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Nationwide extremes for 07-08-2004

WARMEST

Weather station Altitude Daytime Temperature

London MET 5 metres 31.5°C

Northolt 40 metres 30.4°C

Charlwood 80 metres 30.3°C

Gravesend 3 metres 30.2°C

Bedford 85 metres 30.1°C

Marham 23 metres 29.4°C

London/Heathrow 24 metres 29.2°C

Wittering 84 metres 29.1°C

Benson 63 metres 28.9°C

Cranwell 67 metres 28.8°C

COLDEST

Weather station Altitude Overnight Temperature

Larkhill 132 metres 8.3°C

Shap 249 metres 8.4°C

Tulloch Bridge 237 metres 8.8°C

Redhill 63 metres 8.9°C

Redesdale 207 metres 9.1°C

West Freugh 12 metres 9.1°C

Middle Wallop 91 metres 9.2°C

Boscombe Down 124 metres 9.4°C

Drumalbin 245 metres 9.4°C

Spadeadam 285 metres 9.4°C

WETTEST

Weather station Altitude Total Daily Rainfall

Isle of Portland 53 metres 16.4mm

Cork 153 metres 2.0mm

Barra 3 metres 1.0mm

Scilly, St.Marys 31 metres 0.8mm

Lerwick 82 metres 0.6mm

South Uist Range 10 metres 0.6mm

Inverbervie 134 metres 0.4mm

West Freugh 12 metres 0.4mm

Baltasound 15 metres 0.2mm

Boscombe Down 124 metres 0.2mm

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By Helen Young

A record for London today

Today always held the promise of being a hot summer's day and for most it didn't disappoint, eventually proving to be the joint hottest day of the year so far.

The night, prior to this heat, was humid and warm and clear of cloud. The three ingredients a perfect recipe for the formation of mist and fog. Fog patches did develop inland on Salisbury Plain and in the southwest of England amongst others. The coolest spot overnight was Larkhill on Salisbury Plain in Wiltshire where temperatures fell to 8 Celsius, 46F. For many though it was another humid night with temperatures in many cities not dropping below 16 Celsius, 61F.

Once again the east coast was misty from Lincolnshire northwards. The densest fog was found in the Northern Isles and it remained here for most of the day. The temperatures didn't stand a chance here, only managing 14 Celsius, 57F once again today in Fair Isle.

Mist and fog also drifted on to the south coast. The Isle of Portland remained in the fog until 9am.

By day for many it was a perfect summer's day, sunny from the word go and very warm. Eastbourne in East Sussex boasted the most with just over 14 hours but many others in England and Wales weren't far behind.

London topped the temperature league once again today and had it's warmest day of the year so far, reporting 31.5 Celsius, 89F, jointly tying with Cambridge on 8th June 2004 as summer hot spots.

There was more cloud in Northern Ireland and Scotland but even here most places saw over 7 hours of sun.The cloud did stick over the Western Isles and Barra in the Outer Hebrides did manage to squeeze a few drops of rain, making it the wettest place today. Even so it only amounted to 1.2mm!!

By evening the weather was on the change with rain and freshening winds reaching into Ireland. This is set to move northeast through the rest of the night. One thing is sure there will be more than 1.2mm reportedovernight, perhaps as much as 20mm in just 6 hours.

Information thanks to the BBC Weather Website

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Nationwide extremes for 08-08-2004

WARMEST

Weather station Altitude Daytime Temperature

Northolt 40 metres 31.5°C

London MET 5 metres 31.4°C

Gravesend 3 metres 31.2°C

Bedford 85 metres 30.8°C

London/Heathrow 24 metres 30.5°C

Wittering 84 metres 30.1°C

Pershore 32 metres 30.0°C

Cranwell 67 metres 29.9°C

Hawarden 10 metres 29.9°C

Holbeach 3 metres 29.7°C

COLDEST

Weather station Altitude Overnight Temperature

Altnaharra 81 metres 10.7°C

Aviemore 220 metres 11.4°C

Shobdon 99 metres 12.0°C

Skye/Lusa 18 metres 12.2°C

Wick 39 metres 12.3°C

Aultbea 11 metres 12.4°C

Hereford/Credenhill 76 metres 12.4°C

Kirkwall 21 metres 12.4°C

Shap 249 metres 12.4°C

Fair Isle 59 metres 12.6°C

WETTEST

Weather station Altitude Total Daily Rainfall

Valentia 9 metres 22.2mm

St.Mawgan 119 metres 19.0mm

Cardinham 200 metres 17.0mm

Cork 153 metres 15.4mm

Plymouth Wc 50 metres 14.0mm

Roches Point 40 metres 11.0mm

Camborne 87 metres 10.0mm

Culdrose 82 metres 10.0mm

Milford-Haven 37 metres 10.0mm

Pembrey Sands 3 metres 10.0mm

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By Helen Young

Fine weather on the turn

Following the fine summer weather on Saturday could Sunday follow in the same vein? For most - yes, and at least the night was dry but by day rain was creeping into southwest England and this signalled the change, albeit it slow.

For many it was a clear night with just a few fog patches forming inland in eastern England. It was a warm and humid night too (generally (75-98%) with temperatures not dropping in London below 19 Celsius, 66F. However in Highland Scotland temperatures did manage to fall to 11 Celsius, 52F at Aviemore, the cold spot overnight.

Fog was still prevalent overnight along the east coast of Scotland, especially in the Northern Isles. By 6am the fog cleared from the Northern Isles and here it turned into a fine day. In northeast Scotland however fog remained in one or two spots all day.

Leuchars in Fife is a good example and because of the fog it recorded the lowest day temperature of 17 Celsius, 63F. At Aberdeen the fog slowly cleared by 10am but it remained misty throughout the rest of the day.

As the inland mist cleared it turned into another fine day for many with more of a breeze than recently. In Northern Ireland the east coast saw winds gusting to 45 mph. Clacton in Essex saw the most sunshine, 13.5 hours. Northolt in London the hot spot with 31 Celsius, 88F.

Western areas dawned fine and sunny but this couldn't be maintained. Cloud rolled in from a deep depression to the west of Ireland and this bought rain into the west tip of Cornwall by 6am. It was light to start but by midday there were a few heavy bursts, Newquay in Cornwall was the wettest place until 1800 hours on Sunday, 18.6mm, 0.73 inches.

The rain moved across Northern Ireland during the afternoon, clearing by the evening. Western parts of the mainland saw the rain during the afternoon and here it became particularly nasty during the evening with widespread thunderstorms in southwest Scotland and the potential for further storms to develop in western parts overnight.

Rainfall totals on Monday should be interesting as the rainband becomes slow moving in the east.

Information thanks to the BBC Weather Website

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Nationwide extremes for 09-08-2004

WARMEST

Weather station Altitude Daytime Temperature

London MET 5 metres 25.3°C

Herstmonceux 17 metres 24.7°C

Kinloss 7 metres 24.5°C

Charlwood 80 metres 24.3°C

Loch Glascarnoch 265 metres 24.3°C

Tain Range 4 metres 24.1°C

Lossiemouth 13 metres 24.0°C

Marham 23 metres 24.0°C

Northolt 40 metres 24.0°C

Aultbea 11 metres 23.8°C

COLDEST

Weather station Altitude Overnight Temperature

Culdrose 82 metres 12.6°C

Cardinham 200 metres 12.7°C

Cork 153 metres 13.2°C

Ballypatrick Forest 156 metres 13.5°C

Lough Fea 225 metres 13.5°C

Glenanne 161 metres 13.6°C

Sennybridge 309 metres 13.7°C

Valentia 9 metres 13.7°C

Castlederg 51 metres 13.8°C

Ballycastle 68 metres 14.0°C

WETTEST

Weather station Altitude Total Daily Rainfall

Eskdalemuir 242 metres 61.0mm

Glasgow/Bishopton 59 metres 53.0mm

Drumalbin 245 metres 46.0mm

Spadeadam 285 metres 45.8mm

Wittering 84 metres 44.0mm

West Freugh 12 metres 35.0mm

Omicron Persei 8 28 metres 34.0mm

Machrihanish 13 metres 34.0mm

Strathallan 35 metres 34.0mm

Bedford 85 metres 32.0mm

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By Isobel Lang

Everything but the kitchen sink!

The British Isles has been swamped by some very warm, moist air, and it may not come as a surprise to know that it has tropical origin. The remnants of ex-hurricane Alex have brought us this oppressive and thundery weather and it helped us break records.

It was a noticeably warm and sticky start to Monday across much of the United Kingdom. Temperature records were broken up and down the country. Notably, Linton-on-Ouse, North Yorkshire, saw temperatures fall no lower than 20 Celsius, (68F), breaking their all time record high minimum of 18.7 Celsius recorded in August 2001. In London, the minimum temperature was a very muggy 22 Celsius, making this the eighth warmest on record. Even the lowest temperature was a mild 13 Celsius, (55F), and that was recorded at Culdrose in Cornwall. Heavy, thundery rain spread northeast across the United Kingdom with flooding reported in parts of Scotland. By dawn, 35mm rain had fallen in Bishopton, near Glasgow, 28mm in Clwyd in North Wales.

During the day, the weather could be split into three main areas.

Firstly, Northeast Scotland, particularly Shetland, had some smashing warm and sunny weather, with Lerwick coming out the sunniest spot with nearly 14 hours worth.

Secondly, Northern Ireland, West Wales and Southwest England had some fairly decent weather after a disappointing start in places. Skies brightened up, and apart from the odd shower, there was some sunshine.

Thirdly, mainland Scotland, England, except the southwest, and East Wales had some atrocious weather. Severe weather warnings were issued for heavy, thundery rain and the risk of flooding. The Environment Agency issued 2 severe flood warnings in Scotland on the River Earn. There were some intense downpours giving high hourly rainfall totals. For example at Wittering, Lincolnshire, 20mm fell between 6 and 7pm, followed by another 16mm between 7 and 8Pm! However, Eskdalemuir, Dumfries and Galloway, came out the wettest place in the 24 hours ending at 7pm, with 58mm rain, or 2.3 inches.

Despite a lot of cloud, London recorded the highest temperature of 25 Celsius, (77F).

Information thanks to the BBC Weather Website

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Nationwide extremes for 10-08-2004

WARMEST

Weather station Altitude Daytime Temperature

Aultbea 11 metres 26.9°C

London MET 5 metres 26.4°C

Northolt 40 metres 26.2°C

Kinloss 7 metres 26.1°C

Charlwood 80 metres 26.0°C

Gravesend 3 metres 25.7°C

Hereford/Credenhill 76 metres 25.6°C

Benson 63 metres 25.5°C

London/Heathrow 24 metres 25.4°C

Cardiff Weather Centre 9 metres 25.3°C

COLDEST

Weather station Altitude Overnight Temperature

Sennybridge 309 metres 9.8°C

Castlederg 51 metres 10.6°C

Dunkeswell 255 metres 10.6°C

St.Angelo 47 metres 11.5°C

Glenanne 161 metres 11.7°C

Ballycastle 68 metres 12.0°C

Lough Fea 225 metres 12.1°C

Trawscoed 63 metres 12.2°C

Yeovilton 23 metres 12.3°C

Cardinham 200 metres 12.6°C

WETTEST

Weather station Altitude Total Daily Rainfall

Shap 249 metres 67.0mm

Nottingham Weather Centre 117 metres 52.0mm

Wittering 84 metres 50.0mm

Eskdalemuir 242 metres 49.0mm

Disforth 36 metres 48.0mm

Leeming 40 metres 48.0mm

Topcliffe 25 metres 47.0mm

St.Bees Head 124 metres 46.0mm

Church Fenton 9 metres 45.0mm

Cottesmore 138 metres 45.0mm

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By Isobel Lang

Flooding hits the headlines.

After Monday’s torrential rain, Tuesday saw yet more intense downpours as a very active front moved north across the United Kingdom. Flooding became a concern with the Environment Agency issuing over 50 flood warnings across England and Scotland. Severe weather warnings were issued by the Meteorological Office because of the rain, and a press release was also sent out. Media interest was sparked off because of the obvious comparison between the 10th August 2003 when we had record-breaking heat of 38.5 Celsius, 101 Fahrenheit.

Monday night was another warm and wet night with pulses of heavy, thundery rain feeding north across many central and eastern parts of the UK. Northeast Scotland remained dry, along with most of Northern Ireland, Wales and Southwest England. Fog formed fairly widely for a time. Sennybridge in Powys recorded the lowest temperature of 10 Celsius, 50 Fahrenheit.

During the day, the weather was split into three main areas. Firstly, Northeast Scotland again enjoyed the warmest and sunniest weather. Lerwick in Shetland had a beautiful summer day with nearly 13 hours of sunshine. Aultbea in Highland was the warmest place with 27 Celsius, 81 Fahrenheit.

Secondly, the rest of Scotland along with Northern England had a very disappointing day with rain for much of the time, this only slowly easing in intensity during the evening. Buxton in Derbyshire recorded the most rainfall with 67.9mm, 2.67inches. There were, however, more exceptional statistics looking back over the past 36 hours. Thornton Moor near Bradford recorded 103mm rain, Skipton on Yorkshire saw 96mm. Sheffield was flooded in places, and actually recorded their wettest 24 hour period since July 1973, with 77mm of rain.

Thirdly, Northern Ireland, Wales, and the rest of England, saw the heavy rain sweep away quickly to the north, allowing skies to brighten up with some sunshine. Belfast was slow to improve, however, and as a result recorded the lowest daytime temperature of 16 Celsius. Showers developed during the evening, some heavy with thunder across Wales and the north Midlands.

Information thanks to the BBC Weather Website

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Nationwide extremes for 11-08-2004

WARMEST

Weather station Altitude Daytime Temperature

Manston 55 metres 26.4°C

Linton-On-Ouse 16 metres 25.8°C

Gravesend 3 metres 25.7°C

London MET 5 metres 25.6°C

Northolt 40 metres 25.5°C

Charlwood 80 metres 25.4°C

Coltishall 20 metres 25.3°C

Marham 23 metres 25.3°C

Coningsby 7 metres 25.2°C

Bedford 85 metres 25.0°C

COLDEST

Weather station Altitude Overnight Temperature

Sennybridge 309 metres 8.8°C

Capel Curig 216 metres 10.0°C

Shobdon 99 metres 10.4°C

Ballypatrick Forest 156 metres 10.8°C

Glenanne 161 metres 11.0°C

Shap 249 metres 11.0°C

Ballycastle 68 metres 11.1°C

Lough Fea 225 metres 11.1°C

Hereford/Credenhill 76 metres 11.2°C

Isle of Man/Ronaldsway 17 metres 11.2°C

WETTEST

Weather station Altitude Total Daily Rainfall

Leuchars 12 metres 58.0mm

Spadeadam 285 metres 43.0mm

Glasgow/Bishopton 59 metres 35.0mm

Omicron Persei 8 28 metres 24.0mm

Tiree 12 metres 21.0mm

Drumalbin 245 metres 20.0mm

Llanbedr 0 metres 18.2mm

Pembrey Sands 3 metres 17.6mm

High Wycombe 204 metres 15.0mm

Tulloch Bridge 237 metres 14.0mm

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By Kirsty McCabe

Yet more rain...

It was another muggy night on Tuesday, with temperatures across the UK staying well into double figures. London, for example, didn’t drop below 18 C (64 F) overnight.

It was slightly colder at Sennybridge in Powys, with temperatures dropping to 9 C (48 F). It was also foggy here during the early hours of Wednesday morning, with visibilities down to 100m at times.

Sennybridge wasn’t the only place starting off murky today. Many places across the UK were grey and misty, with fog in southwest Scotland, Northern Ireland and much of England and Wales.

The fog took its time to clear, considering that it is technically summer and we’d expect it to go as soon as the sun comes up, but it was mostly gone by 10am. There were a few exceptions to this, with the Isle of Man for example staying fog-bound all day.

The remains of ex-hurricane Alex continued to bring torrential downpours to Scotland today. It has been very wet here over the past few days, and more rain is set to come Thursday and Friday.

Persistent rain caused widespread disruption in the Perthshire area and a severe flood warning was issued for the River Tay, which had burst its banks in several areas north of Perth. The wettest place today was Leuchars in nearby Fife with a whopping 58.1 mm (2.29 inches) falling in the past 24 hours.

Scotland was also the coldest place today, with thermometers at Lossiemouth in Moray only reaching 16 C (61 F) underneath all the cloud and rain.

Elsewhere in the UK it was a mixture of sunshine and some very hefty showers. A cluster of thunderstorms sprung up across the Midlands during the afternoon, dropping 14 mm in just one hour on High Wycombe.

The best place for the sunshine was Clacton in Essex with 12.2 hours worth. The east coast of England definitely got the lion’s share today, with nearby Southend, Margate, Skegness and Herne Bay all enjoying over 10 hours of sunshine each.

And where the sun shone, the temperatures soared. Hunstanton in Norfolk was the warmest place today, with 27 C (80 F), although London wasn’t too far behind with 26 C (79 F).

With things set to remain unsettled into the weekend, it’s all a far cry from last August’s heatwave.

Information thanks to the BBC Weather Website

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Nationwide extremes for 12-08-2004

WARMEST

Weather station Altitude Daytime Temperature

Crosby 8 metres 24.7°C

London MET 5 metres 24.5°C

Northolt 40 metres 24.5°C

Benson 63 metres 24.2°C

London/Heathrow 24 metres 24.2°C

Hawarden 10 metres 24.0°C

Bedford 85 metres 23.8°C

Great Malvern 46 metres 23.8°C

Nottingham Weather Centre 117 metres 23.8°C

Pershore 32 metres 23.6°C

COLDEST

Weather station Altitude Overnight Temperature

Shap 249 metres 11.4°C

Wick 39 metres 12.8°C

Cardinham 200 metres 13.1°C

Spadeadam 285 metres 13.3°C

Aberporth 133 metres 13.4°C

Kirkwall 21 metres 13.4°C

Redesdale 207 metres 13.4°C

Lake Vyrnwy 360 metres 13.5°C

Dunkeswell 255 metres 13.6°C

Pembrey Sands 3 metres 13.7°C

WETTEST

Weather station Altitude Total Daily Rainfall

Pembrey Sands 3 metres 50.8mm

Plymouth Wc 50 metres 45.0mm

St, Athan 49 metres 34.0mm

Redesdale 207 metres 33.0mm

Mumbles 35 metres 32.0mm

Walney Island 15 metres 32.0mm

Sennybridge 309 metres 31.0mm

Aberporth 133 metres 30.0mm

Cork 153 metres 29.0mm

Liscombe 348 metres 28.2mm

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By Susan Powell

Just for a change - more heavy rain...

The soggy summer story continued today.

If it wasn't the nice juicy weather front that clobbered you as it swept north across the UK today, chances are it was the big banging thundery showers following promptly behind.

The day started as a tale of two fronts during the early hours. Number one sitting across central Scotland - heading north and not causing too much bother, save for a few heavier downpours over the hills.

The second front however was a very different kettle of fish. As it made its way in from the south across England and Wales it brought torrential downpours for many in its path.

The major saving grace was however that it was pushing through fairly purposefully. It arrived into the southwest during the previous evening and had made its way to stretch across north Wales, the north midlands, parts of northern England, curving round into East Anglia, by dawn. This rate of movement did at least stop the rain totalling up too much for some.

This though was not the end of the story. Through daylight hours the front continued its journey northwards but began to slow down significantly - giving many parts of northern England and southern Scotland a considerable soaking. Bad news here certainly following on from the heavy rain of recent days - river levels surging once again.

Behind our front the skies did cheer significantly with some sunny spells but for many these were just a false sense of security as big black clouds began to tower and thundery showers rumbled into action. In some spots over 20mm of rain fell in around an hour.

Combining some meaty showers with the passage of the front earlier in the day Pembrey Sands in Carmarthenshire totalled 50.5mm (1.99 inches) of rain and was the days wettest place.

Dodging the showers enough to see the sunshine did though mean in brighter spells temperatures pushed up quite quickly. The day’s hot spot was Wolverhampton (Staffordshire) with a high of 25C (77F).

With considerable cloud and coastal murk, Wick (Highland), was the day’s coolest place. Here temperatures reached only 16C (61F).

The lowest temperature overnight was recorded at Shap Fell in Cumbria, 11C (52F).

High humidity across the board though made the feeling of both the night and the day a muggy one just about everywhere, irrespective of temperature.

For the best of the sun - away from the mainland was the place to be, the Channel Islands to be exact. Guernsey outshone the lot with 8.8 hours.

Information thanks to the BBC Weather Website

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Nationwide extremes for 13-08-2004

WARMEST

Weather station Altitude Daytime Temperature

Strathallan 35 metres 24.8°C

Glasgow/Bishopton 59 metres 23.9°C

West Freugh 12 metres 23.9°C

Northolt 40 metres 23.5°C

Great Malvern 46 metres 23.4°C

Preswick rn 6 metres 23.3°C

Pershore 32 metres 23.2°C

Keswick 81 metres 23.1°C

Shoeburyness 2 metres 23.1°C

Machrihanish 13 metres 23.0°C

COLDEST

Weather station Altitude Overnight Temperature

Shawbury 76 metres 10.2°C

Shobdon 99 metres 10.2°C

Larkhill 132 metres 10.4°C

Hawarden 10 metres 10.8°C

Redhill 63 metres 10.8°C

Capel Curig 216 metres 10.9°C

Hereford/Credenhill 76 metres 11.1°C

Pershore 32 metres 11.4°C

Lake Vyrnwy 360 metres 11.5°C

Sennybridge 309 metres 11.6°C

WETTEST

Weather station Altitude Total Daily Rainfall

Coltishall 20 metres 24.0mm

Scampton 61 metres 23.6mm

Waddington 70 metres 21.2mm

Albemarle 141 metres 19.0mm

Boulmer 23 metres 18.0mm

Wainfleet 5 metres 18.0mm

Cranwell 67 metres 16.2mm

Loftus 58 metres 14.2mm

Spadeadam 285 metres 14.2mm

Manston 55 metres 12.2mm

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By Susan Powell

Like a visitor that doesn't know when to leave...

the weather front that had already brought plenty of action across the UK in the last few days still had it's feet under the table Friday.

Through the early hours of the day it was comfortably sitting over the Scottish Borders and gradually creeping south into Northern Ireland and the northern most fringes of England. The rain along its length had eased back at this stage and wasn't causing too many problems.

By dawn the rain was only patchy on the front across Northern Ireland and the Isle of Man. However, as it stretched further east, across towards the Wash, there were some much heavier bursts to be found. The north Midlands and Norfolk bore the brunt of it. Coltishall in Norfolk was the days wettest place with 24.8mm (0.98 inches) in total.

Elsewhere it was a fairly dry start to the day.

To the south of the front there was plenty of cloud but it gave only a scattering of showers across southwest England and south Wales during the morning. Through the afternoon the sun did manage to poke it's head through some of the cloud here though and as the brightness pushed temperatures up we saw a return of some heavy thundery showers.

Saunton Sands in Devon did manage to dodge the downpours - and here we clocked up a very respectable 11 hours of sunshine.

To the north of the front it was a quiet start to the day. There was lots of sunshine from the word go in western Scotland. Eastern Scotland, in contrast, was plagued with low cloud and coastal mist early on, and for some this proved persistent for much of the day.

The cloud here didn't just make a big difference to the way the day looked across Scotland - but also to how it felt, giving us both the days warmest and freshest spots. Temperatures reached 25C (77F) at Strathallan (Perth and Kinross) in the sunshine, but only scraped 15C (59F) in the gloom at Rosehearty (Aberdeenshire).

The coldest places overnight were Shawbury (Shropshire) and Shobden (Herefordshire), both bottoming out at 10C (50F).

As the day drew to a close it was finally time for the front to start packing its bags. After slipping slowly southward during the afternoon and evening there was little rain left as darkness fell - and it was finally time for it to say its goodbyes to the UK.

Information thanks to the BBC Weather Website

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Nationwide extremes for 14-08-2004

WARMEST

Weather station Altitude Daytime Temperature

Andrewsfield 87 metres 25.5°C

Northolt 40 metres 25.4°C

London MET 5 metres 25.2°C

Cardiff Weather Centre 9 metres 25.0°C

Gravesend 3 metres 24.9°C

Hereford/Credenhill 76 metres 24.6°C

Pershore 32 metres 24.5°C

Bedford 85 metres 24.4°C

Charlwood 80 metres 24.3°C

Coningsby 7 metres 24.3°C

COLDEST

Weather station Altitude Overnight Temperature

Tulloch Bridge 237 metres 2.3°C

Loch Glascarnoch 265 metres 3.6°C

Shap 249 metres 5.0°C

Redesdale 207 metres 6.2°C

Aviemore 220 metres 6.9°C

Altnaharra 81 metres 7.3°C

Skye/Lusa 18 metres 7.3°C

Warcop 227 metres 7.3°C

Albemarle 141 metres 7.5°C

Spadeadam 285 metres 7.5°C

WETTEST

Weather station Altitude Total Daily Rainfall

Isle of Portland 53 metres 70.0mm

Brize Norton 88 metres 5.0mm

Manston 55 metres 5.0mm

Hereford/Credenhill 76 metres 3.0mm

St.Catherine's Point 16 metres 2.0mm

Cork 153 metres 1.0mm

Farnborough 65 metres 1.0mm

St, Athan 49 metres 0.8mm

Kenley 170 metres 0.6mm

Little Rissington 215 metres 0.6mm

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By Victoria Good

How about that for a taste of summer?

The weakening weather front across the southern half of the UK gave a little rain through the night, but it really was only a little! Just under 9mm of rain fell in Margate, Kent, a far cry from the sorts of totals we’ve seen in recent days!

The cloud associated with the front kept it on the muggy side once again, and also meant a rather cloudy start to the morning in the south. There were a few spots of rain here and there, but nothing much to write home about.

But, through the morning, the cloud slowly lifted and began to break a bit, and by lunchtime it had turned into a rather gorgeous day across England and Wales. It was rather humid, and temperatures reached 25 Celsius (77F) in Stansted, Essex. There were one or two showers around, but later in the day, the cloud thickened over the far southwest of England, bringing some disappointing rain and drizzle here and there.

For the northern half of the UK, the cloud had cleared away through the night as the weather front moved into the south, so clearing skies gave rather a fresh night here. It was, if anything, chilly in the Scottish Highlands with temperatures falling to just 2 Celsius in Tulloch Bridge.

However, for much of Northern Ireland and Scotland, it started off on a bright note from the start - apart from eastern Scotland where low cloud shrouded the coasts in particular for much of the day. It kept the sunshine at bay in the Northern Isles, and for Baltasound in Shetland, the temperatures managed to get to 14 Celsius.

But once again, the west of Scotland had a cracking day. Stornoway in the Outer Hebrides had over 14 hours of sunshine, so it was a lovely summery interlude after the recent horrible conditions.

For many the sunshine lasted well into the evening, with just the odd shower here and there.

Information thanks to the BBC Weather Website

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Nationwide extremes for 15-08-2004

WARMEST

Weather station Altitude Daytime Temperature

Gravesend 3 metres 26.0°C

Bridlington Mrsc 15 metres 25.0°C

Holbeach 3 metres 24.9°C

London MET 5 metres 24.9°C

Andrewsfield 87 metres 24.6°C

Aberdeen/Dyce 65 metres 24.5°C

Aboyne 140 metres 24.5°C

Coningsby 7 metres 24.5°C

Leconfield 0 metres 24.5°C

Church Fenton 9 metres 24.3°C

COLDEST

Weather station Altitude Overnight Temperature

Altnaharra 81 metres 7.8°C

Wick 39 metres 8.3°C

Tain Range 4 metres 8.5°C

Kirkwall 21 metres 8.8°C

Lossiemouth 13 metres 8.8°C

Redesdale 207 metres 8.9°C

Aboyne 140 metres 9.0°C

Loch Glascarnoch 265 metres 9.3°C

Redhill 63 metres 9.3°C

Aviemore 220 metres 9.4°C

WETTEST

Weather station Altitude Total Daily Rainfall

Isle of Portland 53 metres 251.0mm

Cork 153 metres 28.2mm

Stornoway 9 metres 22.0mm

Pershore 32 metres 10.0mm

Scilly, St.Marys 31 metres 8.2mm

Altnaharra 81 metres 8.0mm

Barra 3 metres 7.0mm

Dundrennan 114 metres 7.0mm

Plymouth Wc 50 metres 7.0mm

Lyneham 145 metres 6.0mm

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By Isobel Lang

Disappointing for some!

Sunday has been one of those days where some places were disappointingly dull and damp, and others enjoyed some beautiful summer sun.

During the early hours, much of the UK was dry with some patches of mist and fog. However, there were scattered heavy showers across Western Scotland, Cumbria, Southwest England and the Channel Isles. Stornoway, in the Outer Hebrides, had several hours of heavy rain, making this the wettest place with 22.2mm worth, (0.87 in). Kinbrace in Highland was the coolest spot with a low of 6 Celsius, (43 F).

There was some sunshine around for a good part of the UK during the morning, before cloud thickened up from the south. Aberdeen enjoyed the sunniest weather with 12.4 hours. The Northern Isles remained largely cloudy though, and hence Lerwick in Shetland was the coolest place with a high of only 14 Celsius, (57F). In contrast, Gravesend in Kent had a warm day with a high of 26 Celsius, (79 F).

Many places stayed dry throughout the morning, however, showers continued to affect some northwestern parts of Scotland and England, with a few developing across Northern Ireland through the afternoon. The showers were thundery at times, 10mm of rain falling in one hour at Kinbrace in Highland, however, they tended to die away later.

There was also a rather stubborn area of low cloud and rain initially across Southwest England, and this slowly spread northeast through the day across the Midlands, Cambridgeshire, Norfolk and Lincolnshire. The rain became heavy and thundery for a time, and 10mm of rain fell in Pershore, Worcestershire, between 3 and 5pm.

An area of heavy, thundery, rain spread across the Isles of Scilly and into Southern England and Wales through the evening, also threatening Northern Ireland. Some places recorded between 5 and 10mm of rain in an hour.

Information thanks to the BBC Weather Website

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Nationwide extremes for 16-08-2004

WARMEST

Weather station Altitude Daytime Temperature

Coltishall 20 metres 24.4°C

Bridlington Mrsc 15 metres 24.3°C

Weybourne 21 metres 24.1°C

Coningsby 7 metres 24.0°C

Donna Nook 8 metres 23.9°C

Loftus 58 metres 23.7°C

Waddington 70 metres 23.6°C

Church Fenton 9 metres 23.5°C

Holbeach 3 metres 23.5°C

Leconfield 0 metres 23.5°C

COLDEST

Weather station Altitude Overnight Temperature

Aboyne 140 metres 9.0°C

Castlederg 51 metres 10.4°C

Altnaharra 81 metres 10.5°C

Redesdale 207 metres 10.5°C

Valentia 9 metres 10.7°C

Cork 153 metres 10.8°C

Baltasound 15 metres 10.9°C

Lough Fea 225 metres 10.9°C

Tulloch Bridge 237 metres 10.9°C

St.Angelo 47 metres 11.1°C

WETTEST

Weather station Altitude Total Daily Rainfall

Machrihanish 13 metres 33.0mm

Altnaharra 81 metres 21.0mm

Guernsey 102 metres 17.0mm

Manchester 78 metres 17.0mm

Skye/Lusa 18 metres 15.2mm

Keswick 81 metres 14.2mm

Wittering 84 metres 14.2mm

Aberporth 133 metres 14.0mm

Dunkeswell 255 metres 14.0mm

Milford-Haven 37 metres 13.2mm

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By Kirsty McCabe

Torrential downpours cause chaos in Cornwall

Monday’s weather set the tone for the rest of the week, with torrential downpours across many parts of the UK.

Cornwall, in particular, bore the brunt of the organised bands of thundery rain with 74.5 mm (2.93 inches) of rain falling at Slaughterbridge in the past 24 hours. Sixty mm (2.36 inches) of that fell in just 2 hours.

The torrential downpours combined with a rising tide led to flash flooding and the River Valancy broke its banks at Boscastle. The floodwaters washed 30 cars and two buildings into the sea, and a bridge was swept away. The military was called in to help after several people were reported missing. Dozens of people had to be airlifted from the area.

The Met Office issued weather warnings for Cornwall and Devon, along with many parts of England and Wales today as the thundery rain edged northeastwards through Somerset into the Midlands and on to central and eastern parts of England.

These weren’t the only places that experienced wet weather today. Away from the main area of thundery rain that spread up from the Channel causing chaos in southwest England, there were other clusters of thunderstorms. These led to torrential downpours across Yorkshire and East Anglia during the afternoon and evening.

Many of the thunderstorms were triggered by diurnal heating. After a bright start in places, the rising temperatures caused the cloud to bubble up to great heights before unleashing their contents. Coltishall in Norfolk was the warmest place today with 24 C (75 F) and saw plenty of thundery downpours.

Scotland didn’t escape either, with flooding in parts of southwest Scotland. During the morning, heavy rain spread up from Dumfries and Galloway into Argyll and Bute and Highland, followed by a scattering of showers. Northern Ireland fared somewhat better with a few showers during the day, but it would see some heavier downpours overnight.

Northern parts of England escaped the worst of the weather today, with Southport in Sefton enjoying the most sunshine, a respectable 10.5 hours worth.

Not everywhere was so lucky; Aberdeenshire and other northeastern parts of Scotland had a misty and murky start to the day. And although it was another mild night across the UK, Aberdeenshire was the coldest place this morning with Aboyne dropping to 9 C (48 F).

Further north, Shetland was the coldest place for the third day in a row, with Lerwick only reaching 15 C (59 F) underneath a blanket of cloud.

Information thanks to the BBC Weather Website

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Nationwide extremes for 17-08-2004

WARMEST

Weather station Altitude Daytime Temperature

Disforth 36 metres 26.6°C

Gravesend 3 metres 24.7°C

Donna Nook 8 metres 24.6°C

Coningsby 7 metres 24.4°C

Northolt 40 metres 24.4°C

Bedford 85 metres 24.3°C

Holbeach 3 metres 24.2°C

Charlwood 80 metres 24.1°C

Scampton 61 metres 23.8°C

Cranwell 67 metres 23.6°C

COLDEST

Weather station Altitude Overnight Temperature

Tulloch Bridge 237 metres 6.1°C

Drumalbin 245 metres 8.3°C

Aviemore 220 metres 8.7°C

Redesdale 207 metres 8.9°C

South Uist Range 10 metres 8.9°C

Edinburgh/Gogarbank 57 metres 9.4°C

Glasgow/Bishopton 59 metres 9.4°C

Kinloss 7 metres 9.9°C

Tiree 12 metres 9.9°C

Albemarle 141 metres 10.2°C

WETTEST

Weather station Altitude Total Daily Rainfall

Kirkwall 21 metres 33.0mm

Preswick rn 6 metres 25.2mm

Ballykelly 2 metres 25.0mm

Glasgow/Bishopton 59 metres 24.0mm

Trawscoed 63 metres 24.0mm

Lough Fea 225 metres 20.0mm

Milford-Haven 37 metres 20.0mm

Culdrose 82 metres 15.0mm

St.Bees Head 124 metres 15.0mm

Wattisham 87 metres 15.0mm

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By Dan Corbett

Another day of heavy rain across the UK

It was another day of rain across a good part of the UK. Some of the rain was quite heavy in places.

A closer look at the radar has revealed that as much as 130mm of rain fell near Boscastle, Cornwall on Monday afternoon. Prevailing winds that were lifted up by the hills of Cornwall generated more clouds and rain that continued to dump rain on a single location for a period of time.

An area of low pressure and a couple of weak weather fronts gave us a fairly cloudy start to Tuesday. The day started with showers across Northern Ireland, Scotland, Wales and parts of England. Tulloch Bridge (Highland) had the chilliest start at 6C (43F). The cloud and showers hung in through the morning but began to build with the heating of the afternoon. The storms were quite intense across the UK with numerous warnings being issued. The heaviest downpours across Northern Ireland brought flash flooding to Derry for the evening rush hour.

The strong afternoon storms across the UK dumped as much as ½ - 1inch of rain per hour in places. The most rain during the daylight hours fell at Kirkwall (Orkney) with 34mm (1.34 inches) in the rain bucket. With all the cloud and rain at Kirkwall the afternoon high only managed to reach 13C (55F).

Even though there was quite a bit of cloud and rain temperatures did warm up quite nicely for some of us. In Gravesend (Kent) the afternoon high reached a pleasant 25C (77F). Just down the road the prize winner for sunshine for the day was Margate (Kent) with 10.3 hours.

Information thanks to the BBC Weather Website

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Nationwide extremes for 18-08-2004

WARMEST

Weather station Altitude Daytime Temperature

Marham 23 metres 24.3°C

Charlwood 80 metres 24.0°C

London MET 5 metres 24.0°C

Northolt 40 metres 24.0°C

Weybourne 21 metres 24.0°C

London/Heathrow 24 metres 23.8°C

Gravesend 3 metres 23.7°C

Leconfield 0 metres 23.6°C

Holbeach 3 metres 23.5°C

Pershore 32 metres 23.4°C

COLDEST

Weather station Altitude Overnight Temperature

Baltasound 15 metres 8.3°C

Cork 153 metres 10.5°C

Sella Ness 7 metres 10.5°C

Valentia 9 metres 10.5°C

Lerwick 82 metres 11.0°C

Aviemore 220 metres 11.2°C

Redesdale 207 metres 11.2°C

Kirkwall 21 metres 11.8°C

Aboyne 140 metres 12.0°C

Roches Point 40 metres 12.1°C

WETTEST

Weather station Altitude Total Daily Rainfall

Camborne 87 metres 63.0mm

Culdrose 82 metres 53.0mm

Aboyne 140 metres 38.8mm

Aberdaron 95 metres 32.0mm

Glenanne 161 metres 32.0mm

Shap 249 metres 31.0mm

Aberporth 133 metres 27.0mm

Leuchars 12 metres 27.0mm

Capel Curig 216 metres 25.0mm

Milford-Haven 37 metres 24.0mm

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By Dan Corbett

Another unsetted day across the United Kingdom.

It was quite an unsettled day across most of the UK. A band of heavy rain moved up across the country during the day. Thunderstorms were quite active with the heating of the day and flooding was a problem again in some areas.

An intense area of low pressure spread a fairly large band of heavy rain up across the UK late last night. The rain was very intense as it moved across Cornwall with 63.3 mm (2.49 inches) of rain at Camborne in the 24 hour period up to this evening. The band of rain continued to move north and by dawn it was draped across Northern Ireland and Scotland. Skies were cloudy across most of the UK to start. Under the cloudy skies the morning low dropped to 8C (46F) at Baltasound (Shetland). The heavy band of rain rotated around Scotland and Northern Ireland through the midday hour but kept the steady rain across many places for a good part of the day. The band of rain was still hanging about across Scotland and Northern Ireland by the end of the day. In all the cloud and rain Loch Glascarnoch (Highland) only climbed to 15C (59F).

The sun did manage to make an appearance across parts of England and Wales. The heating from the sun also helped to build the clouds and develop heavy thundery showers. There were numerous warnings issued because of the heavy rain that made driving conditions quite dangerous in places. The heavy rain also caused some problem with flooding across a good part of the UK especially southwest England and parts of Scotland. There was even a landslide from the excess rain in the southern Highlands that trapped 20 cars near Lochearnhead.

Even though it was an unsettled day there was good deal of sunshine and warmth across parts of England. Marham (Norfolk) reached 24C (75F) to take the prize as the warmest place for the day while Ross-on-Wye recorded 8.5 hours of sunshine.

Information thanks to the BBC Weather Website

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Nationwide extremes for 19-08-2004

WARMEST

Weather station Altitude Daytime Temperature

Holbeach 3 metres 24.5°C

Coningsby 7 metres 24.1°C

Marham 23 metres 23.3°C

Northolt 40 metres 23.3°C

Donna Nook 8 metres 23.1°C

Weybourne 21 metres 23.1°C

Gravesend 3 metres 22.9°C

London MET 5 metres 22.9°C

Waddington 70 metres 22.9°C

Bedford 85 metres 22.8°C

COLDEST

Weather station Altitude Overnight Temperature

Shobdon 99 metres 8.9°C

Redesdale 207 metres 9.8°C

Hereford/Credenhill 76 metres 10.0°C

Cork 153 metres 10.1°C

Leuchars 12 metres 10.7°C

Sennybridge 309 metres 10.7°C

Charterhall 112 metres 10.8°C

Strathallan 35 metres 11.0°C

Tulloch Bridge 237 metres 11.1°C

Eskdalemuir 242 metres 11.2°C

WETTEST

Weather station Altitude Total Daily Rainfall

Lerwick 82 metres 79.0mm

Sella Ness 7 metres 37.0mm

Capel Curig 216 metres 30.0mm

Shap 249 metres 26.0mm

Wattisham 87 metres 26.0mm

Altnaharra 81 metres 25.0mm

Andrewsfield 87 metres 25.0mm

Larkhill 132 metres 25.0mm

Kinloss 7 metres 24.0mm

Tulloch Bridge 237 metres 24.0mm