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Tag Archives: heatwave
Measuring the hot spell of June 2017
The last week has seen high temperatures across large parts of England and Wales in what has been the longest continuous hot spell in June since the hot, dry summer of 1976. Temperatures of 30°C or more were recorded somewhere … Continue reading
Posted in Met Office News
Tagged forecast, heatwave, hot weather, June temperature, June temperature record, Met Office, record breaking, summer, sunshine, temperature
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Thunderstorms bring an end to September heat
If temperatures reach 30 ºC in the south east of England today (15 Sept 2016) it will be the first consecutive 3-day September period where temperatures reached over 30 ºC since 1929. However this is the last of the hot … Continue reading
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Tagged England, flood, flooding, forecast, heatwave, heavy rain, Lightning, lightning strikes, Met Office, National Severe Weather Warning Service, rain, rainfall, record, severe weather, Storm, storms, temperature, UK, weather, weather forecast, weather forecasting, wet, wind
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Will summer be a washout or a scorcher?
Summer is a time when many look forward to enjoying the great outdoors, but all too often the British weather can, quite literally, dampen our spirits. The Met Office has just released its contingency planners’ outlook covering the period for … Continue reading
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Tagged 3 month outlook, climate, cold, dry, England, forecast, heatwave, heavy rain, Met Office, rain, rainfall, statistics, summer, summer forecast, sunshine, temperature, three month outlook, UK, weather, weather forecast, weather forecasting
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Is the weather going to be record breaking?
There has been some suggestion that this May could be the hottest ever recorded in the UK. However, unfortunately, it really is still too early to be sure about the final figures. The mid month UK statistics (1-15 May 2016) show, … Continue reading
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Tagged England, forecast, heatwave, heavy rain, Met Office, rain, rainfall, record, spring, summer, sunshine, temperature, UK, weather, weather forecast, weather forecasting, wet
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Cold weather on the way for the UK, but what about elsewhere in the world?
As the UK prepares for unseasonably cold weather, elsewhere around the globe we are seeing heatwaves, droughts, tropical storms and rainfall. A very warm air mass across the Pacific Northwest of North America has built a ridge of high pressure … Continue reading
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Tagged cold, Drought, England, heatwave, Jet stream, Met Office, rainfall, severe weather, storms, temperature, tropical cyclone, tropical storm, UK, weather forecast, weather forecasting
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So what happened to our summer?
Our Chief Scientist Professor Dame Julia Slingo OBE FRS reflects on this summer’s weather and what has influenced it: No-one can deny that we have had a pretty disappointing summer with a lot of unsettled weather and only a few … Continue reading
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Tagged climate, climate change, climate science, cold, dry, England, global warming, heatwave, heavy rain, Jet stream, Met Office, Met Office Hadley Centre, rain, rainfall, record, severe weather, Storm, storms, summer, temperature, UK, weather, weather forecast, weather forecasting, wet, wind
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On the record – observing a ‘heatwave’
Last week on 1 July the UK saw its warmest July daily max temperature on record (records date back as far as 1853), with 36.7 °C at Heathrow. This has led to considerable interest in the wider context of the … Continue reading
Hotter weather for the start of July
The weather is showing signs of heating up next week for the start of the Wimbledon fortnight. In contrast to June so far, which has seen temperatures often near or just below normal, next week could see a real change … Continue reading
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Tagged heat wave, heatwave, hot, sunny, thunderstorms, Wimbledon
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Mixed bag for the start of June
It has been a very varied weather picture so far this month. It’s been dry and warm for the south east of the UK, with some places around London having received less than 5 mm of rainfall so far and … Continue reading
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Tagged cold, dry, forecast, heatwave, Met Office, rain thunderstorm, rainfall, statistics, Sun, weather, wet
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Summer returns but no heatwave
There have been some stories in the press that a heatwave is on the way later this week. Although we are expecting temperatures to rise over the coming days with some pleasant early summer weather, any very warm weather will … Continue reading
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Tagged heatwave, heavy rain, Met Office, rain, rainfall, summer storm, thunder, weather forecast, wind
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