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the length of the Offas Dyke. During the first week, several low impact rain warnings were issued. Substantial rainfall fell across Cumbria in the opening days which may have contributed to a landslide that caused the derailment of a Glasgow to London service at Shap early on the 3rd. The next day came

especially parts of eastern England, with an overall figure of 107% of average. The UK monthly extremes were as follows: A maximum temperature of 23.4 °C was recorded at St James’s Park (London) on the 15th. A minimum temperature of -8.0 °C was recorded at Tulloch Bridge (Inverness-shire) on the 1st

Minimum Lowest Minimum Lowest Grass Minimum Most Rainfall Most Sunshine Highest Gust Highest Gust (mountain*) Greatest Snow Depth at 0900 UTC 30.1°C on 1st at Cambridge, Botanic Garden (Cambridgeshire, 13mAMSL) 7.3°C on 27th at Balmoral (Aberdeenshire, 283mAMSL) 18.8°C on 2nd at London, St James's

at 0900 UTC 30.1°C on 1st at Cambridge, Botanic Garden (Cambridgeshire, 13mAMSL) 7.3°C on 27th at Balmoral (Aberdeenshire, 283mAMSL) 18.8°C on 2nd at London, St James's Park (Greater London, 5mAMSL) -3.0°C on 25th at Tyndrum No 3 (Perthshire (in Central Region), 168mAMSL) and Braemar No 2

University, Stockholm, Sweden. Dept. of Environmental and Geographical Science, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa. Downing College Cambridge, Cambridge, UK. Earth Sciences Division, NASA GSFC, Greenbelt, MD, USA. Earth Sciences, University College London, London, UK. Environment

of 114% of average. The UK monthly extremes were as follows: A maximum temperature of 22.9 °C was recorded at Kew Gardens (Greater London) on the 29th. A minimum temperature of -3.8 °C was recorded at Aboyne (Aberdeenshire) on the 15th. In the 24 hours ending 0900 UTC on the 5th, 102.6 mm of rain fell

is not certain, but during the war weather echoes were regarded as a nuisance rather than of intrinsic value. Nevertheless, before the end of the war the Meteorological Office had established a radar research station at East Hill, some 30 miles north of London. For a time after the war, the Meteorological Office

across Cumbria in the opening days which may have contributed to a landslide that caused the derailment of a Glasgow to London service at Shap early on the 3rd. The next day came reports of several road closures in west Cumbria due to surface water flooding. Parts of Wales were also notably wet during

at 0900 UTC 30.1°C on 1st at Cambridge, Botanic Garden (Cambridgeshire, 13mAMSL) 7.3°C on 27th at Balmoral (Aberdeenshire, 283mAMSL) 18.8°C on 2nd at London, St James's Park (Greater London, 5mAMSL) -3.0°C on 25th at Tyndrum No 3 (Perthshire (in Central Region), 168mAMSL) and Braemar No 2

observations of the weather in the London area and is credited with having first discovered the concept of the urban heat island, where night time temperatures in the cities do not fall as low as those in the countryside. He attributed this to the numbers of coal fires burning in close proximity