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Wales and from Cornwall to Kent. The highest gusts recorded were 93 kn (107 m.p.h.) at Aberporth in west Wales and at Gwennap Head in Cornwall. The return period (average frequency of occurrence) of the maximum gusts was estimated at more than 100 years at places from Dorset to west London. Highest

was recorded at both Heathrow and Kew Gardens, Greater London, making it the warmest August day since 2003. It's been very #hot in the southeast this afternoon with temperatures widely above 30°C 🌡️ Heathrow and Kew Gardens have now reached 36.4°C, making it the hottest August day since 2003 #UKheatwave

component of the initiative. Such projects are the OldWeather and Data Rescue at Home citizen science projects, the Sailsproject (Shipping Archives and Integrated Logbooks of Ships) and, with the Centre for e-Research, King's College London, looking at historic sources for weather in order

to be in the high teens or even low 20°Cs overnight, especially in urban areas such as London.” We're going to be seeing a hot end to the week across many parts of the UK☀️ Here's Aidan with the details 👇 pic.twitter.com/nWDmP3cbuI — Met Office (@metoffice) June 16, 2022 Heatwave criteria A UK

to astronomical summer. The highest temperatures in summer tend to be seen around London and the southeast, with the coolest temperatures experienced throughout Scotland and Northern England. Summers naturally have much variability, so this changes day-to-day.  The UK in summer can experience blocking

severe storms to affect southern England in the autumn in the last 40 years. However, it was not in the same category as the Great Storm of 16 October 1987. Impacts Most of the storm's impacts were due to damaging gusts of wind. Four people were killed in Kent, Watford and west London

. Overnight temperatures will be high for some places for the time of year. The highest recorded April temperature was in 1949 when Camden Square in London recorded 29.4°C on 16 April; the highest May temperature recorded was 32.8°C on 22 May 1922, again in Camden Square, and then equalled on 29 May 1944

, but warm or very warm elsewhere, and hot once again in the southeast. READ MORE: What is humidity and how does it affect human health? The hottest day of the current spell is expected on Monday, with temperatures widely exceeding 30°C in central and eastern England, possibly reaching 35°C in London

the Atlantic Ocean, in order to protect life and property at sea. The earliest information to be collected by the office was daily weather data, recorded at 9am at set locations, known as stations, around the British and Irish coasts and sent to the Meteorological Office in London by the new telegraph

is available for iPhone from the App store and for Android from the Google Play store. *Central England Temperature covers a roughly triangular area of the UK, enclosed by Bristol, Lancashire and London. The monthly series begins in 1659, and is the longest available instrumental record of temperature in the world.