Tag Archives: Heat

September warmth in the UK

Posted on 29 September, 2016 by Met Office Press Office

Figures and text updated 4 October 2016 with provisional full month data. Despite a mixture of weather across the UK, two warm spells around the 9th and 13th of the month helped boost temperatures, with this September provisionally the equal-second … Continue reading →

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Contrasting weather for Europe this weekend

Posted on 16 June, 2016 by Met Office Press Office

A developing area of low pressure across central Europe will bring a spell of very unsettled weather across the Alps to the Baltic over the next couple of days, but also introduce increasingly hot conditions to southeast Europe. Warm and … Continue reading →

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Record May temperatures for Spain

Posted on 14 May, 2015 by Met Office Press Office

Update: On Thursday, records were broken once again across southeast Spain. Valencia equalled Lanzarote Airport’s 42.6C from the previous day. Other stations in the Valenciana region exceeded this value, with Xativa and Carcaixent reaching 42.7C and 42.9C respectively; however these … Continue reading →

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Possible record heat in Spain, while heavy rain and snow affect the Alps

Posted on 13 May, 2015 by Met Office Press Office

Parts of Spain, Portugal and southern France are experiencing unusually high temperatures at the moment. On Tuesday, Seville recorded 38C, and today will be another very hot day for the time of year, with temperatures widely expected to reach the … Continue reading →

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July starts dry, sunny and warm

Posted on 17 July, 2013 by Met Office Press Office

Early Met Office figures for the first half of July show that it has been warmer, drier and sunnier than usual so far this month. We’ve now had 11 days with temperatures over 28 °C somewhere in the UK, making … Continue reading →

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First ‘Heat-Health’ alert of the summer

Posted on 8 July, 2010 by Met Office Press Office

East Anglia, London and south east England have been put on Heat-Health alert as hot temperatures are forecast over the next couple of days.  Temperatures will peak across East Anglia and south east England during Friday and Saturday, where highs of … Continue reading →

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