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Tag Archives: hot weather
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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July starts dry, sunny and warm
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
Posted in Met Office News
Tagged Environment Agency, Heat, heatwave, hot weather, july, Met Office, Pollen, summer, temperature, weather
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Met Office in the Media: 21 April 2011
The weather for the Easter weekend continues to make the news right now with the Daily Telegraph reporting that ‘Britain heading for warmest Easter weekend on record‘. It is true that temperatures are well above where they should be – … Continue reading
Posted in Met Office in the Media, Met Office News
Tagged Easter, hot weather, Northern Ireland, royal wedding, smog
