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, Met Office Keynote speakers Baroness Brown of Cambridge, Member of House of Lords Prof Dame Julia Slingo, former Met Office Chief Scientist Panellists Prof Tim Benton, Chatham House Dr Pam Berry, Oxford University Prof Suraje Dessai, Leeds University Prof Hayley Fowler, Newcastle University Dr

in 1950.  September has been a very wet month for southern and central England in particular, with some counties seeing more than three times (300%) their average September rainfall.  Seven English counties, Bedfordshire (182.7mm), Berkshire (172.1mm), Buckinghamshire (176mm), Gloucestershire

days of temperatures exceeding 30°C from 23 June to 8 July 1976.  Other locations such as Benson (Oxfordshire) and Aylesbury (Buckinghamshire) also recorded heatwaves lasting 14-15 days during the same period. These extended spells of heat were widespread across southern and central England, with many

Richard Betts MBE, Met Office Keynote speakers Baroness Brown of Cambridge Julia King, Member of House of Lords Prof Dame Julia Slingo, Former Met Office Chief Scientist (retired) Panellists Prof Tim Benton, Chatham House Dr Pam Berry, Oxford University Prof Suraje Dessai, Leeds University Prof

Richard Betts MBE, Met Office Keynote speakers Baroness Brown of Cambridge Julia King, Member of House of Lords Prof Dame Julia Slingo, Former Met Office Chief Scientist (retired) Panellists Prof Tim Benton, Chatham House Dr Pam Berry, Oxford University Prof Suraje Dessai, Leeds University Prof

Richard Betts MBE, Met Office Keynote speakers Baroness Brown of Cambridge Julia King, Member of House of Lords Prof Dame Julia Slingo, Former Met Office Chief Scientist (retired) Panellists Prof Tim Benton, Chatham House Dr Pam Berry, Oxford University Prof Suraje Dessai, Leeds University Prof

with the UK recording 1242mm, 107% of average rainfall. It was particularly wet across parts of central southern England with a quarter to a third more rain than normal fairly widely. Oxfordshire, Wiltshire, Gloucestershire, Bedfordshire and Buckinghamshire each recorded their second-wettest year in records

. Oxfordshire has been the wettest county compared to the 1981 – 2010 average with 148% average rainfall (107.1mm). Followed by Buckinghamshire reaching 139% (103.4mm) of its average rainfall, Berkshire with 138% (108.0mm) and Hertfordshire reaching 132% (96.9mm). Other counties already reaching 100

Winchcombe, Gloucestershire 118.6 158 Oxford 108.8 156 Reading University, Berkshire 97.4 136 High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire 108.2 133 Rothamsted, Hertfordshire 106 131 London St James's Park 88.2 127 High Beach, Essex 86.6 118 Aboyne, Aberdeenshire 107.8 116 Guernsey Airport 107 113 Wisley, Surrey

that also stands for Scotland. England’s coldest September night was -5.6°C, recorded at both Santon Downham (Norfolk) and Grendon Underwood (Buckinghamshire) on 30 September 1969. Wales saw -5.5°C at St Harmon (Powys) on 19 September 1986, and Northern Ireland’s record low is -3.7°C at Katesbridge