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whilst summer mean daily maximum temperatures exceed 22°C. Large-scale frost hollows may occur within river valleys in the western parts of the Midlands in winter. The lowest temperature recorded for England (-26.1° C) occurred in Newport (Shropshire) in 1982. Rates of rainfall across the Midlands

there were significant flooding problems across Wales with the Conwy valley badly affected. There was also localised flooding in parts of West Yorkshire and Greater Manchester and temporary barriers were installed in the Midlands on the River Severn. Some flooding was also reported in York from

of the Thames Valley, East Anglia and the west Midlands. On the 2nd, large areas of England and Wales passed 32 °C with a new record set for Wales of 35.2 °C at Hawarden Bridge, Flintshire. The 3rd was the hottest day of the spell, with most of east Wales and England exceeding 32 °C and the new UK

factors such as topography, i.e. hills and valleys, and land use, i.e. urban or rural. This is the HadUK-Grid dataset. The 1 km grid values are then averaged over areas including the UK, countries (England, Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland) and UK climate districts .   Start dates Series Figures

Dennis, as actuals and % of 1981-2010 February long-term average. Storm Dennis brought 50 to 100mm or more of rain across the high ground of Dartmoor, parts of Wales, the Lake District and Highlands. 100 to 150mm of rain fell across parts of the Brecon Beacons and south Wales valleys. More than

) 1958 Bracknell (Berkshire) 177.8 170.9 (1987) 1962 Valley (Anglesey, North Wales) 209.2 192.5 (1987) 1941 Herstmonceux (East Sussex) 291.0 224.0 (1987) 1976 The 30 October storm This brought heavy rainfall and strong winds to many areas of southern Britain. Rainfall over southern England

at 05:07 UTC on the morning of 28 June. The fog still lingers in the valleys of Scotland giving fractal like patterns and there is a wider coverage of fog or low cloud further south over Eastern England and across the Midlands. Rising and sinking air in the atmosphere, caused by air being forced

and shelter. Jo and two other MapAction volunteers went in to support a United Nations Disaster Assessment and Coordination (UNDAC) deployment. Their first task was to help determine the scope of the emergency. This included pulling together information from satellite images of the valley hit

, work out who is going to be affected and where we need to be.  It's harder when it's unpredictable. Storm Arwen was a case in point, because that red weather warning was over Northumberland, but we ended up being really badly hit in Cumbria. There was an unusual funnelling effect down the valleys

mechanism has been developed to ensure that the availability and quality of the disseminated information reaching the community is assessed and that the recorded feedback is shared with TMA in Dar es Salaam, and KMD in Nairobi. “Students informed their parents especially those who live at the valley used