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Northolt - Airfield Weather Station in the North West of London. Temperature extremes range from 37.7 °C (99.9 °F) in August 2003, down to −16.1 °C (3.0 °F) in January 1962. Climate data for RAF Northolt. WMO ID: 03672; coordinates 51°32′55″N 0°25′01″W; elevation: 40 m (131 ft); 1991–2020 normals, extremes 1948–present.
Heathrow Airport (/ ˌ h iː θ ˈ r oʊ, ˈ h iː θ r oʊ /), [6] called London Airport until 1966 (IATA: LHR, ICAO: EGLL), [7] and now known as London Heathrow, is the main international airport serving London, the capital and most populous city of England and the United Kingdom.
2010–11 North American winter. The winter of 2010–11 was a weather event that brought heavy snowfalls, record low temperatures, travel chaos and school disruption to the islands of Great Britain and Ireland. It included the United Kingdom's coldest December since Met Office records began, with a mean temperature of −1 °C (30 °F ...
173. 278. 150. Cairn Gorm, Scottish Highlands. 20 March 1986. Shetland holds the unofficial British record for wind speed. A gust of 197 mph (317 km/h) was reported on 1 January 1992. An earlier gust in 1962 was recorded at 177 mph (285 km/h), both at RAF Saxa Vord. [12] However, it is expected that higher gusts than those reported would have ...
Met Office’s upcoming UK weather forecast. 08:02, Tara Cobham. The Met Office said winds will ease slightly as Storm Ashley moves north-east on Monday, with a mix of scattered showers and sunny ...
The climate in the United Kingdom is defined as a humid temperate oceanic climate, or Cfb on the Köppen climate classification system, a classification it shares with most of north-west Europe. [1] Regional climates are influenced by the Atlantic Ocean and latitude.
The 2022 United Kingdom heatwaves were part of several heatwaves across Europe and North Africa. The United Kingdom experienced three heatwaves; the first was for three days in June, the second for three days in July, and the third for six days in August. These were periods of unusually hot weather caused by rising high pressure up from the ...
Instrument landing system. In aviation, the instrument landing system (ILS) is a precision radio navigation system that provides short-range guidance to aircraft to allow them to approach a runway at night or in bad weather. In its original form, it allows an aircraft to approach until it is 200 feet (61 m) over the ground, within a mile (800 m ...