK mean temperature was 5.8 °C, which is 1.9 °C above the 1981-2010 long-term average. Mean maximum

weather for most between the 5th and 9th, but showers broke out in places from the 7th onwards. Northerly winds brought a cold snap from the 10th to 15th, with wintry showers for the north and east of Scotland, and some overnight frost. There was a more changeable spell from the 16th to 23rd

already in the west spreading quickly east to affect all counties by early evening, but turning brighter and showery later in the north-west; Needles Old Battery (Wight) recorded gusts to 93 mph. The 4th was cool, with sunny intervals and showers; the showers were fewest in the south-west, but frequent