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these pockets freezes causing the pockets to contract into tiny bubbles of very salty water called 'brine'. The presence of numerous brine bubbles within the ice means that sea ice is generally weaker and more 'mushy' than freshwater ice. As the ice grows brine is expelled from the sea ice floes through
) analysis (mm) for 14 August 1975. Daily weather extremes Highest Maximum Temperature 30.1 °C at Monks Wood (Cambridgeshire) Lowest Minimum Temperature 11.1 °C at East Malling (Kent) and Gatwick (East Sussex) Most Rainfall 170.8 mm at Hampstead (Greater London) Most Sunshine 11.1 hours at Gorleston
) to Ely (Cambridgeshire). At Huntingdon a house was struck by lightning and much flooding occurred. Near Kimbolton, to the west of Huntingdon, an eight-year old girl was drowned when a converted jeep was swept away. Mr. C.J. Kilby, rainfall observer at Hockliffe, who recorded 1.75 inches in 60 minutes
with temperatures climbing in the March sunshine to highs into the low 20s, with the possibility of 24.0 C in southeast England by Tuesday. The maximum temperature recorded in March is 25.6 C on 29 March 1968 at Mepal, in Cambridgeshire. Week ahead Nick Silkstone, a Deputy Chief Meteorologist covering
resulting in an extended spell of fine, dry and sunny weather since late March. Record-breaking sunshine Central and eastern areas of the UK have been among the sunniest this month with early provisional statistics showing a number of areas have broken sunshine records (1 – 27th April); Cambridgeshire
, Buckinghamshire, Bedfordshire, Hertfordshire, Cambridgeshire Counties changing from a 26C to a 27C threshold: Lincolnshire Counties changing from a 25C to a 26C threshold: East Riding of Yorkshire Dr McCarthy added: “Although heatwaves are extreme weather events research shows that climate change
Length of duration (mm) (years) Holbeach, Lincolnshire 56.4 15 October 2002 09:00 GMT 24 hours 19 Woburn, Bedfordshire 46.9 15 October 2002 09:00 GMT 12 hours 11 Monks Wood, Cambridgeshire 46.9 15 October 2002 09:00 GMT 12 hours 9.1 Little Rissington, Gloucestershire 43.4 15 October 2002 09:00 GMT 12
Cambridgeshire recording around 161% of what they would in a typical spring. While the rain fell in England, especially during a very wet March, parts of Scotland – including Inverness and Sutherland – have only recorded just under two thirds of their expected rainfall (64%). This is the driest
record was broken on 10 August 2003, see table 36.0 (Cambridgeshire) below. Map of highest maximum temperatures - 9 August 2003 Table of highest maximum temperatures - 9 August 2003 Maximum temperatures - 9 August 2003 Maximum Station name temperatureExtra information (°C) Enfield (London) 36.4 Station
in Scotland with some areas seeing an annual increase of more than ten days. An increase of 12 days for the city of Glasgow contrasts with just one day in Cambridgeshire. The locations seeing the greatest annual percentage increases in sunshine have been in north-eastern and eastern England (increasing
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