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, and parts of Northern Ireland, Wales and the West Country had less than half the normal amount. The UK monthly extremes were as follows: A maximum temperature of 15.9 °C was recorded at Kew Gardens (London) on the 2nd. A minimum temperature of -8.8 °C was recorded at Braemar (Aberdeenshire) on the 5th

. The most active thunderstorms occurred on the 12th (in association with the only issued warning) across parts of London and the Chilterns with reports of 2 to 3cm diameter hail in places. As these storms headed northwestwards, there were reports of lightning damage to homes, one in Bridgnorth and another

Rainfall Most Sunshine Highest Gust Highest Gust (mountain*) Greatest Snow Depth at 0900 UTC 17.0°C on 21st at Hull, East Park (Humberside, 2mAMSL) 0.1°C on 8th at Lentran (Inverness-shire, 146mAMSL) 11.9°C on 21st at London, St James's Park (Greater London, 5mAMSL) -9.6°C on 14th at Aviemore (Inverness

at times, but increased in the last week of the month, reaching 18.7°C in Kew Gardens (London) on the 25th. However, the wet conditions remained for the entirety of the month. It was a wet month for many, with some counties including Angus, Dorset and Worcestershire seeing more than the full month's

and 5th were warm and sunny for most areas but cloudier and cooler in the north, and a band of high cloud affected some southern areas on the 5th. Temperatures reached 26.8 °C at Kew Gardens (London) on the 4th and 27.6 °C at Heathrow (London) on the 5th. A band of cloud and rain progressed slowly

and a number of houses were flooded in Belfast. Flooding also affected southwest England, disrupting transport and causing the closure of a number of seafronts across Devon, and part of the main rail link to London was also closed at Dawlish. Parts of Wales saw flooding on the 8th. On the 9th

Exploring applications of multi-year predictability of Sahel rainfall: Recommendations for further products Neil Ward1 and Declan Conway2 1 Independent consultant. ([email protected]) 2 Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment. London School of Economics and Political

Rainfall Most Sunshine Highest Gust Highest Gust (mountain*) Greatest Snow Depth at 0900 UTC 17.0°C on 21st at Hull, East Park (Humberside, 2mAMSL) 0.1°C on 8th at Lentran (Inverness-shire, 146mAMSL) 11.9°C on 21st at London, St James's Park (Greater London, 5mAMSL) -9.6°C on 14th at Aviemore (Inverness

, and the threshold for an extreme heat warning in Aberdeen, for example, is likely to be lower than one covering London.   In the most extreme circumstances, prolonged spells of heat can cause illness and even death. According to Public Health England figures, 2,256 excess deaths were reported across the country

.” The paper, published in the journal Earth’s Future, is supported by a panel of eight other UK and international scientists. UK contributors include: Professor Tim Lenton from the University of Exeter; Crystal Moore from the Environment Agency; Simon Sharpe from University College London; and Professor