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England is also sunnier throughout the year than Wales, Northern Ireland and Scotland, the sunniest month is July, with an average of 193.5 hours. 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 Central England Temperature (CET) record is a meteorological dataset originally published by Professor Gordon Manley in 1953 and subsequently extended and updated in 1974, following many decades of work. The monthly mean surface air temperatures, for the Midlands region of England, are given (in degrees Celsius) from the year 1659 to the ...
On 8 August the UK Health Security Agency issued a level 3 heat health alert for central and southern England effective from 9 to 13 August, which was later extended to 14 August. [ 65 ] [ 66 ] The highest temperature recorded in the UK on 11 August was 34.2 °C (93.6 °F) in Wiggonholt , West Sussex.
18 July 2022 Pitsford, Northamptonshire [6] 5 37.8 °C (100.0 °F) 31 July 2020 Heathrow, Greater London: 6* 37.1 °C (98.8 °F) 3 August 1990 Cheltenham, Gloucestershire: 7 36.7 °C (98.1 °F) 1 July 2015 Heathrow, Greater London 8* 36.7 °C (98.1 °F) 9 August 1911: Raunds, Northamptonshire 9 36.6 °C (97.9 °F) 2 August 1990
The Met Office confirms 2022 was the hottest year for the country on record.
The 2013 heatwave in the United Kingdom and Ireland was a period of unusually hot weather primarily in July 2013, with isolated warm days in June and August. A prolonged high pressure system over Great Britain and Ireland caused higher than average temperatures for 19 consecutive days in July, reaching 33.5 °C (92.3 °F) at Heathrow and Northolt.
Rising temperatures could lead to citrus cultivation. According to a study by the Met Office, within 40 years the average temperature is likely to increase by 2 °C (3.6 °F) in the south-west and the average warmest summer day will increase by 3 °C (5.4 °F) to be 31 °C (88 °F). It predicts that the region will have one of the highest ...
The climate of East Anglia is generally dry and mild. The region is the driest in the United Kingdom with many areas receiving less than 600mm (24") of rainfall a year. [1] and locations such as St Osyth less than 500 mm (20") on average. [2] Rainfall is fairly evenly distributed throughout the year.