British Isles weather diary

British Isles weather diary

Recent temperature, rainfall and sunshine extremes over the British Isles (Note: figures in parentheses give an indication, from first reports, of the spread of daily max and min temperatures, min daytime temperatures (occasionally), rainfall and sunshine in the 24 hours ending 2100 GMT.)

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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