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); this UK record stood for nearly 80 years until Hot spell August 1990 (37.1 °C at Cheltenham, Gloucestershire) which was broken again on 10 August 2003 (38.5 °C at Faversham, Kent). On 1 July the temperature also reached 35.7 °C at Kew Gardens and Northolt, Greater London, 35.3 °C at Wittering
35 °C in places on the 19th when new UK and Welsh temperature records for July were set. The value of 36.5 °C recorded at Wisley, Surrey on 19th overturned the UK record for July of 35.9 °C set on 3 July 1976 at Cheltenham, Glos. Hot weather persisted for much of the following week, particularly
34.6 °C was reached at Raunds (Northamptonshire) on the 8th. However, the most significant September heatwave in observational records was from 1 to 2 September 1906. Temperatures exceeded 32 °C as far apart as Cheltenham (Gloucestershire), Macclesfield (Cheshire), Cromer (Norfolk), Oxford and Gordon
low and medium impact rain warnings were issued. The 22nd saw renewed transport disruption with rail lines between Plymouth and Newton Abbot, Machynlleth and Aberystwyth and Shrewsbury to Wrexham closed due to flooding. Services along the line between Birmingham New Street and Cheltenham Spa were
low and medium impact rain warnings were issued. The 22nd saw renewed transport disruption with rail lines between Plymouth and Newton Abbot, Machynlleth and Aberystwyth and Shrewsbury to Wrexham closed due to flooding. Services along the line between Birmingham New Street and Cheltenham Spa were
and Epsom, Surrey); this UK record stood for nearly 80 years until 3 August 1990 (37.1 °C at Cheltenham, Gloucestershire) which was broken again on 10 August 2003 (38.5 °C at Faversham, Kent). As this was a short duration heatwave, impacts for the UK were limited, but the heat may have contributed
at a number of long-running weather stations across central and eastern England (Table 6). The most significant September hot spell in observational records was 1 to 2 September 1906, when temperatures exceeded 32 °C as far apart as Cheltenham (Gloucestershire), Macclesfield (Cheshire), Cromer
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