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Nationwide extremes for 08-06-2004

WARMEST

Weather station Altitude Daytime Temperature

London MET 5 metres 31.4°C

London/Heathrow 24 metres 30.5°C

Coningsby 7 metres 30.4°C

Northolt 40 metres 30.4°C

Marham 23 metres 30.1°C

Cranwell 67 metres 30.0°C

Scampton 61 metres 29.9°C

Weybourne 21 metres 29.8°C

Waddington 70 metres 29.5°C

Holbeach 3 metres 29.3°C

COLDEST

Weather station Altitude Overnight Temperature

Altnaharra 81 metres 4.0°C

Wick 39 metres 5.8°C

Kinloss 7 metres 6.6°C

Kirkwall 21 metres 6.7°C

Tain Range 4 metres 6.9°C

Aviemore 220 metres 7.2°C

Loch Glascarnoch 265 metres 7.2°C

Sella Ness 7 metres 7.6°C

Aboyne 140 metres 7.7°C

Baltasound 15 metres 7.7°C

WETTEST

Weather station Altitude Total Daily Rainfall

Leconfield 0 metres 13.0mm

Altnaharra 81 metres 2.6mm

Tain Range 4 metres 1.2mm

Aberdeen/Dyce 65 metres 1.0mm

Loch Glascarnoch 265 metres 1.0mm

Lossiemouth 13 metres 1.0mm

Aboyne 140 metres 0.8mm

Kinloss 7 metres 0.8mm

Aviemore 220 metres 0.6mm

Belfast/Aldergrove 81 metres 0.6mm

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By Victoria Good

Phew! What a scorcher...part 2.

It was another night for kicking off the duvet as for many, with dawn temperatures staying in the low to mid teens Celsius (approximately mid 50's F). However, Kinbrace, in Highland Scotland, began on a rather fresher note, with the lowest temperature of the morning of a mere 4 Celsius (39F).

This could almost give a taste of things to come. Whilst the day was comparatively cooler and cloudier across the north and northwest, many parts of England and Wales ended up with a scorcher of a day - the hottest day of the year so far.

The sun and pollen indices were both towards the top end of their respective scales, so it was important to be protected against the harsh sun rays, if sneezing and streaming eyes didn't keep you inside!

So let's go straight to the main story - the heat. Temperatures soared to just over 31 Celsius in Central London and also in Cambridge, which is 88F. And it's still the beginning of June! Plenty of hazy sunshine was widely enjoyed in the southeast in particular, and Herne Bay, Kent, won the gong for the most sunshine with over 14 hours through the day. It was also humid though, which did make it pretty uncomfortable for some. But that humidity also played another role - that of forming high shower clouds which ultimately gave us some intense thunderstorms towards evening.

Leconfield in East Riding of Yorkshire had the highest official rainfall with nearly 13mm of rain recorded in one hour from a passing thunderstorm, but other nearby areas could well have seen considerably more than that. The storms were very localised, coming from towering black cumulonimbus clouds, and lead to some torrential downpours. But, these types of cloud, although reaching over 40,000ft in height, can span a horizontal distance of perhaps only a mile sometimes. This means that even with storms as intense as those seen today, a few miles away the skies could remain clear and blue.

Towards the west of the UK, things were not quite as hot. Temperatures is sheltered Cardiff, for example, did rise to 25 Celsius (77F) but in Anglesey, it was a more modest 17 Celsius (63F). Some sea mist and cloud did linger along some of the coastlines in the south and west, and for Newquay and Saunton Sands, temperatures struggled a little too at 19 Celsius (66F).

Across Northern Ireland, a weak weather front also introduced a fair bit of cloud, giving a high in Belfast of 20 Celsius (68), again rather cooler than much of mainland Britain. Still, here there were some brighter spells through the day, whereas many parts of Scotland remained cloudy through the day. Outbreaks of rain also affected the country, and mostly became confined to the far north. Although a few storms did break out across south eastern Scotland in the early afternoon, many areas only reported a little rain in total. Fair Isle, in between Orkney and Shetland, had a maximum temperature of just 11 Celsius (a stark contrast to the 31 degrees further south).

Information thanks to the BBC Weather Website

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Nationwide extremes for 09-06-2004

WARMEST

Weather station Altitude Daytime Temperature

Hawarden 10 metres 26.6°C

Gravesend 3 metres 25.4°C

London MET 5 metres 25.0°C

Scampton 61 metres 24.6°C

Cranwell 67 metres 24.3°C

Shoeburyness 2 metres 24.1°C

Waddington 70 metres 24.1°C

Bridlington Mrsc 15 metres 24.0°C

London/Heathrow 24 metres 24.0°C

Northolt 40 metres 23.9°C

COLDEST

Weather station Altitude Overnight Temperature

Liscombe 348 metres -19.3°C

Lerwick 82 metres 8.2°C

Baltasound 15 metres 8.4°C

Sella Ness 7 metres 9.1°C

Fair Isle 59 metres 9.2°C

Wick 39 metres 9.8°C

Kirkwall 21 metres 9.9°C

Tiree 12 metres 10.2°C

Aboyne 140 metres 10.3°C

Aberdeen/Dyce 65 metres 10.8°C

WETTEST

Weather station Altitude Total Daily Rainfall

Baltasound 15 metres 20.2mm

Lerwick 82 metres 15.0mm

Sella Ness 7 metres 15.0mm

Cork 153 metres 5.0mm

Tiree 12 metres 5.0mm

Capel Curig 216 metres 4.2mm

Islay/Port Ellen 17 metres 4.2mm

Skye/Lusa 18 metres 4.2mm

South Uist Range 10 metres 4.0mm

Valentia 9 metres 4.0mm

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By Elizabeth Saary

The heat wave retreats

After yesterday's high of 31C (88F), the heat wave came to an end today. With some sunshine around though, it was still quite a pleasant day for many.

The high temperatures during Tuesday meant that things stayed rather warm overnight. Another uncomfortable night was had in London where the temperature fell no lower than 16C (61F). The coolest place overnight was Lerwick in Shetland with 8C (46F).

During Tuesday night, outbreaks of rain had spread through Northern Ireland and Scotland. The rain gradually cleared from the south during the day, so southern Scotland became fine and mostly dry.

The rain took a while longer to clear from northern parts, and was quite heavy for a time, particularly in the Northern Isles. The wettest place in 24 hours was Baltasound in Shetland with 21mm or nearly an inch of rain.

During the afternoon and evening, a separate area of cloud and rain began to move into the southwest of England. This was expected to continue to move across southern England and South Wales during the coming night. Some heavy and occasionally thundery showers were also beginning to break out across Northern Ireland during the evening.

Elsewhere in the UK, apart from a few isolated showers, it was dry and quite sunny during the day. The place that saw the most sunshine was Jersey with just over ten hours worth of blue sky.

As mentioned, it was not as hot as Tuesday and the top temperature was 26C (77F) at Southend in Essex.

Trailing way behind at just 11C (50F) was Fair Isle, between Orkney and Shetland with the cloud and rain making things particularly miserable. It should be a little warmer here on Thursday though as things turn drier and brighter.

Information thanks to the BBC Weather Website

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Nationwide extremes for 10-06-2004

WARMEST

Weather station Altitude Daytime Temperature

Weybourne 21 metres 25.5°C

Wainfleet 5 metres 25.2°C

Coningsby 7 metres 25.1°C

Marham 23 metres 25.1°C

Scampton 61 metres 24.8°C

Cranwell 67 metres 24.6°C

London/Heathrow 24 metres 24.6°C

London MET 5 metres 24.5°C

Bridlington Mrsc 15 metres 24.4°C

Donna Nook 8 metres 24.4°C

COLDEST

Weather station Altitude Overnight Temperature

Loch Glascarnoch 265 metres 7.2°C

Tain Range 4 metres 7.5°C

Aboyne 140 metres 7.6°C

Topcliffe 25 metres 8.1°C

Kirkwall 21 metres 8.3°C

Kinloss 7 metres 8.6°C

Lossiemouth 13 metres 9.2°C

Wick 39 metres 9.2°C

Redhill 63 metres 9.3°C

Altnaharra 81 metres 9.4°C

WETTEST

Weather station Altitude Total Daily Rainfall

Altnaharra 81 metres 27.0mm

Skye/Lusa 18 metres 16.0mm

St.Angelo 47 metres 15.2mm

Strathallan 35 metres 14.0mm

Kinloss 7 metres 13.0mm

Machrihanish 13 metres 12.4mm

Ballycastle 68 metres 11.0mm

Glasgow/Bishopton 59 metres 11.0mm

Aultbea 11 metres 8.0mm

Lough Fea 225 metres 6.0mm

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By Susan Powell

Showers storm into the north.

I haven't been sleeping much of late! I woke up this morning and my mood was certainly rather black and stormy - but volatile as I have been feeling it's been nothing on the weather that has been charging it's way across Scotland and Northern Ireland recently!

Through the early hours there were showers draped across the northern half of the British Isles with the odd heavy one here or there. However, it was only as the day moved on that the scene really started to get going.

By the the middle part of the day claps of thunder were to be heard throughout Northern Ireland and many spots saw some torrential downpours. The rain was such that Met Office issued a severe weather warning here - and no wonder with some spots recording over 10mm of rain in around an hour!

Through the afternoon Scotland also became plastered with thundery showers. These, combined with the rainfall through the early part of the day, made Altnaharra (Highland) the wettest place - the total rainfall here 27.4mm (1.08 inches). The golf at Gleneagles was disrupted for a time by the showers as the course was evacuated due to the lightning risk!

Scotland was also host to both the lowest night time and day time temperatures, Kinbrace (Highland) at 14C (57F) and Fair Isle (between Orkney and Shetland) at 5C (41F) respectively.

England and Wales played host to very different scenes. The day did start with a lot of grey, murky and damp weather to the south. However, this moved fairly swiftly away eastwards into the continent. By the afternoon it was dry and bright for most with some good glimpses of the sun. The brightest spot was Anglesey with a total of 11.5 hours sunshine. The warmest place was Weybourne in Norfolk - the high here 25C (77F).

Information thanks to the BBC Weather Website

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Nationwide extremes for 11-06-2004

WARMEST

Weather station Altitude Daytime Temperature

London/Heathrow 24 metres 22.1°C

Bournemouth 11 metres 22.0°C

Redhill 63 metres 22.0°C

Shoeburyness 2 metres 21.5°C

London MET 5 metres 21.4°C

Marham 23 metres 21.3°C

Farnborough 65 metres 21.2°C

Northolt 40 metres 21.0°C

Charlwood 80 metres 20.9°C

Manston 55 metres 20.9°C

COLDEST

Weather station Altitude Overnight Temperature

Redhill 63 metres 8.6°C

Kinloss 7 metres 8.9°C

Lossiemouth 13 metres 9.0°C

Cork 153 metres 9.4°C

Fair Isle 59 metres 9.5°C

Kirkwall 21 metres 9.6°C

Loch Glascarnoch 265 metres 9.8°C

Lerwick 82 metres 9.9°C

Lake Vyrnwy 360 metres 10.1°C

Middle Wallop 91 metres 10.2°C

WETTEST

Weather station Altitude Total Daily Rainfall

Tain Range 4 metres 37.4mm

Baltasound 15 metres 33.0mm

Skye/Lusa 18 metres 13.0mm

Tulloch Bridge 237 metres 13.0mm

Preswick rn 6 metres 12.8mm

Spadeadam 285 metres 11.0mm

Ballypatrick Forest 156 metres 8.0mm

Castlederg 51 metres 8.0mm

Stornoway 9 metres 8.0mm

Islay/Port Ellen 17 metres 7.0mm

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By Matt Taylor

A mixed end to the week.

The working week began on a hot and sultry note in eastern areas of England, and went out with a bang in parts of Scotland.

There were plenty of heavy and thundery showers around on Thursday across much of Scotland, and they continued for much of the night in many western areas.

Across the rest of the country, it was a largely dry night with some clear spells. Under those clearer skies, Fylingdales (North Yorkshire) dropped to just 8 Celsius (46F). In the towns and cities, once again it was a fairly warm and sticky night. For instance, Central London held at around 15 C (59F), and Cardiff at 13 Celsius (55F). It was also 13 Celsius (55F) on Guernsey (Channel Isles). Here, not only was it mild, but it was also wet and also rather foggy.

So there were three weather zones for the start of the morning. Showers soaked western areas of Scotland, it was a dank and drizzly start to the day in the Channel Isles and Kent, but in between, there were some good spells of reasonably warm sunshine.

Gradually, the skies brightened in the Channel Isles and the far south-east of England, and the day became a much more pleasant one. Conversely, across Scotland and Northern Ireland, the weather began to take a turn for the worse. The showers became more widespread and the shower clouds also grew enough for a few thundery downpours to be sparked off.

In parts of the Highlands and Aberdeenshire a few spots reported downpours of around 11 or 12 mm (half an inch) in the space of an hour. It was therefore perhaps no surprise to learn that wettest place was in the north of Scotland. Tain Range (Highland) was the soggiest of them all with 38 mm (1.5 inches) recorded.

Across England and Wales, after the abundance of sunshine to start the day, we saw the cloud gradually bubble up. There was still enough sunshine around for 7.4 hours to be recorded at Southend (Essex). In the sunshine it was also pleasantly warm. Many eastern areas of England saw the mercury rise into the low twenties Celsius, with Herne Bay (Kent) the warmest at 22 Celsius (72F). At the other end of the scale, Baltasound (Shetland) was the coolest at 12 Celsius (54F).

To end the day, a few showers edged their way into parts of Wales and western England - perhaps a little welcome news for the gardeners.

Information thanks to the BBC Weather Website

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Nationwide extremes for 12-06-2004

WARMEST

Weather station Altitude Daytime Temperature

London/Heathrow 24 metres 21.7°C

Shoreham 2 metres 21.7°C

Strathallan 35 metres 21.7°C

Northolt 40 metres 21.5°C

Boscombe Down 124 metres 21.4°C

Edinburgh/Gogarbank 57 metres 21.2°C

Bournemouth 11 metres 21.1°C

London MET 5 metres 21.1°C

Cardiff Weather Centre 9 metres 20.9°C

Charlwood 80 metres 20.9°C

COLDEST

Weather station Altitude Overnight Temperature

Lerwick 82 metres 6.9°C

Baltasound 15 metres 7.9°C

Scampton 61 metres 8.5°C

Sella Ness 7 metres 8.5°C

Liscombe 348 metres 8.6°C

Boscombe Down 124 metres 8.7°C

Fair Isle 59 metres 8.7°C

Church Lawford 107 metres 8.8°C

Little Rissington 215 metres 8.8°C

Sennybridge 309 metres 8.9°C

WETTEST

Weather station Altitude Total Daily Rainfall

Inverbervie 134 metres 8.2mm

Leek Thorncliffe 299 metres 6.0mm

Holbeach 3 metres 4.2mm

Tulloch Bridge 237 metres 4.2mm

Andrewsfield 87 metres 4.0mm

St.Angelo 47 metres 4.0mm

Tain Range 4 metres 3.0mm

Wattisham 87 metres 3.0mm

Aviemore 220 metres 2.0mm

Glenanne 161 metres 2.0mm

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By Elizabeth Saary

The weekend starts on a fine note for many

Euro 2004 got underway to some fine weather in Portugal, and most of us had conditions to match back home. Apart from some showers in eastern England, the weather was fairly uneventful.

The day started mild for most. It was coldest in the far north and the lowest temperature recorded in the small hours of the morning was 7C (45F) at Lerwick in Shetland.

Patchy cloud came and went during the day, but most places got to see some quite lengthy spells of sunshine. Top of the league for sunshine was Jersey with 15 hours worth.

The sunshine helped to raise the temperatures and the warmest place of the day was Eastbourne in East Sussex where a temperature of 22C (72F) was recorded.

Not everywhere reached the twenties though - in fact some places only just scraped into the teens. Of course, being the coldest place at the start of the day, Shetland struggled to warm up and Sella Ness was the coolest with a top temperature of 13C (55F).

Showers had been affecting eastern parts of Scotland and England during the night and continued into the day - mainly in southeast England. Some of the showers were quite heavy across Kent and Essex in particular. The heaviest downpours were fairly isolated though, and managed to miss many of the Met Office rain gauges. The place that came out wettest was actually Inverbervie in Aberdeenshire with 8.8mm of rain. This was due to the showers here on Friday evening, and the fact that the 24 hour recording period runs from 7pm to 7pm each day.

Later on Saturday, one or two showers also turned up along the southern Pennines, but these, along with those in the southeast, faded away during the evening and it was a dry end to the day almost everywhere.

By dusk, a warm front approaching the northwest of the UK had begun to spread some cloud across western Scotland and Northern Ireland. This was expected to eventually bring a little rain to these areas, but for the rest of the UK, another fine day was expected on Sunday.

Information thanks to the BBC Weather Website

[Shanice]

Report for Pollards Hill, Surrey at 12.00 Midnight for Sunday 13th June 2004.

Current Conditions: Clear

Current Temp: 18.5c

Current Humidity: 54%

Current Barometer Reading: 1031 Steady

Past 24 Hours Conditions:

Sunny and Warm

Max Temp: 25.3c

Min Temp: 12.1c

Rainfall: Nil

June Max Temp Avg: 23.96 (Highest 30.8c on 8th)

June Min Temp Avg: 13.67 (Lowest 11.3c on 3rd)

June Mean: 18.81c

Highest 2004 Max Temp: 30.8c on 8th June

Lowest 2004 Min Temp: -3.4c on 27th February

Total Rainfall for June: 11mm (Highest 11mm on 1st June)

Total Rainfall for 2004: 270mm (Highest 14mm on 18th of April)

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Nationwide extremes for 13-06-2004

WARMEST

Weather station Altitude Daytime Temperature

London/Heathrow 24 metres 25.3°C

Coningsby 7 metres 24.9°C

London MET 5 metres 24.9°C

Northolt 40 metres 24.9°C

Scampton 61 metres 24.8°C

Great Malvern 46 metres 24.7°C

Church Lawford 107 metres 24.6°C

Boscombe Down 124 metres 24.5°C

Bournemouth 11 metres 24.4°C

Waddington 70 metres 24.4°C

COLDEST

Weather station Altitude Overnight Temperature

Shap 249 metres 3.2°C

Eskdalemuir 242 metres 3.4°C

Aboyne 140 metres 4.1°C

Redesdale 207 metres 4.1°C

Sennybridge 309 metres 4.2°C

Tulloch Bridge 237 metres 4.6°C

West Freugh 12 metres 4.7°C

Keswick 81 metres 4.9°C

Trawscoed 63 metres 5.4°C

Leeming 40 metres 5.5°C

WETTEST

Weather station Altitude Total Daily Rainfall

Skye/Lusa 18 metres 2.4mm

Lerwick 82 metres 2.0mm

South Uist Range 10 metres 1.0mm

Valentia 9 metres 0.9mm

Baltasound 15 metres 0.8mm

Sella Ness 7 metres 0.6mm

Eskdalemuir 242 metres 0.4mm

Aultbea 11 metres 0.2mm

Capel Curig 216 metres 0.2mm

Cardinham 200 metres 0.2mm

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By Elizabeth Saary

Review of Sunday's weather

Beer gardens across the country would no doubt have been busy places today as football fans lapped up some sunshine between games. For those less interested in the beautiful game, it was also an ideal day for spending some time outdoors.

Despite the mild weather recently, it actually got pretty chilly in parts of the north on Saturday night, with the temperatures in the small hours down into single figures in some places. Shap Fell in Cumbria was the coldest places at 3C (37F). For most though, it was another very mild night with the temperature in London only down to 14C all night.

During the day, sunny skies for many people helped to warm things up. The warmest spots were Heathrow airport in London and Wisley in Surrey at 25C (77F). Despite somewhat cloudier skies across northern and western areas, it was still very warm and humid with temperatures into the low twenties for many.

It was a good deal cooler across the far north of the UK, and once again it was the Northern Isles that came bottom of the league with a top temperature of just 13C at Lerwick in Shetland.

Most places stayed dry during the day, but there was some patchy drizzle around in northwest Scotland and Lusa on the Isle of Skye was wettest with just 2.8mm of rain.

The best of the sunshine was always across more southern and eastern parts of the UK. The place that recorded the greatest amount of blue sky and sunshine was Oxford with 16 hours worth.

It was expected to be another largely mild night with everywhere away from the far northwest staying dry. A short heatwave was predicted for the south which would come to an end midweek as cooler, fresher weather and some rain sweeps southwards across the UK.

Information thanks to the BBC Weather Website

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Nationwide extremes for 14-06-2004

WARMEST

Weather station Altitude Daytime Temperature

London/Heathrow 24 metres 29.0°C

Northolt 40 metres 28.7°C

Great Malvern 46 metres 28.4°C

London MET 5 metres 28.3°C

Benson 63 metres 28.1°C

Bournemouth 11 metres 27.8°C

Brize Norton 88 metres 27.6°C

Pershore 32 metres 27.6°C

Shoeburyness 2 metres 27.6°C

Redhill 63 metres 27.5°C

COLDEST

Weather station Altitude Overnight Temperature

Redhill 63 metres 8.1°C

West Freugh 12 metres 8.5°C

Fair Isle 59 metres 9.9°C

Lerwick 82 metres 9.9°C

Sennybridge 309 metres 10.0°C

Charlwood 80 metres 10.2°C

Trawscoed 63 metres 10.3°C

Valentia 9 metres 10.3°C

Baltasound 15 metres 10.4°C

Herstmonceux 17 metres 10.5°C

WETTEST

Weather station Altitude Total Daily Rainfall

Kirkwall 21 metres 13.0mm

Fair Isle 59 metres 5.4mm

Aultbea 11 metres 5.0mm

Sella Ness 7 metres 5.0mm

Altnaharra 81 metres 4.0mm

Baltasound 15 metres 4.0mm

Skye/Lusa 18 metres 4.0mm

Stornoway 9 metres 2.8mm

Loch Glascarnoch 265 metres 1.2mm

South Uist Range 10 metres 1.2mm

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Not everywhere reached the twenties though - in fact some places only just wombat into the teens.

Something tells me that Elizabeth Saary has fallen foul of the swear filters!

[Guest Mrs murphymoo]

LOL TWS - well spotted! These wombats do keep cropping up all over the place LOL

[WeatherGod]

Lol! Oh dear - she will not be amused, I'm sure..

[Shanice]

>>Wrong thread methinks Shanice <<

MeAgrees! Sorry about that

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By Victoria Graham

Some like it hot...

It goes without saying that is was hot today...too hot for many. It's the sort of weather when you just perspire at the thought of moving or doing something strenuous, and the last thing you want to do is plaster yourself in oily sun-lotion, but, needs must with the Sun Index values high across many areas.

The day started as it meant to go on - warm and sultry with temperatures across many parts of the south, dipping no lower than 18C (64F) during the early hours of Monday morning. However, there were the odd exceptions to the rule, for instance Redhill Airport in Surrey, which is well known for its chilly nights due to its flat sandy terrain, where an overnight low of 8C was recorded.

Temperatures by mid-morning at London Weather Centre, Rothamstead and South Farnborough were all peaking at 23C (73F), 25C at Wisley, but the highest temperature of the day was finally recorded at London Heathrow airport at 5 o'clock Monday afternoon, 29C (84F), beating the June average maximum by a good 8 degrees Celsius. The south of Britain was also blessed with some of the day's best sunshine, Herne Bay in Kent enjoying 14.3 hours of glorious rays.

This hot dry weather though, has brought along a few problems. If you are a gardener you will be noticing how dry the ground is, and on a more serious note, how low the reservoirs in parts of Britain are now getting, especially in the south-west.

So let's not go on too much about the day's heat, as there were cooler more overcast conditions further north. In stark contrast to the south, Sella Ness, Shetland, only recorded a temperature of 11C (52F) today, and the rain came down in Kirkwall, Orkney where 13.6mm was measured.

This cloudy weather looks as if it is set to sink southwards over the next few days bringing spots of rain to many, but significant falls are certainly not promised. By Wednesday temperatures in the south will dip by a good 10 degrees Celsius or so, so still one more day at least where temperatures are high enough to warrant an ice-cream.

Information thanks to the BBC Weather Website

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Nationwide extremes for 15-06-2004

WARMEST

Weather station Altitude Daytime Temperature

Bournemouth 11 metres 28.5°C

Solent M.R.S.C. 9 metres 28.3°C

Thorney Island 4 metres 27.8°C

Shoreham 2 metres 27.4°C

Boscombe Down 124 metres 27.2°C

Farnborough 65 metres 27.1°C

Herstmonceux 17 metres 27.0°C

London/Heathrow 24 metres 27.0°C

Middle Wallop 91 metres 26.9°C

Northolt 40 metres 26.9°C

COLDEST

Weather station Altitude Overnight Temperature

Trawscoed 63 metres 7.2°C

Sennybridge 309 metres 7.9°C

Llanbedr 0 metres 8.7°C

Benson 63 metres 8.9°C

Lerwick 82 metres 9.3°C

Loch Glascarnoch 265 metres 9.6°C

Shobdon 99 metres 9.6°C

Yeovilton 23 metres 9.7°C

Baltasound 15 metres 9.8°C

Pembrey Sands 3 metres 10.0°C

WETTEST

Weather station Altitude Total Daily Rainfall

Kirkwall 21 metres 5.0mm

Sella Ness 7 metres 4.0mm

Tulloch Bridge 237 metres 4.0mm

Wick 39 metres 4.0mm

Loch Glascarnoch 265 metres 3.0mm

Altnaharra 81 metres 2.2mm

Aultbea 11 metres 2.0mm

Glasgow/Bishopton 59 metres 2.0mm

Lerwick 82 metres 2.0mm

Lossiemouth 13 metres 2.0mm

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By Victoria Graham

Enjoying the first icecream of the season

I had my first ice-cream of the summer season today, and very nice it was to. It just didn’t seem to last long enough as a few of us sat in the late afternoon sun, soaking up the warmth of the day.

Again for parts of the south today it was a hot one... predictable from the word go really after an uncomfortable night continuously trying to find a cool place to rest. Once more the mercury oozed up to 22C in London by 9 o’clock, similar to Monday. This was already well past the June average of 20C, and out of the breeze, which was a little more evident today, it was literally baking.

Although there was a little cloud around first thing this morning, that quickly burnt away in the south allowing temperatures to rise to 29C (84F) in Bournemouth, the top temperature of the day. Further inland the cathedral city of Oxford had the highest sunshine of 16.4 hours.

Further north the winds were quite brisk from the word go, particularly around Hertfordshire northwards. To the east of the Pennines it was quite gusty all afternoon and noticeably cooler than of late, the winds coming in from the west-northwest. Fifteen knot winds were recorded in places like Donna Nook, Bridlington and Leeming with higher gusts over the hills. But at least the cloud started to break up over eastern England through the afternoon, but it was more persistent over the north of Wales, and Northern Ireland, where the day was somewhat different to Monday.

Little rain around today though, a shame seeing as the ground is really quite dry. The most recorded anywhere was at Kirkwall Airport, Orkney where 5.6mm was measured. The lowest daytime temperature was also recorded near Orkney at Fair Isle where a cool 12C was all that was mustered due to overcast skies and a brisk northwest wind.

Cooler weather is slowly working its way south, but it can’t come soon enough for those of us in the south. Tonight once more in the south it promises to be another sultry one, and I for one, long to have the temperature down to 7C, the lowest temperature recorded during the early hours of Tuesday morning at Trawscoed, Ceredigion.

Information thanks to the BBC Weather Website

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Nationwide extremes for 16-06-2004

WARMEST

Weather station Altitude Daytime Temperature

Coleshill 96 metres 26.8°C

London/Heathrow 24 metres 26.8°C

London MET 5 metres 26.6°C

Great Malvern 46 metres 26.5°C

Northolt 40 metres 26.5°C

Church Lawford 107 metres 26.4°C

Cranwell 67 metres 26.1°C

Boscombe Down 124 metres 25.9°C

Brize Norton 88 metres 25.8°C

Coningsby 7 metres 25.8°C

COLDEST

Weather station Altitude Overnight Temperature

Shap 249 metres 4.6°C

Fair Isle 59 metres 5.8°C

Lerwick 82 metres 6.6°C

Topcliffe 25 metres 6.6°C

Warcop 227 metres 7.1°C

Baltasound 15 metres 7.3°C

Keswick 81 metres 7.7°C

Sella Ness 7 metres 7.8°C

Loch Glascarnoch 265 metres 8.0°C

Kirkwall 21 metres 8.2°C

WETTEST

Weather station Altitude Total Daily Rainfall

Aultbea 11 metres 12.0mm

Stornoway 9 metres 12.0mm

Tain Range 4 metres 12.0mm

Lossiemouth 13 metres 11.4mm

Loch Glascarnoch 265 metres 11.0mm

Altnaharra 81 metres 10.0mm

Kinloss 7 metres 9.8mm

Wick 39 metres 9.0mm

Aviemore 220 metres 7.4mm

Aberdeen/Dyce 65 metres 7.2mm

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By Carol Kirkwood

Review of the day's weather on 16 June 2004

It was a chilly start to the day in Shap Fell in Cumbria, with the temperature overnight dropping down to 5C (42F). For the bulk of the country once again it was a fairly pleasant start to the day. Many areas dawned bright and sunny. There were a couple of exceptions. Rain moved into western Scotland, and a fair bit of coastal mist affected the southwest of England.

Northern Ireland started off with a bit of cloud around first thing, but improved through the day. Northern England and Wales also saw some cloud develop through the day. But where there was clear skies elsewhere, the temperature rocketed up quickly. By mid afternoon a maximum temperature of 27C (81F) was reached in Coleshill in Warwickshire. That is almost 10 degrees Celsius above average for mid June. The evening was pretty warm too. The temperature in London at 2100 had only dropped to 25C (77F).

Despite the high temperatures in central areas, the sunniest part of the country was Newquay in Cornwall with nearly 14 hours of sunshine.

The sunny weather in the south certainly meant there were no interruptions to play at the Eastbourne International Tennis Championships. But for the second day of horse racing at Royal Ascot, although it was sunny and warm, there was a breeze, and with a small amount of amusement in our office, we watched the coverage on BBC2 as a few of the very glamorous Ladies hats blew off!!

In stark contrast to the dry, and very warm weather in the south, the rain in Scotland steadily moved east, depositing 12.4mm (0.49 inches) in Stornoway in the Outer Hebrides and also Aultbea in the Highlands. This made both places first equal in terms of the most rainfall in the last 24 hours in the UK.

Staying in the far north of Scotland, Fair Isle in the Northern Isles recorded the lowest afternoon temperature of the day at only 10C which is 3 degrees Celsius below average.

Information thanks to the BBC Weather Website

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Nationwide extremes for 17-06-2004

WARMEST

Weather station Altitude Daytime Temperature

Langdon Bay 117 metres 21.6°C

Shoeburyness 2 metres 20.8°C

Shoreham 2 metres 20.8°C

Herstmonceux 17 metres 20.5°C

Bournemouth 11 metres 20.1°C

Manston 55 metres 20.0°C

Redhill 63 metres 20.0°C

Thorney Island 4 metres 19.9°C

Belfast/Aldergrove 81 metres 19.8°C

Solent M.R.S.C. 9 metres 19.8°C

COLDEST

Weather station Altitude Overnight Temperature

Lerwick 82 metres 6.8°C

Fair Isle 59 metres 7.4°C

Baltasound 15 metres 7.7°C

Sella Ness 7 metres 7.8°C

Kirkwall 21 metres 8.5°C

Aviemore 220 metres 8.7°C

Loch Glascarnoch 265 metres 8.9°C

Altnaharra 81 metres 9.0°C

Aboyne 140 metres 9.1°C

Stornoway 9 metres 9.3°C

WETTEST

Weather station Altitude Total Daily Rainfall

Kirkwall 21 metres 7.2mm

Fair Isle 59 metres 5.0mm

Keswick 81 metres 4.0mm

Tulloch Bridge 237 metres 4.0mm

West Freugh 12 metres 4.0mm

Barra 3 metres 3.8mm

Preswick rn 6 metres 3.2mm

Ballypatrick Forest 156 metres 3.0mm

Eskdalemuir 242 metres 3.0mm

Islay/Port Ellen 17 metres 3.0mm

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By Sarah Wilmshurst

A cool and rather cloudy day

Most gardens are still desperate for rain, and although there were showers about today they were not heavy or prolonged enough to make any difference. What was different, though, was how much cooler it was than it has been recently.

It was a pretty cloudy day for most of us, although there was some sunshine especially towards the South coast. The best of this sunshine was in Hastings with 14 hours, but Aberdeen and Tiree only had six minutes of sunshine!

There was some early patchy rain in Northeast Scotland, and showers from the word go in Western Scotland, Northwest England and Southwest England. A few more developed through the day, especially in Northeast Scotland and Northwest England, although they were pretty light and more of a nuisance than anything else. The wettest place was Kirkwall Airport in Shetland with 8mm. The vast majority of the UK was dry throughout the day.

But the really noticeable thing about the day was how much cooler it was compared to recently, particularly in the south. After a cooler start to the day, with the temperature in Lerwick only 7 Celsius, the high was 22 Celsius in Langdon Bay (Kent). In Aberdeen the temperature reached just 14 Celsius and the coldest place was Lerwick with just 11 Celsius.

During the evening, the cloud broke up a bit in western areas, but the showery rain really started to get its act together across eastern areas - setting the scene for a rather showery day to come on Friday.

Information thanks to the BBC Weather Website