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, 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
), Rothamsted (Hertfordshire), and Pershore (Worcestershire), but a number of weather stations and early archive records of personal measurements have been used to construct the series over time. The climate misinformation you may encounter Misinformation: The Met Office keep adjusting the Central
career, Dr Hort - who is originally from St Albans in Hertfordshire - has worked on the dispersion of many airborne hazards. Perhaps the highest profile was his work on the eruption of the Eyjafjallajökull volcano in Iceland in 2010. The dispersion of volcanic ash forced the grounding of many
2003 135 Bradford, West Yorkshire 24.3 23.9 15 April 1949 109 Rothamsted, Hertfordshire 26.8 26.1 16 April 1949 104 Woburn, Bedfordshire 27.1 26.1 16 April 1949 103 Wisley, Surrey 28.3 27.8 23 April 2011 103 Cranwell, Lincolnshire 26.3 25.3 23 April 2011 102 On 19 April, Kenley Airfield (Greater
. Station Daily maxtemp (°C) Date Previous record (°C) Previous date Record length (years) Oxford 22.6°C 30th 22.2°C 29-03-1965 168 Wisley, Surrey 23.5°C 30th 22.8°C 29-03-1965 107 Rothamsted, Hertfordshire 22.3°C 30th 22.2°C 29-03-1968 107 Cranwell, Lincolnshire 23.2°C 31st 22.2°C 28-03-1965 105 Bude
Cardiff (Weather Centre) South Glamorgan 34.5 3 33.1 Bidston Merseyside 34.5 2 31.4 Hull Humberside 34.4 3 32.8 Sheffield South Yorkshire 34.3 3 33.5 Prestatyn Denbighshire 34.3 2 32.4 Boscombe Down Wiltshire 34.2# 3 33.3 Southport (Greenbank) Merseyside 33.9 2 32.0 Rothamsted Hertfordshire 33.8* 3 33.3
Research fellow for UKCRIC (the UK Collaboratorium for Research of Infrastructure and Cities) at UCL, visiting Professor at the University of Hertfordshire and an Honorary Principal Research Fellow to the Imperial College Institute for Security Science and Technology as well as a Fellow of several professional bodies.
), Rothamsted, Hertfordshire (36.6 °C, 105 years), Cranwell, Lincolnshire (36.3 °C, 105 years), Woburn, Bedfordshire (37.1 °C, 102 years), and numerous other maximum temperature records were set at other stations with shorter records. Daily minimum temperatures on 26 July (0900 UTC 25th to 0900 UTC 26th
18-Dec- 2015 13.7 13.3 31-Dec- 1925 102 Rothamsted, Hertfordshire 19-Dec- 2015 15.3 14.4 01-Dec- 1939 102 Balmoral, Aberdeenshire 18-Dec- 2015 14.2 13.7 13-Dec- 1998 102 Woburn, Bedfordshire 19-Dec- 2015 16 15.7 02-Dec- 1985 100 The map below shows the highest daily minimum temperature (0900 to 0900
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% or above
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