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below for the Northern Isles, with 111% of average overall. The UK monthly extremes were as follows: A maximum temperature of 32.2 °C was recorded at Heathrow (Greater London) on the 20th. A minimum temperature of -0.1 °C was recorded at Braemar (Aberdeenshire) on the 2nd. In the 24 hours ending

August 2022 The averaging period used for the following assessment was 1991-2020. The weather during August was dominated by high pressure during the first half of the month, and the second week became very hot. The high pressure eventually moved away to leave more showery conditions

. A research report for the Soil Association, November 2008. Centre for Food Policy, City University, London. Challinor, A. J., Ewert, F., Arnold, S., Simelton, E., and Fraser, E. (2009). Crops and climate change: progress, trends, and challenges in simulating impacts and informing adaptation. J. Exp. Bot

. This has been credited to increased interaction with a variety of stakeholders resulting to increased communication channels for information sharing. In addition, they are able to get community feedback on advisories given and current conditions from farmer, women and youth group representatives who

Very hot conditions are expected to persist across eastern and southeastern parts of the UK through the working week.

at Faversham on 10 August 2003.  The dry spell has been most prolonged in East Anglia and Southeast England. Most especially much of East Anglia and Cambridgeshire, extending through Essex into London and also around Bournemouth and Southampton.  Parts of the Midlands have also been very dry. The last day

temperatures being as high as the UK experienced in summer 2018. This compares with a less than half per cent chance we’d expect in a natural climate.” In the UKCP18 climate projections published last week, the Met Office described that by mid-century, such hot summers could become very common

That summer saw temperatures in this country hit 40°C for the first time and left firefighters stretched, with London Fire Brigade having its ‘busiest day since the Second World War’. The study, involving the Met Office, UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology and University of Exeter, highlights how

, particularly in the hottest regions where the levels of heat stress will be more severe, and larger areas will be affected. In addition, the intensity of heavy precipitation events will increase, exacerbating the risk of flash flooding, landslides and GLOF events. � Scenario 3 represents a hotter and drier

chance of milder, wetter winters and hotter, drier summers along with an increase in the frequency and intensity of extremes. By the end of the 21st century, all areas of the UK are projected to be warmer, more so in summer than in winter. The figure shows regional projections for lowest, central

communication chains with the National Disaster Management Centre to ensure the warning messages reach their area and that appropriate actions can be taken. Damage caused by cyclone Idai in Mozambique, 2019. Credit: Denis Onyodi: IFRC/DRK/Climate Centre Outreach workshop at East London, Eastern Cape