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resulting in a dry and mild and rather cloudy day. The next frontal system pushed eastwards on the 6th giving 54.4 mm of rain at Scolton Country Park (Dyfed). The 7th was a generally cloudy day with bands of heavy showers and longer spells of rain, and further rain into the far south-west late
was reportedly flooded with the nearby Billing Aquadome Caravan Park inundated by the River Nene, forcing evacuations and invoking a severe flood warning and a major incident declaration. The National Grid reported over 350,000 homes without power for a time during Storm Bert, whilst at least five deaths
sunny but cloud increased from the south bringing showery rain with isolated thunderstorms, and Porthmadog reached 31.0 °C. The night of the 1st/2nd was warm with Cardiff Bute Park (South Glamorgan) not falling below 19.1 °C, then the 2nd and 3rd were dry, sunny and very warm or hot, though cooler
was cancelled after stalls were badly damaged by the winds, necessitating a major clean-up operation. Wind damage was reported at a farm adventure park near Caerphilly, south Wales. Monthly extremes The table below lists UK monthly weather extremes recorded at individual weather stations during
21st/22nd the temperature fell no lower than 17.3 °C at London St James’s Park. There was generally a mix of sunny intervals and isolated showers, but with longer spells of rain in the north-west on the 23rd, giving 32.2 mm at Honister Pass (Cumbria). 24th to 31st High pressure spread from the south
. Fronts pushed slowly southwards on the 18th and 19th, and the night of the 17th/18th was notably warm with a minimum of 10.2 °C at Velindre (Powys) and Cardiff Bute Park (South Glamorgan). Rain affected most parts on the 18th, heaviest in the north, but tended to become confined to southern areas
, but there were breaks in the cloud sheet in north-east England, and Thornes Park (West Yorkshire) reached a high of 14.7 °C. Most places were dull on the 23rd and 24th, with fog patches in places, but again parts of north-east England and Lincolnshire had some sunshine. All parts were cloudy
fronts around. The 1st and 2nd were mainly cloudy, with a little light rain and drizzle mainly in the west, but there was also some sunshine mainly in the south and east, and on the 2nd temperatures did not fall below 17.1 °C at Cardiff Bute Park overnight, then rose to 25.1 °C at Hawarden (Clwyd
was reportedly flooded with the nearby Billing Aquadome Caravan Park inundated by the River Nene, forcing evacuations and invoking a severe flood warning and a major incident declaration. The National Grid reported over 350,000 homes without power for a time during Storm Bert, whilst at least five deaths
) and Chertsey, Abbey Mead P Sta (Surrey, 12mAMSL) 2.3°C on 12th at Tomintoul No 6 (Banffshire, 320mAMSL) 11.9°C on 22nd at London, St James's Park (Greater London, 5mAMSL) -9.0°C on 18th at Tomintoul No 6 (Banffshire, 320mAMSL) -14.3°C on 19th at Copley (Durham, 253mAMSL) 60.0mm on 27th at Tyndrum No 3
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