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times within a given season. The length of the season is pollen-level dependent although high readings are usually reported from mid/ end of March, through to September and is typically 26 weeks in duration. The pollen season separates into three key periods: 1. Tree Pollen (Late March to mid-May) 2

above normal over parts of western Scotland but barely above average in southern and south-eastern counties of England. The south-east of England, as well as being coolest relative to average, was particularly wet, with almost double the average rainfall in a few places, though Wales, northern England

and eastern areas, with only a few western counties exceeding the average, giving a UK-wide figure of 76% of average. July was notably dry in many areas; some locations in the south-east had very little rain all month, whereas the far north-west of Scotland was slightly wetter than average

of 111% of average. October was slightly drier than average along eastern coasts, but most other areas were wetter than average, especially south-west Scotland and Northern Ireland, and the UK had 115% of average rainfall. November was a wet month, with a few places having double the average

spells of settled weather were short-lived, with only parts of north-west Scotland having been drier than average, and southern areas had been quite wet with relatively little sunshine, but the second half of May was much drier and sunnier. Porthmadog (Gwynedd) reached 25.1 °C on May 30th

The Yangtze River Basin is home to more than 400 million people and is a key agricultural region in China. The region is prone to flooding on a semi-regular basis due to the influence of the East Asian Summer Monsoon. Researchers from the Climate Science for Service Partnership China project have