This has been a remarkable meteorological July for the UK and indeed England. With double the normal rainfall over parts of Scotland while temperature extremes and records have occurred on both ends of the scale at both ends of the month.
The month started like this…
Credit: Michael Ventrice
ended like this!
Credit: Michael Ventrice
It averaged out below normal.
Credit: Michael Ventrice
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Following a cold June, we opened July on an historic note with temperatures widely climbing into the low 30s C. Heathrow set a new UK July heat record with 36.7C surpassing the previous July record set in 2006 (36.5C).
Credit: Capital Weather Gang
Credit: Met Office
Since then, heat has seemingly disappeared for most and the cold Atlantic and chilly trend made a noticeable comeback a mere week following the record heat.
We firstly saw record lows set in parts of Scotland and Northern Ireland week 2, then week 3 saw a chilly north flow combined with near stationary frontal zone which trapped unusually cold air near the surface. This setup led to record or near record cold daytime maximums over Scotland.
Credit: Met Office / via BBC
Then came Friday morning and July 2015’s final day, the very areas which have managed to hold onto some summer sun and warmth this year, started the month downright hot but has indeed ended the month in record cold territory stretching from South Wales to East Anglia.
Just look at these lows. Highly unusual, especially for southernmost England and Wales.
Credit: Met Desk
Last night has been confirmed as the coldest July night on record for several places, including Exeter Airport at 2.0C & Okehampton at 2.7C.
Let’s not forget the spells of unusually windy conditions and during the middle part of the month, while 40+ mph winds blew at low levels, we saw a gust of 91 mph recorded over Cairngorm Summit in the Highlands. This appears to be the strongest wind gust for July in the UK since 1996.
No video today but should have one again for you tomorrow which looks at next week and beyond.
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