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on 26 February with temperatures exceeding 20 °C in London, west Wales and as far north as Rochdale making this a more widespread event than the previous record set in February 1998. New national records were also set for Wales (20.8°C at Porthmadog on 26th) and Scotland (19.3 °C at Aboyne on 21st
relative to the February 1981-2010 long-term average from 21 to 27 February. The map below shows daily maximum temperature on 26 February 2019, the warmest day of the spell. Daily maximum temperatures included 21.2 °C at Kew Gardens (London), 20.8 °C at Porthmadog (Gwynedd), 20.4 °C at Rochdale
spells of settled weather were short-lived, with only parts of north-west Scotland having been drier than average, and southern areas had been quite wet with relatively little sunshine, but the second half of May was much drier and sunnier. Porthmadog (Gwynedd) reached 25.1 °C on May 30th
The last time this happened was during a warm spell in July 2013. Porthmadog, Wales, has seen the highest temperature of the year so far, with 32.6 °C recorded today, June 28th. Chief Meteorologist, Andy Page, said: “Very warm and at times hot weather will continue to affect western parts
Temperatures have reached at least 30 Celsius in all four nations over the last few days. The last time this happened was during a warm spell in July 2013. Porthmadog, Wales, has seen the highest temperature of the year so far, with 33.0 °C recorded on 28 June. Chief Meteorologist, Will Lang
but the heat also extended further west included 30.2 °C at Porthmadog (Gwynedd), 31.5 °C at Chivenor, Devon and 31.8 °C at Pershore College (Worcestershire). The map below shows stations which recorded their highest June daily maximum temperature since June 1976; for most of these stations
and southern coastal locations sunshine was well above average nationwide, especially in northern and western areas; it was provisionally the fi h sunniest June in a series from 1929. The UK monthly extremes were as follows: A maximum temperature of 33.0 °C was recorded at Porthmadog (Gwynedd
to 27 °C and locally above 28 °C - in places more than 14 °C above the long-term average for the time of year. The warmth also extended to much of northern and western England and Wales from 18th to 21st – examples including 22.6 °C at Porthmadog (Gwynedd) on 18 April, 25.0 °C at Whitby (North
. Maximum temperatures on 28 June of 31.9 °C at Glasgow Bishopton and 30.5 °C at three stations in Northern Ireland fell within 1 °C of the all-time Scotland and Northern Ireland records, while in Wales 33.0 °C at Porthmadog (Gwynedd) on 28 June was part of a sequence of 6 out of 7 days more than 30
mean wind speed (Kt) for these same stations. The highest hourly mean wind speeds occurred slightly a er the highest gust speeds and remained sustained at over 40 Kt (and for Aberdaron 50Kt) for several hours. Hourly air temperature at Porthmadog (Gwynedd), Gogerddan (Ceredigion) and Pembrey Sands
