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across Essex, Cambridgeshire and Peterborough were closed due to floodwater. On the 10th the River Nene in Northamptonshire overtopped forcing evacuation from the Billing Aquadrome Leisure Park in Northampton. In E/NE Scotland high tides caused damage to coastal sea defences at Golspie, north

. It was agreed that MO would prepare a paper to set out clearly what benefits the group will see from this work. Record breaking UK temperatures The group were reminded about the extreme heat event in July that led to the breaking of the all time UK high temperature record in Cambridgeshire. An explanation

across Essex, Cambridgeshire and Peterborough were closed due to floodwater. On the 10th the River Nene in Northamptonshire overtopped forcing evacuation from the Billing Aquadrome Leisure Park in Northampton. In E/NE Scotland high tides caused damage to coastal sea defences at Golspie, north

temperature reached at a particular location between two fixed times 24-hours apart, usually 0900 GMT to 0900 GMT. Month Value Location (England) Date January 17.6 °C Eynsford (Kent) 27 January 2003 February 21.2 °C Kew Gardens (London) 26 February 2019 March 25.6 °C Mepal (Cambridgeshire) 29 March

%. Sunshine was 108% of average, and it was broadly sunnier in eastern areas than further west, with the London area having over 130% of normal sunshine. The UK monthly extremes were as follows: A maximum temperature of 26.5 °C was recorded at Cambridge Botanic Gardens (Cambridgeshire) on the 17th. A minimum

affected all of Wales and western/northern areas of England. There was flooding in York; the River Ouse burst its banks but, thanks to Environment Agency flood warnings, property and land were able to be protected. There were also delays and flooded roads in Hertfordshire and Cambridgeshire. England

% respectively). Many counties too recorded a very dry March, with Norfolk, Suffolk, Devon, Cambridgeshire and Gwynedd all within their top three driest Marches since 1836.  April  April started in a similar vein to March, with high pressure bringing settled conditions to the UK and very little rain

limitations in terms of technical capacity, availability of professional staff and applications software. For example, recruiting and maintaining professional staff is a major challenge for ACMAD because the salary the Centre offers is not very attractive for young graduates, a consequence of the low

and sustaining services. � There are running cost challenges associated with electricity, salary, commodities. The Met Office has also been impacted by the buoyant jobs market. Operating without any slack in terms of staff numbers. � Recognise the importance and success of the heat warnings, the run

at 0900 UTC 30.1°C on 1st at Cambridge, Botanic Garden (Cambridgeshire, 13mAMSL) 7.3°C on 27th at Balmoral (Aberdeenshire, 283mAMSL) 18.8°C on 2nd at London, St James's Park (Greater London, 5mAMSL) -3.0°C on 25th at Tyndrum No 3 (Perthshire (in Central Region), 168mAMSL) and Braemar No 2