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, exceeding 38.5 °C at Faversham, Kent on 10 August 2003. Two other stations, including Faversham, also exceeded 38 °C and a further 10 stations across the south-east, Midlands and East Anglia exceeded 37 °C. Impacts The rail network was severely affected across south-east England with train cancellations

westward from moorland fires in the Pennines to the east of Manchester is clearly visible. Image copyright Met Office / NASA / NOAA. Weather impacts On the 1st, heavy rainfall in various parts of the country created surface water issues, with some roads such as the M50 temporarily blocked by water

temperatures were mostly about 1.0 °C above normal, but were over 2 °C above in the east of East Anglia. Mean minimum temperatures were about 0.5 °C above average in the south, but over 1 °C above in most areas from the Midlands northwards. Rainfall was 153% of average, and large areas of Scotland

record), including, unusually, the UK’s highest temperature of the year: 33.5°C at Faversham, Kent on 10th. It was the UK’s equal-warmest September on record (with 2006). Early October saw some fine weather in the south with temperatures reaching 25°C in the south-east – the most significant

of eastern Scotland and southern England were rather wet. The UK as a whole had 87% of average rainfall. Sunshine was broadly above average in all areas except the far north and east, with an overall sunshine figure of 116% of average. The UK monthly extremes were as follows: A maximum temperature of 15.9

northern UK thereafter. Scotland, especially the west, was often warm by day, whereas further south warm days were much fewer. Many areas were drier than usual for the month, with less than half the average total rainfall in some places, and the wettest areas were south-east England, eastern Scotland

grants  Regional projects  Completed projects  East Africa West Africa  Southern Africa  Where does WISER Africa work?  WISER Africa has expanded from previously working in East Africa and the Sahel, to now operating across East, West and Southern Africa. The adoption of the regional approach

: “Projections show potential for major climate change impacts on UK farming. Our study found that future dairy cattle in parts of the South East may be exposed to heat stress for an extra two months per year. At the moment, cattle in the South East experience around a week per year of these stressful

Sessile Oak 19 Ash 20 Climate and budburst 21 Alder in the South East 22 Ash in the South West 24 Pedunculate Oak, Sessile Oak and Silver Birch in the North West 26 Field Maple, European Larch and Rowan in the North East 28 Beech in Southern Scotland 30 Sycamore and Horse Chestnut in Eastern

northern UK thereafter. Scotland, especially the west, was often warm by day, whereas further south warm days were much fewer. Many areas were drier than usual for the month, with less than half the average total rainfall in some places, and the wettest areas were south-east England, eastern Scotland