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Nationwide extremes for 26-07-2004

WARMEST

Weather station Altitude Daytime Temperature

Disforth 36 metres 23.1°C

London/Heathrow 24 metres 22.9°C

Coningsby 7 metres 22.6°C

Northolt 40 metres 22.6°C

Bedford 85 metres 22.5°C

Leconfield 0 metres 22.5°C

Topcliffe 25 metres 22.5°C

Church Fenton 9 metres 22.4°C

Church Lawford 107 metres 22.4°C

Leeming 40 metres 22.3°C

COLDEST

Weather station Altitude Overnight Temperature

Eskdalemuir 242 metres 2.6°C

Redesdale 207 metres 3.6°C

Strathallan 35 metres 4.1°C

Spadeadam 285 metres 5.9°C

Preswick rn 6 metres 6.3°C

Glasgow/Bishopton 59 metres 6.5°C

Charterhall 112 metres 6.6°C

Drumalbin 245 metres 6.6°C

Leuchars 12 metres 6.7°C

Leeming 40 metres 6.8°C

WETTEST

Weather station Altitude Total Daily Rainfall

Leek Thorncliffe 299 metres 8.0mm

Capel Curig 216 metres 6.6mm

Trawscoed 63 metres 4.4mm

Crosby 8 metres 4.0mm

Glenanne 161 metres 2.4mm

Ballycastle 68 metres 2.0mm

Ballypatrick Forest 156 metres 2.0mm

Fair Isle 59 metres 2.0mm

Sennybridge 309 metres 1.8mm

Manchester 78 metres 1.2mm

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By Isobel Lang

A pleasant sunny day for many eastern areas.

The week started on a rather quiet note across the United Kingdom with light winds and rather large areas of cloud. Southern Scotland and Northeast England saw the only cloud breaks and here some mist and fog patches formed through the early hours. Visibility fell to 100 metres at Eskdalemuir in Dumfries and Galloway and this was where we saw the lowest temperature of 3 Celsius, 37 Fahrenheit. A weak front brought an area of thicker cloud and outbreaks of mainly light rain to Northern Ireland, Northwest England, North Wales, the Midlands and Southeast England. Before daybreak, Leek Thorncliffe in Staffordshire recorded 8mm rain, 0.3 inches.

During the day, the rain petered out fairly quickly and although many western parts remained largely cloudy, the trend was to brighten up. Eastern Scotland and Eastern England enjoyed the sunniest weather with Edinburgh seeing just over 10 hours worth. Temperatures reached very respectable values with a high of 23 Celsius, 73 Fahrenheit, at Dishforth in North Yorkshire. Heathrow also reached 23 Celsius. Temperatures were surpressed by several degrees under the cloud with a high of only 13 Celsius in Fair Isle between Orkney and Shetland.

The evening remained clear across eastern counties and cloudy across the western side of the United Kingdom. However, another frontal system approached Northwest Scotland introducing thicker cloud and the threat of rain, initially to the Western Isles, and then to the mainland by midnight.

Information thanks to the BBC Weather Website

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Nationwide extremes for 27-07-2004

WARMEST

Weather station Altitude Daytime Temperature

London MET 5 metres 26.2°C

Gravesend 3 metres 24.5°C

London/Heathrow 24 metres 24.3°C

Strathallan 35 metres 24.3°C

Charlwood 80 metres 24.1°C

Thorney Island 4 metres 24.1°C

Northolt 40 metres 23.8°C

Redhill 63 metres 23.6°C

Shoeburyness 2 metres 23.2°C

Andrewsfield 87 metres 23.1°C

COLDEST

Weather station Altitude Overnight Temperature

Aboyne 140 metres 7.1°C

Strathallan 35 metres 7.4°C

Redhill 63 metres 8.6°C

Church Lawford 107 metres 9.1°C

Leconfield 0 metres 9.3°C

Benson 63 metres 10.0°C

Aviemore 220 metres 10.1°C

Charlwood 80 metres 10.1°C

Warcop 227 metres 10.1°C

Bingley 262 metres 10.3°C

WETTEST

Weather station Altitude Total Daily Rainfall

Lerwick 82 metres 7.2mm

Fair Isle 59 metres 6.0mm

Sella Ness 7 metres 5.0mm

Aboyne 140 metres 3.0mm

Baltasound 15 metres 3.0mm

Dunkeswell 255 metres 2.0mm

Liscombe 348 metres 2.0mm

Llanbedr 0 metres 2.0mm

Shobdon 99 metres 2.0mm

Aberdaron 95 metres 1.2mm

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By Isobel Lang

Cloudy for some and sunny for others

The area of high pressure in charge of our weather has brought essentially dry and cloudy conditions. However, a weak front did move around the high to affect Northwest Scotland and introduce some rain. The problem with this particular weather situation is that we can often see rather stark contrasts from one place to another and also from one hour to the next!

During the early hours of Tuesday thickening cloud brought outbreaks of mainly light rain to Northwest Scotland and the Northern Isles. It turned fairly gusty for a time too. Lerwick in Shetland received the most rain with 6.6mm or 0.26 inches. Further south across the UK, it was a generally cloudy picture with any cloud breaks allowing some fog to develop for a time. Visibility fell to 100 metres in Aberporth in west Wales and 200 metres at Redhill in Surrey. Generally, temperatures held up well because of the cloud and the lowest value to be found was at Aboyne in Aberdeenshire with 7 Celsius, 45 Fahrenheit.

Tuesday dawned rather grey and misty, still with some patchy drizzle, mainly in Northwest Scotland. However, Southeast England, East Anglia, Lincolnshire and Southeast Scotland enjoyed a fine sunny morning. The sunshine appeared for many more areas during the day; across Scotland and central and eastern England, with Hunstanton in Norfolk becoming the sunniest place with exactly 13 hours worth. Temperatures shot up in the sunshine with London peaking at 26 Celsius, 79 Fahrenheit, and even though cloud built up during the afternoon, it still felt very pleasant. In contrast, parts of Northern Ireland, Western England and Wales were disappointingly cloudy, drizzle and cool, not particularly good holiday weather at all.

Showers developed for a time across mid-Wales and the Grampians but tended to die out through the evening.

Information thanks to the BBC Weather Website

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Nationwide extremes for 28-07-2004

WARMEST

Weather station Altitude Daytime Temperature

London MET 5 metres 28.9°C

Charlwood 80 metres 28.0°C

Gravesend 3 metres 27.8°C

London/Heathrow 24 metres 27.3°C

Northolt 40 metres 27.0°C

Benson 63 metres 26.3°C

Bedford 85 metres 26.1°C

Farnborough 65 metres 25.9°C

Herstmonceux 17 metres 25.9°C

Church Fenton 9 metres 25.8°C

COLDEST

Weather station Altitude Overnight Temperature

Redhill 63 metres 7.6°C

Lerwick 82 metres 8.1°C

Baltasound 15 metres 8.5°C

Benson 63 metres 8.9°C

Charlwood 80 metres 9.0°C

Aviemore 220 metres 9.5°C

Tulloch Bridge 237 metres 9.6°C

Sella Ness 7 metres 9.7°C

Farnborough 65 metres 10.1°C

Castlederg 51 metres 10.3°C

WETTEST

Weather station Altitude Total Daily Rainfall

Eskdalemuir 242 metres 9.0mm

Dunkeswell 255 metres 3.0mm

Lake Vyrnwy 360 metres 2.8mm

Drumalbin 245 metres 2.0mm

Glasgow/Bishopton 59 metres 2.0mm

Llanbedr 0 metres 2.0mm

Mumbles 35 metres 1.2mm

Trawscoed 63 metres 1.2mm

Edinburgh/Gogarbank 57 metres 1.0mm

Rhyl 77 metres 1.0mm

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By Philip Avery

Temperatures catch the eye

Temperatures caught the eye today and I'm sure that will be the way of it into the weekend. Much of Iberia has been caught in something of a heat wave in the past few days, spawning a rash of destructive forest and brush fires. That same heat has now edged into France and will continue to affect southern Britain for the next few days.

29C, 84F, was recorded in central London today, several degrees above the seasonal average, despite the presence of a good deal of high stratocumulus through the first part of the morning. The temperature at Redhill in Surrey was not that far behind, having reached 25C by mid-afternoon. This was a particularly good effort, given that temperatures there fell as low as 8C around dawn. Just to complete the temperature profile across the British Isles, Lerwick's 14C made it the location with the lowest daytime maximum. Talk of heat waves across the British Isles should always carry the rider that such events rarely make it this far north.

High pressure just about dominated through the day, centred over the central North Sea. Given this synoptic set-up, rainfall was always going to be at a premium. A little early morning rainfall over the Southern Uplands of Scotland was sufficient to make Eskdalemuir in Dumfries and Galloway the wettest spot with a meagre 8.9mm. Frontal systems are due to bring a spell of more persistent rain to northern and western areas within the next 24 hours. It will take more than 8.9mm to win the wet spot prize on Thursday.

With July drawing to a close, one would hope for a respectable amount of sunshine somewhere. Popular perception is that July has been disappointing in this regard. No such perception should hold sway in Hastings after a glorious 13.9 hours on Wednesday.

Information thanks to the BBC Weather Website

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By Dan Corbett

Quite a summery day for much of the UK

It was quite a summery day across much of the UK. In many places it was very warm and muggy. For others it was a soggy one as a band of heavy rain moved through. All that warm, muggy, soupy air helped ignite some rather beefy thunderstorms also.

The day started off misty from Scotland down to southern England. Sennybridge (Powys) had the coolest start to the day at 9C (48F) Most of the mist burned off quite quickly. In Northern Ireland the umbrellas came in handy for the morning commute as a band of heavy rain move across the Province. Some of the rain was heavy with 5-10 mm falling in an hour at times.

The rest of the UK had a bright and dry morning but the cloud did increase as that band of rain moved closer. The rain reached Western Scotland, Wales and the southwest of England just after lunch. A warm south-easterly flow of air from the continent helped temperatures across southern and eastern parts of the UK to climb well above average. The highest temperature recorded was in Central London at 30C (86F) but many places came close to 30C including Heathrow airport and Wisley (Surrey). The southeast also had the lion's share of sunshine with 13.4 hours at Clacton (Essex). In contrast in the northern Isles cloud hung in for most of the day and the high at Fair Isle (Shetland) only reached 14C (57C). The warm and muggy air also helped to ignite some thunderstorms in Wales the northeast and southwest of England. Some of the storms were quite intense. One particular storm that popped up in North Yorkshire during the afternoon dumped 13mm of rain in one hour at Church Fenton. This was the highest rain total for the entire 24 period across the UK. These storms rumbled into the night and it looks like the heat will continue for the next few days.

Information thanks to the BBC Weather Website

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Nationwide extremes for 30-07-2004

WARMEST

Weather station Altitude Daytime Temperature

Marham 23 metres 27.1°C

Shoeburyness 2 metres 26.6°C

London MET 5 metres 26.4°C

Charlwood 80 metres 26.1°C

Gravesend 3 metres 25.9°C

Bedford 85 metres 25.7°C

Northolt 40 metres 25.7°C

Wattisham 87 metres 25.7°C

Andrewsfield 87 metres 25.5°C

London/Heathrow 24 metres 25.5°C

COLDEST

Weather station Altitude Overnight Temperature

Castlederg 51 metres 8.9°C

Roches Point 40 metres 9.3°C

Cork 153 metres 9.4°C

Islay/Port Ellen 17 metres 9.4°C

Ballycastle 68 metres 9.5°C

Valentia 9 metres 10.0°C

Shobdon 99 metres 10.2°C

St.Angelo 47 metres 10.6°C

Sennybridge 309 metres 10.7°C

Lough Fea 225 metres 11.0°C

WETTEST

Weather station Altitude Total Daily Rainfall

Coningsby 7 metres 17.0mm

Linton-On-Ouse 16 metres 15.8mm

Albemarle 141 metres 10.4mm

Sennybridge 309 metres 9.0mm

Boulmer 23 metres 8.0mm

Charterhall 112 metres 7.0mm

Loftus 58 metres 5.0mm

Newcastle Weather Centre 30 metres 5.0mm

Preswick rn 6 metres 5.0mm

Leconfield 0 metres 4.6mm

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By Dan Corbett

A dry day but the rain that did fall was on the heavy side

It was a dry day across most of the UK but the rain that did fall was on the heavy side. There were even some thundery downpours again. It was slightly cooler but still a very pleasant end to the work week.

The day started with a few left over spots of rain along the east coast behind an exiting weather front. The front was a bit slow to move away from the northeast coast of England and Eastern Scotland. The lingering front kept low cloud and mist along much of the east for most of the morning. Further west skies were much clearer with just some patchy mist about. The clearer skies helped the temperature in Katesbridge (County Down) to drop down to 9C (48F) at dawn.

Most of the patchy mist broke up quite quickly across the UK to reveal sunny spells by late morning. The exception was the northeast coast where the cloud and mist hung in a bit longer. With the pesky low cloud Lerwick (Shetland) only reached 14C (57F). In the sunnier weather Marham (Norfolk) climbed to 27C (81F). Torquay (Devon) had the best of the sunshine with 13.1 hours. The cloud across the northeast coast began to break up during the afternoon.

The heat of the day helped isolated showers pop up across the east of England by late afternoon. These showers were slow moving and some of them were even thundery. A thunderstorm that developed up near Coningsby (Lincolnshire) just before tea time dumped 17.4mm within two hours. This was the wettest place across the UK.

High pressure building in across western parts of the UK brought a lovely day which should be enjoyed by many more on Saturday as the high slides further east.

Information thanks to the BBC Weather Website

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Nationwide extremes for 31-07-2004

WARMEST

Weather station Altitude Daytime Temperature

Charlwood 80 metres 28.7°C

London MET 5 metres 28.7°C

Gravesend 3 metres 28.5°C

Northolt 40 metres 28.4°C

London/Heathrow 24 metres 28.0°C

Farnborough 65 metres 27.8°C

Redhill 63 metres 27.3°C

Benson 63 metres 27.1°C

Shoeburyness 2 metres 27.1°C

High Wycombe 204 metres 27.0°C

COLDEST

Weather station Altitude Overnight Temperature

Sennybridge 309 metres 8.5°C

Islay/Port Ellen 17 metres 8.9°C

South Uist Range 10 metres 8.9°C

Benson 63 metres 9.2°C

Tiree 12 metres 9.3°C

Capel Curig 216 metres 9.4°C

Trawscoed 63 metres 9.7°C

Llanbedr 0 metres 9.9°C

Machrihanish 13 metres 9.9°C

Castlederg 51 metres 10.0°C

WETTEST

Weather station Altitude Total Daily Rainfall

Church Fenton 9 metres 16.4mm

Eskdalemuir 242 metres 5.0mm

Aviemore 220 metres 2.0mm

Albemarle 141 metres 1.0mm

Newcastle Weather Centre 30 metres 1.0mm

Scampton 61 metres 1.0mm

Loftus 58 metres 0.6mm

Boulmer 23 metres 0.4mm

Leconfield 0 metres 0.4mm

Lerwick 82 metres 0.4mm

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By Kirsty McCabe

Slowly but surely

The hot and sunny weather forecast for Britain got off to a slow start today. There was a disappointing amount of cloud around, with some patchy rain in Wales and the West Country which spread to the Midlands then on to northeast England and southeast Scotland later in the day.

This band of cloud and rain became somewhat more organised as the day went on. The wettest place over the past 24 hours was in Scotland where we also had some pretty sharp showers during the afternoon and evening. Eskdalemuir in Dumfries and Galloway saw 5 mm (0.2 inches) of rain fall in just one hour.

Throughout the day, low cloud and patches of mist and fog plagued the eastern coasts of the UK, keeping things rather gloomy from East Anglia right up to the Northern Isles of Scotland. This kept temperatures down in many places underneath somewhat leaden skies.

Norwich and Newcastle, for example, only reached 19 C (66 F) and 17 C (63 F) respectively. Lerwick in the Shetland Isles was the coldest place today, due to a combination of low cloud, fog and latitude, with 14 C (57 F).

The coldest place to start the day was Sennybridge in Powys, one of the few places in the UK to drop into single figures overnight, with 9 C (48 F). But once the cloud and patchy rain moved eastwards and the sun came out, it soon warmed up and temperatures peaked at a respectable 22 C (72 F).

After the cloudy start things did improve, and once the sun broke through it was glorious. Much of southern England and Wales saw over 10 hours of sunshine. Southend in Essex saw the most, a whopping 14.2 hours worth.

Thousands of people headed to the seaside today, not a bad move as the sea breezes kept things a few degrees cooler here. For those stuck further inland it was a hot and humid affair, especially in the southeast. Central London and Charlwood in Surrey were the warmest places today with a toasty 29 C (84 F).

Thermometers across the UK are set to creep even higher over the next few days, and with more sunshine on the cards for tomorrow it should feel like summer is finally here. Until the thunderstorms arrive late on Monday, but that's another story...

Information thanks to the BBC Weather Website

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Nationwide extremes for 01-08-2004

WARMEST

Weather station Altitude Daytime Temperature

Jersey 84 metres 28.6°C

Cardiff Weather Centre 9 metres 28.4°C

Filton 59 metres 28.4°C

Charlwood 80 metres 28.1°C

Yeovilton 23 metres 28.1°C

Great Malvern 46 metres 28.0°C

Lyneham 145 metres 27.3°C

Pembrey Sands 3 metres 27.3°C

Hereford/Credenhill 76 metres 27.2°C

Pershore 32 metres 27.2°C

COLDEST

Weather station Altitude Overnight Temperature

Tulloch Bridge 237 metres 6.0°C

West Freugh 12 metres 6.3°C

Capel Curig 216 metres 6.6°C

Altnaharra 81 metres 6.7°C

Shawbury 76 metres 7.0°C

Hawarden 10 metres 7.4°C

Lough Fea 225 metres 7.4°C

Drumalbin 245 metres 7.8°C

Skye/Lusa 18 metres 7.8°C

Loch Glascarnoch 265 metres 8.0°C

WETTEST

Weather station Altitude Total Daily Rainfall

Valentia 9 metres 12.0mm

Inverbervie 134 metres 0.4mm

Cork 153 metres 0.3mm

Barra 3 metres 0.2mm

Charterhall 112 metres 0.2mm

Cottesmore 138 metres 0.2mm

Edinburgh/Gogarbank 57 metres 0.2mm

Kirkwall 21 metres 0.2mm

Scampton 61 metres 0.2mm

Spadeadam 285 metres 0.2mm

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By Kirsty McCabe

A promising start to August

August has started where July left off - hot and humid for many of us.

The final night of July was rather sticky and uncomfortable in many places, for example temperatures across London and many parts of the southeast didn't drop below 16 C (61 F) all night.

Further north, things were slightly more bearable, although only a few places dropped into single figures. The coldest place this morning was Katesbridge in County Down with a chilly 3 C (37 F).

Yet again, low cloud accompanied by patches of mist and fog continued to plague eastern coastlines of Scotland and northern England. Many places remained grey and gloomy throughout the day, and temperatures struggled to rise underneath the leaden skies. Aberdeen and Clacton could only muster 17 C (63 F) each once some sunshine broke through later on.

It remained dull across the Northern Isles throughout the day, and Lerwick along with the Fair Isle, which lies between Orkney and Shetland, were the coldest places with just 13 C (55 F). The Fair Isle didn't live up to its name today with persistent fog and the odd spot or two of drizzle.

Elsewhere, however, it was a glorious start to the day with plenty of warm sunshine on offer. The warmest place today was Saunton Sands in Devon with a scorching 30 C (86 F), and many other places hit the high 20s - including Jersey, Bristol, Ross-on-Wye and Colwyn Bay.

There was certainly no shortage of sunshine across southern parts of England, with Exmouth in Devon basking in 14.6 hours worth. Many other towns on the south coast also enjoyed over 14 hours worth of sunshine. In contrast, the seaside resorts in northeast England could only manage 5 or 6 hours at best today.

Northern Ireland didn't get quite as much sunshine as yesterday with rather more cloud in western parts, along with the occasional shower. But it wasn't the wettest place over the past 24 hours. That honour went to Aviemore in Highland with 2.2 mm (0.09 inches) of rain that fell during some showers last night.

Rather more rain is likely to be reported tomorrow as a band of thundery showers spread into southwest England from the Bay of Biscay during the evening. The showers will spread northwards to western fringes of Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland overnight.

Not everywhere will see a shower, but those that do could experience more than an inch of rain, along with gusty winds and rumbles of thunder.

Information thanks to the BBC Weather Website

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Nationwide extremes for 02-08-2004

WARMEST

Weather station Altitude Daytime Temperature

Charlwood 80 metres 29.1°C

Northolt 40 metres 28.8°C

Great Malvern 46 metres 28.2°C

Valley 11 metres 28.2°C

London/Heathrow 24 metres 28.1°C

Pershore 32 metres 28.0°C

Herstmonceux 17 metres 27.7°C

Redhill 63 metres 27.7°C

Bournemouth 11 metres 27.4°C

Farnborough 65 metres 27.4°C

COLDEST

Weather station Altitude Overnight Temperature

Shap 249 metres 8.4°C

Altnaharra 81 metres 8.9°C

Aboyne 140 metres 9.2°C

Tain Range 4 metres 9.7°C

Loch Glascarnoch 265 metres 10.3°C

Drumalbin 245 metres 10.4°C

Kinloss 7 metres 10.5°C

Fair Isle 59 metres 10.8°C

Loftus 58 metres 11.0°C

Eskdalemuir 242 metres 11.2°C

WETTEST

Weather station Altitude Total Daily Rainfall

Glenanne 161 metres 6.0mm

Valley 11 metres 4.0mm

Aberdaron 95 metres 2.2mm

Coleshill 96 metres 2.0mm

Mumbles 35 metres 2.0mm

Sennybridge 309 metres 2.0mm

Castlederg 51 metres 1.0mm

Church Lawford 107 metres 1.0mm

Guernsey 102 metres 1.0mm

Isle of Man/Ronaldsway 17 metres 1.0mm

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By Dan Corbett

A misty and foggy start but thunderstorms popped up across the west.

It was a misty and foggy start for many but the day ended with quite a light show in the sky. The heat of the day helped ignite strong storms in western parts of the British Isles. The lightning was quite vivid and even damaging in places.

Low cloud and mist spread well inland across the east of England and Scotland this morning. The cool spot this morning was Shap Fell (Cumbria) at 8C (48F).The cloud and mist formed like it had for the past few days as a result of warm air from the continent being cooled and condensing. In a few places the visibility was down to 100 metres in the fog. There was some patchy rain that extended from western Scotland, Northern Ireland, northwest England and Wales. The low clouds and mist along the east coast slowly broke up through the day but the cloud did hang in all day across parts of northeast Scotland and the Shetland Isles. In the low cloud Lerwick only managed to climb to 14C (57F) by days end.

The warm July sun helped to ignite thunderstorms across Northern Ireland, Wales and southwest England. The lightning was quite vivid and intense from these storms across Northern Ireland. There were even reports of several power lines being struck by lightning in the west of the Province. Despite the frequent lightning there was not that much heavy rain. Glenanne (Newry and Mourne) picked up 6mm of rain from one of these storms to take the prize as the wettest place for the day.

The southeast of England had another hot and sultry day. The warmest spot across the United Kingdom was Northolt (Greater London) with an afternoon high of 29C (84F). The sunniest place was actually at Kinloss (Moray) with 13.4 hours. The warm and humid weather will still be around tomorrow but so will the thunderstorms!

Information thanks to the BBC Weather Website

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Nationwide extremes for 03-08-2004

WARMEST

Weather station Altitude Daytime Temperature

Charlwood 80 metres 29.5°C

Herstmonceux 17 metres 28.2°C

London/Heathrow 24 metres 27.9°C

Redhill 63 metres 27.9°C

Benson 63 metres 27.7°C

London MET 5 metres 27.5°C

Farnborough 65 metres 27.4°C

Kenley 170 metres 27.3°C

Odiham 123 metres 26.4°C

Gravesend 3 metres 26.3°C

COLDEST

Weather station Altitude Overnight Temperature

Lerwick 82 metres 11.8°C

Fair Isle 59 metres 11.9°C

Baltasound 15 metres 12.4°C

Aviemore 220 metres 12.5°C

Sella Ness 7 metres 12.7°C

Loch Glascarnoch 265 metres 12.9°C

Redesdale 207 metres 12.9°C

Spadeadam 285 metres 12.9°C

Kirkwall 21 metres 13.0°C

Loftus 58 metres 13.3°C

WETTEST

Weather station Altitude Total Daily Rainfall

Pershore 32 metres 46.0mm

High Wycombe 204 metres 42.0mm

Little Rissington 215 metres 40.0mm

Brize Norton 88 metres 30.0mm

Lyneham 145 metres 26.0mm

London/Heathrow 24 metres 17.0mm

Spadeadam 285 metres 17.0mm

Redesdale 207 metres 16.0mm

Church Lawford 107 metres 15.0mm

Eskdalemuir 242 metres 13.8mm

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By Dan Corbett

Intense thunderstorms brought havoc to parts of the UK

Intense thunderstorms brought buckets of rain to parts of the United Kingdom today. These storms made travelling across parts of England and Wales very treacherous. Gusty winds, severe flooding, small hail and frequent lightning all helped to make these some rather nasty storms.

The day started with a bang as a cluster of thunderstorms moved up across southern England and East Wales. These storms made the morning drive difficult across the West Midlands. Elsewhere across the UK patchy mist and cloud with some patchy rain was the norm. The morning low under the cloud only dropped to 12C (54F) at Cassley (Highland). The strong storms across the West Midlands died out just as the morning rush was ending. The patchy cloud and rain continued across a good part of the UK through midday. In the afternoon some of the patchy cloud had broken up across southern England to allow the strong July sunshine to shine through. The prize winner for the sunshine was Skegness (Lincolnshire) at 8.4 hours. The warm spot for the day in the sunshine was Chalwood (Surrey) at 29C. In contrast the stubborn cloud kept Fair Isle (Shetland) to only 15C (59F) by afternoon. The clouds started to build in the middle of afternoon into intense thunderstorms across southern England. These formed a nasty cluster of thunderstorms that moved up across southern England, the Midlands, east Wales and into northern England. The storms dropped buckets of rain as they went through. Some of the storms dropped almost 25mm (2 inches) of rain in an hour.

The wettest place across the United Kingdom was Pershore (Worcestershire) with 46.8 mm (1.84 inches) into the rain bucket. The strong storms brought havoc across a good part of London. There was extreme flooding on major roads, several underground lines were disrupted and even reports of people being struck by lightning in Regents Park. The worst of the storms moved north of the capital after the evening rush hour had been severely lengthened. The storms continued to rumble across the north and east of England into the overnight hours.

Related Links: Flood Warnings - England & Wales

Met Office Feature - Flooding

Information thanks to the BBC Weather Website

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Nationwide extremes for 04-08-2004

WARMEST

Weather station Altitude Daytime Temperature

Charlwood 80 metres 29.5°C

Gravesend 3 metres 29.3°C

London MET 5 metres 28.8°C

Farnborough 65 metres 28.4°C

Herstmonceux 17 metres 28.2°C

London/Heathrow 24 metres 28.1°C

Northolt 40 metres 28.1°C

Kenley 170 metres 27.6°C

Andrewsfield 87 metres 27.1°C

Odiham 123 metres 27.1°C

COLDEST

Weather station Altitude Overnight Temperature

Sennybridge 309 metres 10.1°C

Baltasound 15 metres 10.4°C

Pembrey Sands 3 metres 10.6°C

Castlederg 51 metres 11.0°C

Cork 153 metres 11.1°C

Valentia 9 metres 11.2°C

Benson 63 metres 11.4°C

Liscombe 348 metres 11.6°C

Bournemouth 11 metres 11.7°C

Machrihanish 13 metres 11.7°C

WETTEST

Weather station Altitude Total Daily Rainfall

Eskdalemuir 242 metres 49.0mm

Walney Island 15 metres 34.6mm

Leuchars 12 metres 31.0mm

Shap 249 metres 29.0mm

Shobdon 99 metres 29.0mm

Omicron Persei 8 28 metres 27.2mm

Warcop 227 metres 27.2mm

Strathallan 35 metres 25.0mm

Kinloss 7 metres 23.0mm

Drumalbin 245 metres 22.6mm

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By Isobel Lang

A much quieter day.

What a contrast to yesterday! After the tropical downpours of Tuesday, which caused such mayhem across large parts of England, conditions were thankfully a good deal quieter during Wednesday.

In the early hours, the thunderstorms has gone, but there was still some very wet weather spreading north across Northern England and Scotland. It was misty around the coasts with some fog by dawn, visibility down to 100 metres in the Channel Isles, Cornwall, Eastern England, Eastern Scotland and the Northern Isles. Temperatures held up well, with the coolest place to start the day being Sennybridge in Powys with 10 Celsius, (50F). Eskdalemuir, in Dumfries and Galloway, recorded the most rain, 62mm, or 2.4 inches worth.

The day dawned fine, sunny and really very warm across a good part of Southern England. East Anglia, Lincolnshire, the Midlands and South Wales also enjoyed some summer sun, although many other parts held on to a good deal of cloud. Bournemouth in Dorset saw over 13 hours of sunshine. Wisley in Surrey was the warmest spot with 30 Celsius, (86F).

Scotland and parts of Northern England had some rain, the heaviest and most persistent across Scotland. However, this tended to decay and die out during the afternoon. Under grey skies, Altnaharra in Highland was pretty cool for August with an afternoon high of 15 Celsius, (59F). Temperatures were disappointing across Northern Ireland too with all the cloud, highs generally around 17 Celsius.

Attention was then drawn to the south where we expected to see thunderstorms develop again. East Anglia saw one or two late afternoon and evening showers but that was about all. Hence, much of the UK had a fine, quiet end to the day.

Information thanks to the BBC Weather Website

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Nationwide extremes for 05-08-2004

WARMEST

Weather station Altitude Daytime Temperature

Charlwood 80 metres 29.0°C

Northolt 40 metres 28.9°C

Bedford 85 metres 28.6°C

London MET 5 metres 28.3°C

Herstmonceux 17 metres 28.2°C

Odiham 123 metres 28.2°C

Yeovilton 23 metres 27.6°C

Middle Wallop 91 metres 27.5°C

Church Lawford 107 metres 27.4°C

Redhill 63 metres 27.4°C

COLDEST

Weather station Altitude Overnight Temperature

Castlederg 51 metres 9.6°C

Dunkeswell 255 metres 10.2°C

Liscombe 348 metres 10.2°C

Aultbea 11 metres 10.3°C

Fair Isle 59 metres 10.3°C

Skye/Lusa 18 metres 10.8°C

Culdrose 82 metres 11.1°C

Kirkwall 21 metres 11.2°C

Wick 39 metres 11.5°C

Cardinham 200 metres 11.6°C

WETTEST

Weather station Altitude Total Daily Rainfall

Great Malvern 46 metres 25.0mm

Pershore 32 metres 22.0mm

London/Heathrow 24 metres 16.0mm

Shawbury 76 metres 9.0mm

High Wycombe 204 metres 8.0mm

Charlwood 80 metres 7.0mm

Valentia 9 metres 6.0mm

Church Lawford 107 metres 5.0mm

Cork 153 metres 5.0mm

Isle of Portland 53 metres 4.0mm

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By Kirsty McCabe

Misty, murky, muggy then bang!

It was misty and murky start to the day in many parts of the UK, from Aberdeenshire to the southwest approaches. In Bristol, for example, the visibility dropped to 100 m in fog during the morning.

It was a muggy start to the day too. Nowhere in the UK dropped into single figures overnight, with the coldest place this morning being Castlederg in West Tyrone with 10 C (50 F). In London it was another uncomfortable night with an oppressive 18 C (64 F).

This hot and sticky weather continued throughout the day, especially here in the BBC Weather Centre when our air conditioning unit failed. Central London reached 28 C (82 F), but it was even hotter in Surrey, where Wisley was the warmest place for the second day running with 29 C (84 F).

The heat triggered some intense afternoon storms. The showers first popped up in the Midlands, forming a line from Birmingham to Derby that then spread north and south. The thundery downpours were so severe that a weather warning was issued by the Met Office.

The storms were extremely localised, so although many places got a drenching, others escaped shower-free and were left wondering what all the fuss was about. The wettest place over the past 24 hours was Pershore in Worcestershire with 22.2 mm of rain (0.87 inches).

It wasn't just rain that fell from the thunder clouds - in Bracknell there were reports of hail the size of golf balls, an almost unbelievable 45 mm in diameter (1.77 inches).

The eastern side of the UK fared somewhat better today than of late, with more breaks in the cloud and less mist and murk. Aberdeen took a while to warm up after its foggy start, however, and today's coldest place was Inverbervie in Aberdeenshire with a top temperature of 15 C (59 F).

Further north, the Shetland Isles had a glorious day, especially compared to the recent gloomy weather we've had here, with Lerwick recording the most sunshine today, a cracking 14.6 hours worth.

I hope the Shetlanders made the most of that sunshine as tomorrow is looking rather gloomier here with thundery downpours arriving during the night.

Information thanks to the BBC Weather Website

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Nationwide extremes for 06-08-2004

WARMEST

Weather station Altitude Daytime Temperature

London MET 5 metres 29.2°C

Gravesend 3 metres 28.8°C

Northolt 40 metres 28.3°C

Charlwood 80 metres 28.2°C

Coningsby 7 metres 28.1°C

Bedford 85 metres 28.0°C

Andrewsfield 87 metres 27.7°C

London/Heathrow 24 metres 27.6°C

Redhill 63 metres 27.6°C

Marham 23 metres 27.5°C

COLDEST

Weather station Altitude Overnight Temperature

Sennybridge 309 metres 9.8°C

Shobdon 99 metres 10.2°C

Dunkeswell 255 metres 10.4°C

Bournemouth 11 metres 10.6°C

Larkhill 132 metres 10.8°C

Hereford/Credenhill 76 metres 10.9°C

Yeovilton 23 metres 11.0°C

Middle Wallop 91 metres 11.5°C

Tain Range 4 metres 11.6°C

Liscombe 348 metres 11.7°C

WETTEST

Weather station Altitude Total Daily Rainfall

Newcastle Weather Centre 30 metres 249.0mm

St.Bees Head 124 metres 24.0mm

Shap 249 metres 19.0mm

Drumalbin 245 metres 17.0mm

Dundrennan 114 metres 17.0mm

Leuchars 12 metres 15.0mm

Eskdalemuir 242 metres 13.2mm

Spadeadam 285 metres 13.0mm

Walney Island 15 metres 12.0mm

Boulmer 23 metres 11.6mm

[J10]

Is Newcastle's Weather Recording correct or is it an error, I think it's probably an error.

[WeatherGod]

Lol. Definitely an error.

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By Helen Young

Storms clear to give a fine day

Following a day of terrific storms on Thursday the thunderstorms still rumbled away into the small hours across Northern England and Scotland.

The storms were highly localised and intense giving places a good proportion of their month's worth of rain in just a few minutes. So rather misleadingly the wettest place today was actually not from rain during the day, (by day it was mostly dry with just a few isolated showers during the afternoon), but from thunderstorms on Thursday evening. St Bee's Head in Cumbria reported just over 24 mm, (nearly an inch) between 1800 on Thursday and 1800 on Friday.

For those trying to get a good night's sleep the storms proved quite a nuisance. Our colleague in Edinburgh was rudely awakened by such a storm around 2am and I'm sure many others suffered a similar fate. Eventually by dawn the storms did clear away eastwards the last area to see them was Northumberland.

It was another humid and close night for many especially in the southeast. Temperatures did manage to fall to a more comfortable 10 Celsius, 50F at Sennybridge in Powys, Wales; the coolest place overnight.

The mist and fog rolled back in along the east coast and mist and fog patches became quite extensive across many central and eastern inland areas too. It was a foggy rush hour in places but for many the fog did lift during the morning.

The Northern Isles kept low cloud, mist and some rain for much of the day and so the temperatures couldn't lift here above 14 Celsius, 57F. Elsewhere with good spells of sunshine the temperatures once again shot up to a high of 29 Celsius, 84F in Central London.

The warm sunshine was quite prolific, especailly for inland towns and those on the south coast. Newquay in Cornwall recorded the most with just over 12 hours.

This could well be topped tomorrow as another fine day is forecast.

Information thanks to the BBC Weather Website