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) 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

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

) 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

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

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

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

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

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

, recording its 6th driest March and Northern Ireland its 9th. England again saw a north/south divide, with the south of the country recording far less rainfall than the north (16% and 38% respectively). Many counties too recorded a very dry March, with Norfolk, Suffolk, Devon, Cambridgeshire