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• Balancing supply and demand

  to water their gardens.   Location also plays a part. In built-up areas or cities, water consumption tends to remain unchanged until temperatures reach 20 or 21 degrees. But in the north, where it’s cooler, it only has to get to around 18 degrees before we see a difference in how much consumers use

• Extreme heat warning issued

  about keeping cool in hot weather with WeatherReady from the Met Office.  Will we get record-breaking heat?   The record high temperature in the UK is 38.7°C, which was reached at Cambridge Botanic Garden on 25 July 2019.   The Met Office’s Rebekah Sherwin added: “Weather forecast models are run

• Compounding climate challenges for UK businesses

  Office projections indicate that days with ‘very high’ fire danger levels could double during summer in England and Wales with 2°C global warming and increase five-fold with 4°C warming (Perry et al., 2022). Most UK fires occur in urban and garden areas (54.4%), improved grasslands (14.4

• uk_monthly_climate_summary_201802.pdf

  of sunshine recorded at Willington (Derbyshire), Tibenham (Norfolk), Yeovilton (Somerset), and Wellesbourne (Warwickshire). Wintry showers in eastern regions on the 26th gradually spread westwards during the day. The 27th was very cold with widespread snow showers, heaviest across eastern districts

• uk_monthly_climate_summary_201810pdf

  It was o en unseasonably warm during this week due to southerly winds. The 8th was cloudy for most of the country with a little rain for the north-west, but drier warmer weather spread from the south on the 9th and 10th, giving 10.5 hours of bright sunshine at Wellesbourne (Warwickshire) on the 9th

• uk_monthly_climate_summary_201802pdf

  of sunshine recorded at Willington (Derbyshire), Tibenham (Norfolk), Yeovilton (Somerset), and Wellesbourne (Warwickshire). Wintry showers in eastern regions on the 26th gradually spread westwards during the day. The 27th was very cold with widespread snow showers, heaviest across eastern districts

• Microsoft Word - march.docx

  in Northern Ireland and parts of western Scotland. The UK monthly extremes were as follows: A maximum temperature of 19.8 °C was recorded at Kew Gardens (Greater London) on the 26th. A minimum temperature of -6.9 °C was recorded at Aboyne (Aberdeenshire) on the 5th. In the 24 hours ending at 0900 GMT

• Microsoft Word - february.docx

  was recorded at Kew Gardens (Greater London) on the 26th. A minimum temperature of -15.4 °C was recorded at Braemar (Aberdeenshire) on the 1st. In the 24 hours ending at 0900 GMT on the 8th, 50.8 mm of rain fell at Capel Curig (Gwynedd). A wind gust of 73 knots (84 mph) was recorded at Capel Curig

• metoffice_weatherwarriors_firstexplorations_22-04_weather-action-plan.pdf

  . Last time this happened, lots of people were taken to hospital with heat-related illnesses. There was also a hosepipe ban as water levels in reservoirs and rivers were very low while demand for water was very high, affecting local gardeners and some industry. People in your area are keen to make

• ex-hurricane-bertha---met-office.pdf

  flooding to north-east England and a fatality from a fallen tree at Kew Gardens. On 12 September 2011 ex-hurricane Katia brought widespread transport disruption and a fatality from a fallen tree in northern England. On 30 August 1992 a storm brought down trees in central London and resulted in 6