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Exceptional warmth April 2018 The UK experienced some unusually high temperatures for the time of year from 18 to 22 April, with high pressure over the near continent drawing very warm air from the south. On 19 April, St James’s Park (London) recorded a maximum temperature of 29.1 °C making
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reported across parts of southern England. Impacts The warmth and sunshine coincided with the government ending its ‘stay at home’ guidance across England. Many people gathered in parks and beaches where there were reminders to people to maintain social distancing due to the ongoing coronavirus
a construction crane in north London and tore the sails off a historic windmill in Burgh Le Marsh, Lincolnshire. London’s eight royal parks were closed. Some of the worst impacts were from flooding. There was significant flooding in North Wales at Llanrwst in the Conwy valley. However, the worst affected
was Leeming, North Yorkshire (near Northallerton) which recorded 38.8°C. Station Temperature (°C) Previous UK record exceeded by (°C) Difference from July 1991- 2020 long-term average (°C) Coningsby, Lincolnshire 40.3 1.6 18.1 St James's Park, London 40.2 1.5 16.6 Gringley-on-the-Hill, Nottinghamshire 40.1
England 55.421, -1.6 Automatic Bournemouth, Kings Park England 50.734, -1.822 Manual Bradford England 53.813, -1.772 Automatic Bramham England 53.869, -1.317 Automatic Brampton No 3 England 54.935, -2.733 Manual Bratton Fleming, Haxton England 51.116, -3.94 Manual Bridgefoot England 54.649, -3.458
93 Tibenham Norfolk 83 Aberdaron Gwynedd 78 Lake Vyrnwy Powys 76 Wittering Cambridge 74 Cranwell Lincolnshire 71 Storm David brought significant and widespread disruption to the UK, with over 100,000 properties without power, reports of fallen trees and rail services disrupted. Meanwhile
, where 36.3 °C was recorded at Cranwell, setting a new record for the climate district of England E & NE. The panel of maps below show daily maximum temperatures from 22 to 26 July 2019, indicating the duration and spatial extent of the heatwave. Temperatures exceeded 30 °C widely across much central
at the following Met Office sites: Total (mm)Prev wettest April (mm)Records began Edinburgh 110.0 84.0 (1947) 1939 Lossiemouth (Morayshire)113.3 71.5 (1977) 1951 London 113.8 100.6 (1993) 1940 Cranwell (Lincs) 113.8 94.4 (1998) 1921 Birmingham (Edgbaston) 143.4 124.9 (1961) 1897 Northolt (Middlesex) 118.6
