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parts of the UK, this rain consistently failed to reach parts of southern and eastern England. The variation in Spring rainfall was remarkable: while parts of Highland Scotland received more than 750 mm (and a few locations received around 1000 mm), some places in East Anglia and Kent received less

Following a spell of wet and blustery weather, colder conditions are expected to move in from the east on Wednesday with some snow showers developing mainly on the eastern side of the UK.

currently over the east of the UK will stall close to the east coast today (Tuesday) resulting in a mainly dull and damp day for many.  There will be more in the way of rain and hill snow across most of Scotland, where a Yellow National Severe Weather Warning for snow is in force for snowfall through

wet weather across east Wales, north-east England and eastern Scotland. This wet weather was part of a largely unsettled June, with low pressure often dominating the UK’s weather bringing extensive rainfall on many days of the month. Impacts The worst affected area was Lincolnshire, with around 600

UK temperatures With high pressure over southern parts of the UK temperatures will climb through the start of the week. Through Monday cloud will break up from the south bringing sunshine to many parts of England and Wales by the evening, with temperatures expected to reach 19°C in the east

, 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

outbreaks of rain for many western and northern areas. South-east England is likely to stay mostly dry. Temperatures will be mild or very mild away from the far north, with maxima of 21-23°C likely east of Welsh high ground, and isolated 24°C possible in eastern England. Outlook for Friday Friday sees