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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

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

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

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

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

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

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

of England there were reports of flooding on the 14th, affecting the A414 in Harlow, one road in Hinxton, and the entrance to Cambridge railway station, as well as property flooding in Kings Lynn. In London there were reports of flooding around Tower Bridge, and long delays on the Piccadilly line

, up and down. 4.2 For London, sea level rise by the end of the century (when compared to 1981-2000), for the low emission scenario is very likely 6 to be in the range 0.29 m to 0.70 m.For a high emission scenario, the range is very likely to be 0.53 m to 1.15 m. 6 The IPCC use likelihood to provide

and in central and eastern Scotland. The UK monthly extremes were as follows: A maximum temperature of 33.4 °C was recorded at Heathrow (London) on the 25th. A minimum temperature of -1.9 °C was recorded at Tulloch Bridge (Inverness-shire) on the 8th. In the 24 hours ending at 0900 GMT on the 29th, 212.8