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England, with some locations near London recording little or no rain for a 57-day period. The lack of rain led to drier soils which increased the high maximum temperatures in south-east England during late July. The oceanic and atmospheric conditions over the North Atlantic are identified

a red weather warning was issued, and 100,000 homes and businesses lost power. In the UK, there was some localized transport disruption with some road closures and disruption to rail, air and ferry services. Flights were cancelled at several airports, including at least 50 flights to and from London

were in Edinburgh (Gogarbank at only 3.2 mm and Botanic Gardens with 4 mm – 7% and 10% of average respectively), closely followed by London (Hampton at  3.8 mm and St James park at 4.2mm, both 9% of average). It was a mild month overall with a notable warm spell early in the month, but some cold

being evacuated. Meanwhile a wildfire in Dagenham, east London on the 15th saw further house evacuations with around eight hectares of land scorched, according to local Fire and Rescue service reports. The 12th saw temperatures reaching 33C in Cardiff and on the same day there were reports of the heat

was near average in some western areas, but well above average further east, with over 200% of normal for London and the south-east and also parts of Aberdeenshire and Moray. Sunshine was particularly low for much of England and Wales, with only the south of Northern Ireland and the Isle of Man

”). For sea level rise, the primary scenario is defined by Network Rail to be the RCP4.5 95 th percentile, because UKCP18 does not contain sea level projections for RCP6.0. Transport for London (2021) uses the same guidelines. A review for ORR (Ferranti et al., 2021) concluded that whilst

, Brown et al. (2014) estimated a 20-year return level of 35.7°C for summer TXx in London, for 1961-90. Such rare daily events can occur either during short spells of hot weather associated with particular synoptic conditions (e.g. during 2018, McCarthy et al., 2019), or during an extended heatwave

not been consistent across the UK. London, East Sussex and Hampshire receiving 140% to 150% of average summer rainfall and the Isle of Wight exceeding 200%. However, much of the UK saw below average rainfall and when averaged out across the whole nation, the UK received 75% of its average rainfall

, eventually down towards London, we may start to see the odd heavier burst of rain for a time. Read more on Apple News: Met Office Deep Dive: Why are summer downpours so slow moving? “The rest of the sunshine will be further towards the west where it should be a relatively fine day to come here

Met Office Board Summary On 1 October 2018 at The Compass Centre, Heathrow Airport, London • Minutes of the meeting held on 25 July 2018 were agreed to be an accurate record of the meeting. • The Board welcomed Stephanie Hurst (BEIS Deputy Director of International Science and Innovation