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) During the third KRCS SDT meeting towards the end of 2016, KRCS reported that drought was becoming serious in the Kilifi and Tana River counties and described their operational triggers for intervention and associated relief activities. Drought was occurring mainly where the March-May season had been

, particularly in the Celtic Sea and western English Channel, over the coming week.  Sea surface temperatures across the Northwest European shelf seas have reached an average of 14.6°C, making this the third warmest July 1st temperature on record, behind 2009, and 2023. These temperatures are more typical

, with a cool September - the coldest for England and Wales since 1994 - offset by a notably warm November - third-warmest in the UK series behind Novembers 1994 and 2011 (Figures 2 and 3, Table 1). Figure 1: 2015 annual average temperature anomalies (°C) relative to 1981-2010 average for mean, maximum

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, humid air were drawn northwards off continental Europe. However, by the 11th the temperatures dropped as Arctic air moved in. The third week saw temperatures again above average, before a return to much cooler conditions in the final week of the month. It was also a very wet month for many

years. Table 1. Illustrative simple CBA of a W&CI service Discount Rate 10% Year 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Discount Rate Factor 1.00 1.10 1.21 1.33 1.46 1.61 1.77 1.95 2.14 2.36 2.59 Inverse DR Factor 1.00 0.91 0.83 0.75 0.68 0.62 0.56 0.51 0.47 0.42 0.39 Project costs 200 200 200 Third-party costs 100

areas, while mean minimum temperatures were similarly high in parts of eastern England. Most areas from Wales and the Midlands northwards had a dry month, with less than a third of the usual rainfall in some areas, but south-east England was very wet with more than double the average rainfall

the long-term average, with southern areas furthest above average, provisionally the third warmest August for England in a series from 1884. Rainfall was well below average in most places, though localised heavy downpours meant that a few places were close to average, with 47% overall. Sunshine totals

and east, where there was snow at times. It was often very wet in the third week, then turned colder between the 22nd and 25th with some snowfalls mainly in western areas and the Midlands, then it was mild and wet especially in the south during the closing days of the month. The mean temperature

, humid air were drawn northwards off continental Europe. However, by the 11th the temperatures dropped as Arctic air moved in. The third week saw temperatures again above average, before a return to much cooler conditions in the final week of the month. It was also a very wet month for many