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, recording its 6th driest March and Northern Ireland its 9th. England again saw a north/south divide, with the south of the country recording far less rainfall than the north (16% and 38% respectively). Many counties too recorded a very dry March, with Norfolk, Suffolk, Devon, Cambridgeshire

with parts of Suffolk, Cambridgeshire, Yorkshire and Northumberland seeing snowfall on the 25th. Rainfall All regions of the UK received more than their expected average rainfall with some eastern areas actually exceeding their normal December rainfall by the middle of the month. South England

at Faversham on 10 August 2003.  The dry spell has been most prolonged in East Anglia and Southeast England. Most especially much of East Anglia and Cambridgeshire, extending through Essex into London and also around Bournemouth and Southampton.  Parts of the Midlands have also been very dry. The last day

July, a temperature that is currently the July all-time maximum record. The all-time record in the UK is 38.5° C at Faversham on 10 August 2003. The dry spell has been most prolonged in East Anglia and Southeast England. Most especially much of East Anglia and Cambridgeshire, extending through Essex

Eastern England: climate The area comprises the counties of Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire, Norfolk, Suffolk, Lincolnshire, the East Riding of Yorkshire and parts of Essex and Hertfordshire The altitude of much of the area is below 60 metres and the Fens has the largest tract of low, flat land

of Wight. Details of the temperature records broken are given in the following table, with most of the stations having over 70 years of data: Station County August 1990 Maximum temperature (°C) Date Previous record Cheltenham Gloucestershire 37.1 3 35.9 Cambridge Botanic Gardens Cambridgeshire 36.5

. The all-time record in the UK is 38.5° C at Faversham on 10 August 2003.  The dry spell has been most prolonged in East Anglia and Southeast England. Most especially much of East Anglia and Cambridgeshire, extending through Essex into London and also around Bournemouth and Southampton.  Parts

of 25.6°C set at Mepal, Cambridgeshire on 29 March 1968. The table below lists long-running stations which recorded their highest March temperature on record (including several with 100+ year record lengths). Many other stations with 50+ year records also recorded their highest March temperature

an outbreak of duckweed on Venezuela’s Lake Maracaibo. The lake is brackish, connected to the Caribbean Sea by a narrow channel.  During heavy rains, mixing of the fresh rain water with the salty lake water can cause the duckweed, already present in the lake, to rapidly increase in amount giving

wettest winter on record. Cambridgeshire, Norfolk and Rutland’s winter season average rainfall all ranked as second wettest. Winter sunshine The record-breaking rainfall brought plenty of cloud for the winter season, meaning sunshine hours for England and Wales have been relatively low. Wales