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. Will we get record-breaking heat? This is the first time we have forecast 40°C  in the UK. The current record high temperature in the UK is 38.7°C, which was reached at Cambridge Botanic Garden on 25 July in 2019. Weather forecast models are run numerous times to help us quantify the likelihood

51.943, -0.09 Manual Buxton England 53.258, -1.912 Manual Camborne England 50.218, -5.327 Automatic Cambridge, Botanic Garden England 52.194, 0.131 Manual Cambridge, Niab England 52.245, 0.102 Automatic Cardinham, Bodmin England 50.502, -4.666 Automatic Carlisle England 54.934, -2.962 Automatic Carlton

%. 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

were above normal over the southwest but below normal over most of Scotland and Northern Ireland. The UK monthly extremes were as follows: A maximum temperature of 38.7 °C was recorded at Cambridge Botanic Garden on the 25th. A minimum temperature of -0.4 °C was recorded at Altnaharra (Sutherland

of England, which brought heavy downpours and some flooding. Temperatures were above or around average for the first week, and then a warm spell moved in from the 10th. The 12th saw the highest temperature of the year so far, 34.8°C, recorded in Cambridge, while thunderstorms spread across Scotland

and Disasters to Advance Climate Change Adaptation. A Special Report of Working Groups I and II of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. (Cambridge University Press, 2012). 13. Sillmann, J., Kharin, V. V., Zhang, X., Zwiers, F. W. & Bronaugh, D. Climate extremes indices in the CMIP5 multimodel

in the River Cam in Cambridge and fishery officers saved thousands of fish in distress in the South East, due to hot weather impacting the water environment including the concentration of oxygen in watercourses. The Environment Agency’s response involved pumping air into rivers to restore dissolved

weather stations have exceeded the previous record of 38.7°C set at Cambridge University Botanic Gardens in July 2019. Following the first red warning for extreme heat – first announced last Friday – just before 1pm today, provisional data showed that Heathrow airport was the first station

Center (CIMMYT) in strengthening Wheat Disease Early Warning Systems in South Asia.  Building on previous Met Office projects with the University of Cambridge, under ARRCC and linked to the Wheat Disease Early Warning Advisory System (DEWAS) project, this project aims to mitigate the threats to food

he’s just completed his first marathon at Walt Disney World in Florida, dressed as an Alien from Toy Story. Jonathan Vautrey Jonathan’s interest in understanding the natural environment led him to undertake a Geography degree. After spending a year at the Scott Polar Research Institute in Cambridge