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shows storm Dudley centred across Scotland with fronts sweeping south-east across the UK. The analysis chart at 1200 UTC 18 February 2022 shows storm Eunice tracking rapidly east across England. The development of this storm was an example of explosive cyclogenesis, with the central pressure

in central southern areas. The night of the 26th/27th was unusually warm with Hastings (East Sussex) not falling below 21.5°C, and rain affected western parts on the 27th with thunderstorms across the north and east, especially from early a ernoon, and Tibenham Airfield (Norfolk) reached 34.7 °C

fairly widely, with some locations continuing to exceed 40°C 🌡️ pic.twitter.com/TSQYpvWt0n — Met Office (@metoffice) June 30, 2025 Temperatures are forecast to peak around 34°C in Greater London and adjacent areas including Kent, eastern Surrey, and East Sussex. North of the frontal boundary

highest in the series (behind 1998, due to 1998 having had a much higher average minimum). With 82% of average rainfall and 144% of average sunshine, the UK as a whole had a rather dry and particularly sunny month, but many western and southern areas had near-average rainfall while the north-east

Greatest snow depth 11 Dec 40cm Llanarmon Dyffryn Ceiriog, Wrexham Highest daily sunshine 17 Jun 18 Jun 19 Jun 16.2 hr Whitby, North Yorkshire Hastings, East Sussex Morecambe, Lancashire Highest gust speed 23 Feb 94 mph Capel Curig, Conwy Highest gust speed mountain 23 Dec 137 mph Cairngorm Summit

uncertainty around how quickly this front will move south and therefore how long the highest temperatures will remain. Areas in the far South East are currently expected to hold on to the warmth the longest, with highs of 29°C in East Sussex and Kent possible on Saturday.  Check tips for keeping cool

as it crossed southern England. The strong winds were accompanied by heavy rain, bringing 30-50 mm across parts of Hampshire, Surrey and Sussex. The following rain radar sequence from 0900 UTC 27 to 2100 UTC 28 October 2013 shows the rapid movement of the storm across southern England. The highest gust speeds

snow depth for the UK and Scotland being 66cm at Fettercairn (Kincardineshire) in 1961. England’s deepest was 51cm at Bodiam (East Sussex) in 1962, Wales saw 45cm at Lake Vyrnwy (Powys) in 1978, and Northern Ireland recorded 15cm at Killylane (Antrim) in 2000. New Year’s Day: Deluges and snow depths

July 2022 was the driest July for England since 1935, and the driest July on record for East Anglia, southeast and southern England, according to provisional statistics from the Met Office.

(with 1999 recording 46.1 mm) and continues a run of all months, bar February, being drier than average in 2022 so far.  Driest in the south and east  Rainfall has not been distributed evenly in July, as is often the case in the UK, though the contrast has been more stark than usual.   England had just 35

some time for the figures to adjust.    The UK has so far (data up to 17 May) received 72% of average spring sunshine, with southern England being particularly dull, East Sussex for example having just 55% of the spring average with just a week and a half to go.   Weather and mood  The figures come