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temperature was way back in 1949 when Camden Square in London recorded 29.4°C on 16 April. Met Office Chief Forecaster Matthew Lehnert said: “We are not expecting the April UK temperature record to be broken, but some locations may nudge local records.   “Often warm spells are driven by warmer air arriving

was reached on September 13th last year in Gravesend, marking the peak of a warm spell mid September 2016.  The UK May temperature record is 32.8C, this was recorded on 22nd May 1922 (Camden Square, London) and 29th May 1944 (Horsham, Tunbridge Wells and Regent's Park). The Wales' record is 29.2C

students based at the University of Reading and at Imperial College London. Career background Cyril has been leading the Cloud and Radiation group since 2013 and has been a member of Atmospheric Processes and Parametrizations since joining the Met Office in 2006. Previously, Cyril obtained a degree

at the following Met Office sites: Total (mm)Prev wettest April (mm)Records began Edinburgh 110.0 84.0 (1947) 1939 Lossiemouth (Morayshire)113.3 71.5 (1977) 1951 London 113.8 100.6 (1993) 1940 Cranwell (Lincs) 113.8 94.4 (1998) 1921 Birmingham (Edgbaston) 143.4 124.9 (1961) 1897 Northolt (Middlesex) 118.6

to the Met Office Hadley Centre in 2007. Before joining the Met Office, Kirsty obtained an MSc in Weather, Climate and Modelling at Reading University in 2001, after studying Physics at Imperial College, London as an undergraduate. She is currently studying for a PhD in Climate Security.

with a noticeable change in tone within the press to reflect the seriousness of the weather and awareness of the warning was high. • There were episodes of thunderstorms and flooding in London during summer; these were unusually common this summer and future prevalence is predicted to increase

almost nationwide, especially so in northern England, and it was provisionally the sunniest May in a series from 1929. The UK monthly extremes were as follows: A maximum temperature of 28.7 °C was recorded at Northolt (Greater London) on the 7th. A minimum temperature of -4.6 °C was recorded at Aboyne

over England and Wales. On the 25th, temperatures reached 33° C in the London area, with 34.1 °C at Charlwood, Surrey making this the second-hottest day of July. The 26th saw similar heat in south-east England. As the month drew to a close temperatures declined as Atlantic fronts advanced eastwards

in the evenings.” Not everywhere will see the showers however and where it remains dry and sunny, temperatures could reach into the high twenties. So it remains to be seen whether this weekend will see the warmest day of the year so far, with the current record held by St James Park in London at 29.1 Celsius

The Yellow National Severe Weather Warning area covers much of central England and eastern Wales, from Manchester to London, but the public is being advised to expect frosty conditions in many areas. Frank Saunders is a Chief Meteorologist at the Met Office. He said: “We are advising commuters