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Robert FitzRoy. Original release. 24 August 1867 (by telegraph) The Shipping Forecast is a BBC Radio broadcast of weather reports and forecasts for the seas around the British Isles. It is produced by the Met Office and broadcast by BBC Radio 4 on behalf of the Maritime and Coastguard Agency. The forecast dates back over 150 years.
The stations are listed in the order they are read in the forecast, the numbers in brackets refer to the map on the right. Weather reports included in the forecasts are issued at 2300 local time for the late broadcast and 0400 for the early one, although reports issued at other times may be included if for some reason, the most recent weather ...
Wales is also drier than Scotland in every month apart from May, June and December, and there are fewer days with rain than in Scotland. Sunshine totals throughout the year are more than that of Scotland and Northern Ireland, but less than that of neighbouring England. May is the sunniest month, averaging 186.8 hours. [27]
35.9 °C (96.6 °F), recorded at Cheltenham, Gloucestershire on 3 July 1976. A period of unusually hot summer weather occurred in the British Isles during the summer of 1976. At the same time, there was a severe drought on the islands of Great Britain and Ireland. [2][3] It was one of the driest, sunniest and warmest summers (June/July/August ...
End date. 7 August 2018. Peak temp. 35.3 °C (95.5 °F), recorded at Faversham, Kent on 26 July 2018 [1][2] The 2018 Britain and Ireland heatwave was a period of unusually hot weather that took place in June, July and August. It caused widespread drought, hosepipe bans, crop failures, and a number of wildfires.
Highest monthly total (UK national average) [11] 266 hours UK (national average) May 2020 Highest monthly total (England) [2] 383.9 hours Eastbourne, Sussex: July 1911 Highest monthly total (Northern Ireland) [2] 298 hours Mount Stewart, County Down: June 1940 Highest monthly total (Scotland) [2] 329.1 hours Tiree, Argyll & Bute: May 1975
In its long-range forecast, the Met Office said warm air will clear by early next week, making way for more showers, some of which can be heavy and thundery. The north and the west are likely to ...
Stagg and the teams based the forecast weather improvements for June 6 on reports from a single weather ship 600 miles (1100 km) west of Ireland reporting a rising barometer, and a lighthouse keeper on the Blacksod Lighthouse in County Mayo in neutral northwest Ireland. Under a secret 1939 deal between Dublin and the Met Office in Dunstable ...