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from the 23rd to 29th, but a brief hot southerly incursion on the 30th and 31st brought unusually high temperatures to many parts of the UK, locally reaching 37.8 °C (100 °F) in the southeast. The provisional UK mean temperature was 14.3 °C, which is 0.8 °C below the 1981-2010 longterm average

valley. These may be compared with 23.5 °C in the London area. Instances of extreme high temperatures are rare and are associated with hot air brought from mainland Europe on south easterly winds, accompanied by strong sunshine. The highest temperature ever recorded in the whole of Scotland was 32.9 °C

Southern England: climate This describes the main features of the climate of Southern England from Kent westwards to Wiltshire and Dorset Much of the eastern half of this area is densely populated, as it includes Greater London and centres of population such as Reading, Slough, Southampton

heat warning. Western areas in particular got the most consistently hot conditions, and Northern Ireland even broke its all-time temperature record with a figure of 31.3°C recorded at Castlederg on 21st *.   Both Scotland and Northern Ireland had average maximum temperatures for the month in their top

services production, packaging, dissemination, uptake and utilization by vulnerable groups, policy makers, media and the youth. Among the outputs delivered by WISER pan-Africa is tools and models for facilitating increased appreciation of the social economic benefits (SEB) of climate information services

and there was some patchy rain in parts of the north and west early on the 2nd. Rain, showers and thunderstorms spread eastwards across northern areas on the 3rd. Meanwhile it stayed mostly sunny and hot towards the south-east with a maximum of 33.2 °C at Kew Gardens (London) on the 3rd. Dry, sunny and very

Increase in tropical cyclone risk to coastal regions Also known as hurricanes in the North Atlantic and typhoons in the northwest Pacific, tropical cyclones have maximum wind speeds of at least 74 miles per hour and can be up to 1000 kilometres in diameter. Research by Imperial College London as part

on Tuesday evening to talk about current extreme temperatures and climate change. The interviewer Emily Maitlis asked if the current hot temperatures we are seeing can be considered the ‘new normal’. Certainly, there can be no doubt that the summer of 2018 has been remarkable both in the UK and across

the Met Office is launching a new extreme heat warning Author: Press Office 18 June 2021 Although hot weather can often be seen as ‘good news’ and is enjoyed by many, it can have serious consequences. Research shows that, as a result of climate change, we are now much more likely to see prolonged

maxima occur in the London area (23.5 °C) whilst the lowest occur in the Shetlands (15 °C). Maximum temperatures are normally 2 or 3 hours a er midday. Extreme maximum temperatures can occur in July or August. For example, on 3 August 1990 a temperature of 34.5 °C was recorded at Knutsford