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You probably don’t need us to tell you it’s been a wet month 👀🌧 . So we thought we’d show you. . This map shows how much rain has fallen in June so far! . Some places have seen TWICE the average for the WHOLE month ALREADY. . The end of this week looks a bit drier… but before then further thundery showers are expected on Tuesday night and there is a weather warning in force. . . #weatheraware #rain #map #june #warningsWe’ve seen some impressive skies this weekend with plenty of heavy showers 🌦as well as some sunshine ☀️ 📸 @simonluckman1988 from Twitter . With further heavy showers in the forecast this week and a thunderstorm warning ⛈ ⚠️in force for parts of southeast England on Tuesday night and Wednesday it is likely that we’ll see further striking skies in the coming days . Here’s the UK forecast👇 . ⬇️Headline⬇️ Showers for the northwest, drier in southeast, rain in between. . ⬇️This Evening and Tonight⬇️ A rather cloudy but mostly dry night for southern and eastern England, once any daytime showers ease. Bands of rain, heavy at times, will push northeastwards across more central and northwestern parts. The breeze will stop temperatures dropping much. . ⬇️Monday⬇️ Breezy and showery for Scotland and Northern Ireland, with risk of hail and thunder. Early rain across northern England and Wales breaking up somewhat. Warm sunny spells further southeast. . ⬇️Outlook for Tuesday to Thursday⬇️ Rain or showers developing on Tuesday, with potential for torrential thunderstorms in the southeast overnight and into Wednesday. Turning brighter and fresher from the west. Sunshine and showers on Thursday. . . . #sunshine #showers #rain #thunder #weather #forecast #loveukweatherTorrential rain this week has led to a lot of mud at @downloadfest. A mix of sunshine and showers still to come but not as wet as it has been. 📸 @marcxsmith . . Here’s the UK forecast 👇 Showery rain in the north. Drier with clear spells elsewhere. . This Evening and Tonight: The band of showery rain will continue northeastwards, becoming confined to parts of Scotland later in the night. Otherwise, clear spells with showers easing for most. However, there will be further showers arriving into the southwest later in the night. . Sunday: A breezy day with sunny spells and showers, these will be heavy at times. Thicker cloud and more persistent showery rain over northern Scotland at first will clear away northwards. . Outlook for Monday to Wednesday: Sunshine and showers for many on Monday. After a dry and bright start on Tuesday, heavy and thundery showers will arrive during the afternoon and move north overnight into Wednesday. #rain #weather #loveukweather #mud #download2019It’s pretty muddy at #downloadfestival2019 . Amazingly, they had more than a month’s worth of rain 🌧 from Monday to Wednesday this week in advance of the site opening. . Here are the rainfall stats from Sutton Bonnington (about 5 miles east of Donnington Park)… . Rainfall so far this month (up to 0900 14 June): 99.8 mm (166% of average) . Average rainfall in June: 60.2 mm . Rainfall total for 10-12 June: 68 mm . Wettest day: 10 June (32.8 mm) . Thanks to @OliviaJWood_x on twitter for sharing her video. . #loveukweather #muddy #rain #wellies #festivalFed up of it feeling like winter? . It does look warmer next week ➡️⏱ . But note we’re not promising flaming June and blue skies for all, just a bit less ‘January’! . . #drier #sunnier #warmer #loveukweather #weather #nextweek #forecastThrowback to when most of us were getting more sun than rain ☀️🌧 . Big thanks to @skylark22BHC1 over on Twitter for sharing this beautiful image with us 😍 . Fancy a feature on our feed? Just include @metoffice & #loveukweather in your post 🙌🏻 . . #weather #loveukweather #sunny #throwback #rain #warningsArchives
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Tag Archives: temperatures
Atlantic depressions bring above-average rain for some
During the first half of the month, a succession of low-pressure systems tracking close to the UK brought rain to most places as fronts swept from west to east. After a cool, showery interlude around mid-month, a more autumnal pattern … Continue reading
Posted in Met Office News
Tagged rainfall, September, sunshine, temperatures, weather statistics
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September warmth in the UK
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
Posted in Met Office News
Tagged averages, Heat, monthly statistics, rainfall, September, sunshine, temperatures, weather
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A mixed June so far
So far in June there has been quite a variation in the weather we have seen. The start of the month brought some warm and sunny weather, especially in the west. However, more recently it has been rather more unsettled … Continue reading
Posted in Met Office News
Tagged 2016, flodding, hot, june, Met Office, rainfall, showers, temperatures, thunder, warm, wet
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Contrasting weather for Europe this weekend
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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Tagged European weather, flooding, gales, Heat, heavy rain, strong winds, sunshine, temperatures, thunderstorms
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World weather roundup
In this blog we take a look at what’s happening around the world where the weather is straying away from what’s normal or has the potential to bring disruption. North America A deep area of low pressure will bring the … Continue reading
Spooky heat for Halloween weekend?
Last Halloween saw record breaking temperatures across parts of the United Kingdom, with both Kew Garden’s, London and Gravesend, Kent reaching a maximum temperature of 23.6C. What can trick or treaters expect this year on Halloween? The weather’s currently in … Continue reading
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Tagged dry, halloween, Met Office, mild, statistics, temperatures, warm, weather, weather forecast, weekend weather
Met Office in the Media – 7 August 2015
An article published today makes a number of claims about Met Office weather and climate science. It would be difficult to cover all the points raised in this blog, but here we look at the science and facts behind a … Continue reading
Why does it feel so cold? A guide to ‘feels like’ temperatures
With bitterly cold conditions across parts of the UK just now, have you been asking yourself why it can feel so much colder in the wind? The temperatures that you normally see on our website represent the temperature of the … Continue reading
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Tagged Android, cold, feels like, freeze, temperatures, Wind chill
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What’s causing the warm weather in the UK?
Temperatures continue to break records across parts of the UK. Cromdale in Moray reached 23.2 deg C on Monday breaking the record set the day before for the warmest March day in Scotland. Following on from our post yesterday ‘Why … Continue reading
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Tagged Cromdale, Fyvie Castle, Moray, Scotland, spring, temperature records, temperatures, warm
Coldest night of the winter so far
Last night saw a severe frost across the UK with temperatures falling to their lowest this winter in many places. The lowest temperature recorded last night was -11.3°C at Sennybridge in Powys, Wales. Below are a selection of minimum temperatures … Continue reading
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Tagged cold, frost, Met Office, snow, temperatures, weather, Winter
