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its second warmest June, while Wales saw its third warmest. 30°C was reached and exceeded on several occasions in parts of central, southern and eastern England. Areas of southeastern England saw provisional mean temperatures over 3°C above average, and many counties including Greater London, Essex

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

. 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

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

, -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 England 54.1, -2.162 Automatic Mannington Hall

Museum of Making was flooded. In Suffolk, a major incident was declared due to flooding. Rail services on the East Coast were severely affected due to flooded lines and Kings Cross station in London was temporarily closed due to concerns with overcrowding. Other rail services in Scotland

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

) 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

%. Sunshine was 108% of average, and it was broadly sunnier in eastern areas than further west, with the London area having over 130% of normal sunshine. The UK monthly extremes were as follows: A maximum temperature of 26.5 °C was recorded at Cambridge Botanic Gardens (Cambridgeshire) on the 17th. A minimum

attributable to the PWS. The study assumed: � The proportion of flights using WAFC London data was 60% (robust assumption from the area of the globe covered by WAFC London) � The proportion of flights using data effectively to reduce flight time was 50% � Estimate of proportion attributable to PWS