Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
July 1808 was the second hottest July on record, at the time with an extreme notable heatwave from the 12th to 15 July, peaking on the 13th and 14th. Temperatures above 36 °C (97 °F) were recorded in many areas on the 13th and 14th, with London reaching 38 °C (100 °F) [ 1 ] on the 13th, with a possible reading of 41 °C (105 °F).
It rains on fewer days every month throughout the year than the rest of the UK, and rainfall totals are less in every month, with the driest month, May, averaging 58.4 mm (2.30 in). [3] The climate of south-west England displays a seasonal temperature variation, although it is less extreme than most of the United Kingdom with milder winters.
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
For premium support please call: 800-290-4726 more ways to reach us
[1] [2] While Seville elected to designate five names for 2022 in reverse alphabetical order, unlike the relatively standardized conventions for naming Tropical cyclone naming, there is currently no regional consensus for the naming of heat waves. Several countries have their own schemes.
A temperature of 20.2C has been recorded in the Scottish Highlands, the Met Office has said.
For premium support please call: 800-290-4726 more ways to reach us
Both the general warming trend [6] and the hottest year on record at the time, 2014, [7] have been attributed to human-caused climate change using observational and climate model-based techniques. This record was subsequently broken in 2022, when a mean CET of 11.15 °C (52.07 °F) was recorded, 1.68 °C (3.02 °F) above the 1961-90 average and ...