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Record high temperatures of over 40°C across wide areas of England. Over 1000 excess deaths in over-65s. 13 deaths due to drowning. Widespread disruption to railway network. Multiple wildfires, numerous private houses destroyed. London Fire Brigade had busiest day since Second World War. Event would

, and a high of 24.6 °C at th Northolt (Greater London) on the 10 , though showers spread into the south-west late on the 10th. Many parts had a wet and windy day on the 11th but it stayed warm and mostly dry and sunny in East Anglia and the south-east. Storm Callum brought widespread gales

led to elevated numbers of calls to ambulance services. Flooding on the 13th around parts of London meant some roads around Neasden were partially blocked, there were delays on the Metropolitan line, and the northbound M1 was closed due to severe flooding. Heavy showers caused some flooding in North

. Showers and longer outbreaks of rain moved through Devon and Cornwall on the 15th, spreading into parts of the north, but it remained hot and sunny in many other areas with a high of 31.3 °C at Frittenden (Kent). This was followed by a warm night on the 15th/16th with London St James’s Park falling

on day D+1 Daily minimum air temperature between 0900 GMT on day D-1 to 0900 GMT on day D It remained bitterly cold across the UK through Christmas. Maximum temperatures on Christmas Day widely remained well below freezing (even in central London, St James' Park recorded a maximum of only -0.4 °C

and 11th with high pressure becoming established over southern England and, here, temperatures rose to just shy of 30deg Celsius especially around the London area. Normal service was resumed from the 12th, as one depression after another influenced the weather over the UK. On the 21st and 22nd, a system

21st/22nd the temperature fell no lower than 17.3 °C at London St James’s Park. There was generally a mix of sunny intervals and isolated showers, but with longer spells of rain in the north-west on the 23rd, giving 32.2 mm at Honister Pass (Cumbria). 24th to 31st High pressure spread from the south

) and its Health Protection Research Units (HPRU), the European Centre for Environment and Human Health (ECEHH), the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (LSHTM), the Farr Institute, UK Biobank, SAIL (Welsh Government Health and Care), the ESRC Data Research Administrative Centres and the Centre

Linkenholt Post Office England 51.319, -1.478 Manual Liscombe England 51.086, -3.608 Automatic Little Rissington England 51.86, -1.691 Automatic Loftus England 54.563, -0.862 Automatic London, St James's Park England 51.504, -0.129 Automatic Lyneham England 51.503, -1.991 Automatic Malham Tarn

on the A4107. In north-west England there were blocked roads due to flooding, including the B5192 and the A5058 in Merseyside. In London, four central stations were affected by flooding resulting in delays to rail services. Liverpool Street station saw water pouring in through the roof, and some