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. Counties for which Spring was the driest of any three-month period. County March rainfall (mm) April rainfall (mm) May rainfall (mm) Spring rainfall (mm) Previous driest three-month period Cambridgeshire 4.0 3.4 17.6 25.0Feb - Apr 1938 (28.2 mm) Essex 8.6 3.6 12.7 24.0Feb - Apr 1938 (32.8 mm
, Cambridgeshire, Yorkshire and Northumberland seeing snowfall on the 25th. However, snow days are becoming increasingly rare in the UK; bad news if you enjoy a white Christmas. Only four Christmases in the last 50 years have recorded widespread snow i.e. at more than 40% UK weather stations. July saw
trees affected road travel in Hampshire, and there were reports of stranded cars in Surrey after surface water flooding. A short hot spell in southern and southeastern England on the 11th and 12th led to the hottest day of the year so far (34.8°C reported in Cambridgeshire), but the transition back
other parts of the UK and overseas. Cycling to work The Met Office supports Cycle 2 Work through which we provide help towards the purchase of bicycles and equipment for healthy, low carbon travel via a salary sacrifice scheme. We also have a Met Office Bicycle Users Group (MOBUG) group which
temperature records Although sitting outside the top ten warmest years in the series (all since 2002), 2019 was most remarkable for setting four UK high temperature records, including: A new all-time record (38.7° C) 25 July, Cambridge University Botanic Gardens (Cambridgeshire) A new winter record (21.2
was 71% of average, and it was locally a very dry July, most especially in parts of Norfolk and Cambridgeshire, but most places were not exceptionally dry. Sunshine was 138% of average and it was provisionally the sixth sunniest July in a series since 1929, and sunniest relative to normal in England
trees affected road travel in Hampshire, and there were reports of stranded cars in Surrey after surface water flooding. A short hot spell in southern and southeastern England on the 11th and 12th led to the hottest day of the year so far (34.8°C reported in Cambridgeshire), but the transition back
seeing well above average rainfall but England, and especially southern England, seeing well below average rainfall. While Orkney provisionally recorded its wettest June and Cumbria saw its fourth wettest, counties including Cambridgeshire, Leicestershire and Bedfordshire saw less than half
: A maximum temperature of 15.1 °C was recorded at Monks Wood (Cambridgeshire) on the 28th. A minimum temperature of -13.7 °C was recorded at Altnaharra and Kinbrace (Sutherland) on the 21st. In the 24 hours ending at 0900 GMT on the 15th, 82.2 mm of rain fell at Skye Alltdearg House (Inverness-shire
Page 8 of 10 ‘Ordinary Pay’ includes basic pay, permanent allowances and in-month payments, such as On Call or for the Mobile Met Unit (additional payment for skilled work in a hazardous operational environment). It does not include any adjustments (backdated pay or recoveries of overpayment), Salary
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