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overall was below average, with the UK experiencing 153.7 hours of sunshine, 89% of the average July sunshine hours. Reference climatology used for calculating anomalies is the period 1991-2020 unless otherwise stated. Weather impacts • Hot spell in the final week of July saw many areas

overall was below average, with the UK experiencing 153.7 hours of sunshine, 89% of the average July sunshine hours. Reference climatology used for calculating anomalies is the period 1991-2020 unless otherwise stated. Weather impacts • Hot spell in the final week of July saw many areas

fell at Honister Pass (Cumbria). A wind gust of 72 knots (83 mph) was recorded at South Uist (Western Isles) on the 14th. A snow depth of 38 cm was recorded at Aboyne (Aberdeenshire) on the 10th. Weather impacts Heavy rain brought some flood impacts to Devon and Cornwall on the 1st, and in Northern

from the 23rd to 29th, but a brief hot southerly incursion on the 30th and 31st brought unusually high temperatures to many parts of the UK, locally reaching 37.8 °C (100 °F) in the southeast. The provisional UK mean temperature was 14.3 °C, which is 0.8 °C below the 1981-2010 longterm average

the day, giving way to isolated, sharp, and slow-moving showers, particularly in convergence zones across northern England and eastern to central Scotland. Southeastern areas, lying south and east of a line from Exeter to Norwich, will remain hot, very hot in places, and humid. There is a small chance

at the UK Health Security Agency, said: “In the coming days we are likely to experience our first sustained period of hot weather of the year so far, so it’s important that everyone ensures they keep hydrated and cool while enjoying the sun.   “Forecasted temperatures this week will primarily impact

www.stormaware.mo.gov/ preparing-for-a-tornado/ Wildfires Sometimes called brush fires, bushfires or forest fires, a wildfire is an uncontrolled fire in a natural area. It can be caused by a combination of very hot and dry weather, with fires being started either through lightning strikes or human activity. Find out

impacts Since the steel on railway tracks is essentially a very long piece of metal, it can expand or contract significantly in hot and cold weather. Therefore, to increase resilience, rails are pre-stressed to withstand the range of temperatures they’ll typically experience. The so-called ‘stress-free

to know ahead of summer weather Author: Press Office 11 May 2023 As all eyes look towards meteorological summer, many people are already speculating about what weather it might bring; long hot summer days or even stormy weather. Whatever the weather, we at the Met Office and our partners have come

and more persistent rain that's pushing into parts of the southwest. It will have reached Devon and Cornwall by dawn and then it's going to feed its way eastwards a little bit further northwards as well across southern counties as we go through the day. “Now, this rain could be quite persistent