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in terms of the number of stations exceeding 36 °C, followed by 10 August 2003. The heatwave set a very large number of temperature records at individual stations. New all-time records for any month were set at Durham (32.9 °C, 138 years), Sheffield (35.6 °C, 135 years), Bradford (33.9 °C, 111 years
Yorkshire was the wettest county compared to the long-term average (1981-2010) with more than double its average rainfall for the season (425.4 mm compared to an average of 208 mm). Sheffield was a notably wet location, breaking its autumn record weeks before the end of the season. In total
below provides details. The map below shows the spatial extent of the February daily maximum temperature records set at individual stations across the UK. Station Value Date Previous value Previous date Record length Armagh (County Armagh) 17.1 °C 26/02/2019 15.9 °C 13/02/1998 153 Sheffield (South
1.4 18.5 Charlwood, Surrey 39.9 1.2 16.8 Wittering, Cambridgeshire 39.9 1.2 17.8 Bramham, West Yorkshire 39.8 1.1 18.5 Topcliffe, North Yorkshire 39.6 0.9 18.5 Sheffield, South Yorkshire 39.4 0.7 18.1 Marham, Norfolk 39.2 0.5 16.7 Santon Downham, Suffolk 39.0 0.3 16.1 Faversham, Kent 39.0 0.3 15.9
how much skill was added by the meteorologists for each forecast category and for each airport. Airports used in verification ICAO Name Duration Region EGBB Birmingham 24 hr South EGCN Doncaster Sheffield 24 hr South EGGD Bristol 24 hr South EGGW London Luton 24 hr South EGFF Cardiff 24 hr South
51.48186 -0.29435 ENG 1910 99096 HIGH BEACH 110 51.66389 0.04135 ENG 1978 99107 SHEFFIELD 131 53.38128 -1.49139 ENG 1882 99113 PRESTON, MOOR PARK 33 53.77423 -2.70477 ENG 1876 99114 STORMONT CASTLE 56 54.60292 -5.82962 NI 1956 WMO Name Alt (m) Latitude Longitude Country Date 99116 HIGH MOWTHORPE 175
zone in the city of Sheffield Differentials in air pollution exposure across communities Despite considerable reductions in sectoral emissions during the past 50 years, there are still challenges in the UK. Although air pollution affects everyone, there are emission disparities across regions
events. In 2007 significant levels of rainfall caused the river Don to burst its banks, flooding Sheffield Wednesday’s Hillsborough Stadium. In 2015 torrential rain accompanying Storm Desmond saw Carlisle United’s Brunton Park flooded, and the club was forced out of the stadium for seven weeks
: building local flood resilience through cooperative rainwater harvesting Sharp, Liz; Kenyon, Anna; Choe, Eun Yeong. 2020. Designing Blue Green Infrastructure (BGI) for water management, human health, and wellbeing: summary of evidence and principles for design. The University of Sheffield. Report
ECMWF seasonal forecasts. The SPI though, is a relatively small step beyond using seasonal rainfall totals. One example of a comprehensive Supported by: Fund Manager: approach to integrate monitoring and forecasting for sub-Saharan Africa (Sheffield et al. 2014) combines multiple ground data sources
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