British Isles weather diary
Recent temperature, rainfall and sunshine extremes over the British Isles- Maximum temperature; 06-18 UTC
- Minimum temperature; 18-06 UTC
- Grass minimum temperature; 18-06 UTC
- Overnight rainfall; 18-06 UTC
- Daytime rainfall; 06-18 UTC
- Sunshine; sunrise-sunset yesterday
British Isles weather, September 2010
High pressure made for a settled day on the 1st. There was a touch of ground frost before dawn in a few inland areas of Scotland and N England - but away from W Ireland most inland areas had a cool start to the day. There were also a few mist and fog patches in the Midlands, S England and Ireland. During the day there was some light rain in W and cent parts of Scotland - across SE Ireland and over much of England it was a day with prolonged sunshine - but Scotland was somewhat cloudier because of a couple of troughs. (Church Fenton 24.6C, Fair Isle 12.8C maximum, Kinbrace 1.9C minimum, Braemar 2.6mm, Leconfield 12.5h.)Inland areas had a chiily start to the 2nd away from W Ireland with some mist and fog developing before dawn in many areas. There was a little light rain in W Scotland but elsewhere it was a dry night with little cloud. A sunny day followed almost everywhere - although there was thicker cloud and less sunshine in E England. A reduction in the sunshine in some SW areas was caused by high cloud from the remains of ex-Hurricane Danielle, according to the Met Office.(Shobdon 22.9C, Fair Isle 14.1C maximum, Exeter Airport 2.9C minimum, Bingley 0.8mm, Kinloss 13.2h.)
There was a touch of ground frost in some sheltered parts of Scotland on the 3rd; elsewhere there were varying amounts of cloud but it was a dry night. Some fog patches formed in parts of S and E England. At Valentia the overnight minimum temperature was 17.3C with the grass minimum temperature falling no lower than 14C. The high pressure centre had retreated N of Shetland by midday and during the evening a front made slow progress NE'wards across Ireland. It was a mainly sunny day - except in SW Ireland - with over 12h of sunshine in places. As a result inland temperatures were widely above 20C - as far N as N Scotland. (Kinlochewe 24.5C, Fair Isle 14.1C maximum, Aboyne 1.6C minimum, Salsburgh 0.4mm, Lerwick 12.4h.)
Frontal rain spread across W Ireland by dawn on the 4th with cloud running ahead of it. At Shannon Airport the minimum temperature was 16.2C, while in cooler conditions in E England some mist and fog formed in places. During the day the rain made only slow progress E'wards, into E Ireland and a few W parts of Scotland, Wales and SW England. Further E there was some weak sunshine - with stronger sunshine behind the frontal in W Ireland. Warm conditions were to be found as far N as NW Scotland ahead of the rain - which made very little further progress in the evening. (Jersey Airport 24.5C, Fair Isle 13.4C maximum, Altnaharra 3.5C minimum, Lough Fea 11.6mm, Valentia 8.8h.)
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