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and driest areas relative to average were in the East and for East Anglia and parts of northeast England it was the hottest summer on record.  The hot weather was not confined to England. It was provisionally the fourth warmest summer for the UK overall. The UKs warmest summers are all very close

July 2018 The averaging period used for the following assessment was 1981-2010. The first half of July was dominated by high pressure and the first week in particular was very warm or hot, dry and sunny over a large majority of the country. The second week was similar but not generally as hot

Tyrone is manager of the Urban Climate Services team, which carries out research and development activities to provide information on resilience and adaptation for people living in cities around the world.

areas in the UK and China through both the Newton Fund Climate Science for Services Partnership China (CSSP China) programme and the Strategic Priorities Fund (SPF) UK Climate Resilience programme. These services include the City Packs, which provide high-level information for decision-makers in cities

The latest animated film from Pixar takes place in Element City, where Fire, Water, Earth and Air residents live together and react in surprising ways; something the Met Office is an expert in.  Ahead of the film’s release on 7 July, the Met Office is collaborating with Disney and Pixar on a suite

are observed from the SW. The mountains that surround the city - particularly the Grampians to the N and Southern Uplands to the SE, give shelter and the wind is lightest from these directions. Rainfall – Glasgow is one of the wettest cities in the UK. Much of this rain comes from Atlantic

with Bristol City Council to map urban heat risk across Bristol.  The tool gives insights into how urban heat risks vary across the city and within communities. It also identifies the areas where high temperatures and heatwaves could have the biggest impact on people’s health and wellbeing

, even the city centre during storm surges in autumn and winter. Temperature – The compact city centre area is likely to experience warmer temperatures in summer, but only when air blows from the land to the west. Air from the east or southeast in summer keeps Belfast slightly cooler due

, but dry sunny weather in the south spread northwards, with temperatures reaching the mid 20s Celsius, and 13.9 hours of sunshine recorded at East Malling (Kent). The 19th was generally sunny and hot except along western coasts, with an overnight minimum of 15.9 °C at Kenley (Greater London

and hot, dry weather). The temperate zones are divided into the Mediterranean climates with mild, rainy winters and hot, dry summers, and the temperate rain belts with rain in all seasons. On the eastern margins of the continents, especially in Asia, the subtropical desert zone and the Mediterranean

interlude, it turned wet almost everywhere by the 10th. Around mid-month there was a spell of warm, humid, showery weather with thunderstorms especially in central, western and southern areas, and persistent low cloud along the northeast coast. There was a hot sunny spell especially over England from