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Highest 24-hour total (UK national average) 31.7 mm (1.25 in) UK (national average) [9] 3 October 2020 Highest 48-hour total 405 mm (15.9 in) Thirlmere, Cumbria 4 to 5 December 2015 Highest 72-hour total 456.4 mm (17.97 in) Seathwaite, Cumbria 17 to 19 November 2009 Highest 96-hour total 495 mm (19.5 in) Seathwaite, Cumbria
The hottest day of the year so far has seen the country basking in sizzling temperatures of more than 29C (84.2F). A high of 29.5C (85.1F) was recorded at Northolt in west London on Thursday ...
The UK Health Security Agency has issued a level 4 heat-health alert – described as an ’emergency’. Live: UK heatwave: One of hottest days ever with warnings of worse to come Skip to main ...
Various heat records have been broken, [1] with July being the hottest month ever recorded. [2] Scientists have attributed the heat waves to man-made climate change. [1] [2] Another cause is the El Niño phenomena which began to develop in 2023. [3] However, recent findings show that climate change is exacerbating the strength of El Niño. [4]
The hottest UK temperature in January is provisionally recorded by the Met Office, with a peak of 19.6 °C (67.3 °F) at Kinlochewe, Scottish Highlands, more than a degree higher than the previous record in 2003. [123] The UK government announces plans to ban disposable vapes in an attempt to tackle the growing number of children taking up vaping.
The Met Office said it is provisionally only the 11th year since 1961 that such high temperatures have been recorded.
Temperatures reached 24.8C in Porthmadog, north Wales. For premium support please call: 800-290-4726 more ways to reach us
On 25 July, Bloomberg News reported that South East London had narrowly avoided experiencing a blackout on 20 July, after the increase in demand for electricity caused by the hot weather. [51] It was prevented by the National Grid purchasing electricity from Belgium at the highest price the UK had ever paid. They were reported to have paid £ ...