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Hot spell - August 2003 Maximum temperatures The UK record of 37.1 °C at Cheltenham on 3 August 1990 was beaten by a number of stations on 10 August 2003, with Brogdale, near Faversham (Kent) reporting the highest at 38.5 °C. Table of highest maximum temperatures - 5 August 2003 Station name Jersey

of supporters (e.g. a youth campaign group). For example, they ask their headteacher to invest in some cycle parking to enable more children to cycle to school. they could either do this independently, or they could work to gain supporters who could speak to the headteacher with them (e.g. by signing

overall but varied widely, with well above average sunshine in central and southern Scotland and northeast England, but well below average in Cornwall and in west Wales. The UK monthly extremes were as follows: A maximum temperature of 14.2 °C was recorded at Slapton (Devon) on the 25th. A minimum

but the particularly cold and extreme weather did not start until 23 January 1947. The first snow fell heavily over southern England. Blizzard conditions occurred across the south-west of England, leaving many villages in Devon isolated. Between January and March, snow fell every day somewhere in the country

) The earth’s surface is heated by the sun, which in turn heats up the air above the surface. Different surface types and exposure mean that the earth’s surface doesn’t heat up evenly. Hotter areas of the surface create hotter areas in the air above the surface, which are therefore less dense than

August 2022 The averaging period used for the following assessment was 1991-2020. The weather during August was dominated by high pressure during the first half of the month, and the second week became very hot. The high pressure eventually moved away to leave more showery conditions

and February, a hot spell in July leading to the issue of heat health warnings, heavy and persistent rain in northern England and southern Scotland in late October, and significant disruption caused by Storm Arwen in late November for which a rare Red weather warning was issued. Five named storms affected

Plenty of sunshine and high temperatures for many especially at first this week, turning hot in the south and east today and Tuesday.

. Upcoming forecast “On Monday and Tuesday temperatures in Northern Ireland and Scotland will be in the high-teens to low 20s Celsius but with cloudier skies at times, and the odd shower. Meanwhile England and Wales will be sunnier, especially today with temperatures widely above 25 Celsius.  It’ll turn hot

hot day for some today, it will be turning fresher for all by Wednesday 📉 Remaining changeable through the week, especially in the northwest, where we could see some wet and windy conditions on Friday ☔ pic.twitter.com/7VZBUFG1Fu — Met Office (@metoffice) July 1, 2025 By mid to late afternoon

to the rest of the country. In contrast, much of England and Wales will continue to enjoy very warm to hot weather, with highs of 29°C particularly likely between London and Bristol.  Into the evening, those isolated thunderstorms are expected to die out, although a few showery outbreaks may persist