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The first few days were unsettled and breezy with
some outbreaks of rain, heavy and thundery at times,
mainly in the north-west and over northern parts and
East Anglia on the 3rd. As pressure rose dry sunny
conditions became established by the 5th. There was
some frost at night though day temperatures were not
far from normal, -3.5 °C being recorded at Redesdale
(Northumberland) early on the 6th.
Following some rain on the 7th/8th and some heavy
showers in the west on the 10th, high pressure re-established
itself over the region. The weather became mostly
dry, rather warm and sunny, with Herne Bay (Kent)
reaching 20.7 °C on the 10th.
By the 15th the anticyclone had moved to Scandinavia
with an attendant ridge over the North Sea. Though
staying mostly sunny and dry, a fresh to strong easterly
wind picked up on the 17th/18th and with temperatures
in the rather cold category it felt distinctly chilly.
From the 20th rain and showers moved northwards across
the region becoming more widespread and thundery on
the 22nd/23rd especially in the south, south-east
and East Anglia and places in the south-west. A secondary
depression moved north over the region during the
24th/25th bringing high winds and heavy rain to many
areas. Portland reported a gust of 61 kn on the 24th
while many places in North Wales had more than 60
mm of rain in 24 hours. Pressure rose steadily from
the 26th allowing mainly fine warm and dry weather
to prevail with some mist and fog at night. During
the 30th a cold front crossed from the west giving
heavy rain in places especially over western parts,
with some locations reporting thunder later.
Rainfall anomalies ranged from about 130% in parts
of the Midlands to around 85% in western and southern
areas.
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