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wouldn’t get to this situation but for the first time ever we are forecasting greater than 40°C in the UK. “Climate attribution scientist at the Met Office, Dr Nikos Christidis, said “In a recent study we found that the likelihood of extremely hot days in the UK has been increasing and will continue to do

or in the garden you can have a big impact on our water consumption. Our Water’s Worth Saving campaign has a host of helpful top-tips showing the simple things we can all do to save this precious resource, so it remains readily available now and in the future.”  RAC Breakdown spokesman Rod Dennis said: “An amber

(London) 37.7 New station record beating the previous high of 36.3 °C on 3 August 1990, digitised data records back to 1984. Met Office London 37.6 New station record beating the previous high of 35.0 °C on 3 August 1990, digitised data records back to 1974. St. James's Park New station record

It does this by supporting and challenging our Executive in order to assist it in delivering against agreed Key Performance Indicators (KPIs).   The Board is led by an independent, non-executive Chair and has additional non-executive members.  The Chief Executive, Chief Scientist, Chief Finance

. She was made a CBE in the 2024 New Year's Honours. Penny is chair of the Dartmoor National Park Steering Group, a place where she spends much of her free time. She is married to a teacher; they have two musical grown-up children. Penny is a keen naturalist and musician, and an active member of Exeter Cathedral, as their first Canon Scientist as well as a member of their voluntary choir.

. London) St. James's Highest January maximum temperature, highest being 14.7 on 6/1/1999. Digital data Park (Greater 15.9 records back to 1957. London) Kenley Highest January maximum temperature, previous highest 13.2 on 6/1/1999. Digital data (Greater 15.8 records back to 1992. London) Highest January

, across parts of South East England. Significant weather event • 17 people killed along with 4 horses • 159 flashes of sheet or fork lightning in a 15 minute period around 17.30 recorded at Epsom • Hail 1½ to 2 inches in diameter fell at Sutton • Landslides closed both the Great Western Railway at Park

the month was dominated by well above average temperatures, entirely so for southern England and particularly in spells from 1st to 8th and 15th to 30th. The figure below plots hourly air temperature for the month at two example urban and rural locations in southern England: St James's Park (Central

a weather front associated with the storm. The wettest area was south Wales, with much of the Brecon Beacons National Park recording 100 to 150mm of rainfall over a 2-day period, and up to 200mm across the higher ground. This was one of the most significant extreme rainfall and flood events to affect south

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