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JANUARY
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FEBRUARY
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MARCH
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Generally dry and very sunny throughout the UK.
A period of high pressure centred on Scotland mid month led to
cold conditions with frost and fog at night. Milder and
unsettled spells of weather at the start and towards the end
of the month, with occasional heavy rainfalls.
This has been the sunniest January in the series (back to 1961) for England and Wales. Very sunny too in Northern Ireland and
many northern stations in Scotland broke records.
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Wet weather returned to eastern parts of England
at the start. As high pressure began to dominate it became
drier with sunshine by day and frost at night. Turned cold
towards the end with quite significant snowfalls in Scotland
and northern England.
In Scotland, heavy snow at the start and end
of the month brought power cuts and disrupted road, rail and
air transport.
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Snow at times especially in the north and over
high ground. Milder during the second week, and at the month's
end. Relatively sunny and dry in the north and north-west but
dull and wet in the south and south-east.
A transitional month. Kinbrace in Sutherland
recorded –21.7 °C on the 3rd; Guernsey reached 17.5 °C
on the 31st.
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APRIL
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MAY
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JUNE
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Changeable and wet overall. Average temperatures
were close to normal, being warmest at the start of the month.
Cold northerly winds prevailed mid month with some wintry
showers and overnight frosts. Thundery showers towards the end
with some sunny periods.
Although wet in most places, the Hebrides and
Western Highlands recorded only half their long term average.
Tiree had its driest March since 1969.
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On the whole it was a dry, warm and sunny month throughout
the UK. Although, it was generally cool and unsettled
midmonth, with frequent heavy thundery rain over the south of
the UK. Cooler and more unsettled conditions again over the UK
towards the end of the month.
Many places in Scotland were closest to their warmest
May on record. Aberdeen Airport had its sunniest May since
records began in 1946.
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A cool and dull month over Northern Ireland and Scotland,
whilst England and Wales were warmer than normal and rather
sunny. Although it was a generally dry month over England and
Wales, heavy thundery rainfall over the south-west on the 5th
produced two inches of rainfall at Newquay.
Eskdalemuir received just 66% of their normal sunshine.
Barbourne, near Worcester, recorded a high of 32.6 °C
on the 26th.
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JULY
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AUGUST
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SEPTEMBER
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the whole of the UK, with near normal rainfall and temperature.
Despite close to average sunshine totals across much of
the UK, many stations in Scotland had their dullest July
for 10 years.
Cardiff reported 67 mm in 12 hours, due to thunderstorms
on the 3rd/4th, with approximately 50 mm of this falling
in just 3 hours.
Keyworth (Nottinghamshire) reported 96 mm in just 15 hours
on the 14/15th of the month.
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The whole of the UK, had temperatures just above normal,
with most areas receiving more rainfall and sunshine than
normal. However, it was rather dull in parts of north and east
Scotland, with less than average rainfall over the north-west
of Scotland.
Temperatures in London approached 32 °C, exceeding
the August bank holiday Saturday record of 31 °C
set in 1943
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Scotland, England and Wales experienced average
temperatures, with cooler days counteracting the warmer
nights. Northern Ireland experienced the best of the weather,
with above average temperatures and sunshine, and only around
50 % of its normal September rainfall.
Kinloss experienced its dullest September since records
began in 1951, with only 59 hours of sun.
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OCTOBER
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NOVEMBER
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DECEMBER
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A very warm month over the whole of the UK. It was also
very wet across England, Wales and Scotland, with only
Northern Ireland experiencing less than average rainfall.
Over 90 mm of rainfall was reported in the Cambridge
area on the 21st, causing severe flooding. A temperature
of 25.3 °C was recorded at Herne Bay on the 13th.
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Another mild month across the whole of the UK. Most areas
of the UK also experienced below average rainfall, with parts
of southern England receiving less than 50% of their normal
rainfall. It was also rather dull across most western areas of
the UK, with eastern and southern areas seeing higher than
average sunshine values.
Colwyn Bay and Hawarden reported a maximum temperature
of 16.9 °C, which broke the UK record for the 30th
November.
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A very sunny month across the whole of the UK, with many
stations breaking their sunshine records. Most of the country
received less than average rainfall, with parts of England and
Wales only receiving a third of average. Temperatures were
close to average over Scotland and Northern Ireland, but
nearly a degree below normal over England and Wales.
Temperatures reached 16.1 °C in North Wales on
the 11th. There were severe frosts during the month, with
temperatures falling as low as -11.6 °C at Tulloch
Bridge on the 31st.
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