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Latest observations - 2200 on 21 Aug 08: UK

Location	Weather	Temp	Wind			Vis	Pressure / trend
Location	Weather	Temp	Dir	Speed	Gust	Vis	Pressure / trend
Belfast (Aldergrove)		11.4 °C	NW	3 mph		17 km	1015 hPa, Rising
Cardiff (St Athan)		15.5 °C	WNW	6 mph		40 km	1016 hPa, Rising
Edinburgh (Gogarbank)		11.1 °C	NE	8 mph		3.1 km	1012 hPa, Rising
London (Heathrow)		17.7 °C	SW	11 mph		26 km	1015 hPa, Rising

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More UK observations

24 hours ending 2200 on 20 Aug 08: UK

Highest max	22.1 °C	Heathrow
Lowest max	14.3 °C	Tyndrum
Lowest min	8.4 °C	Altnaharra
Highest rainfall	51.4 mm	Salsburgh
Sunniest	4.2 hours	Kirkwall

Last updated: 0924 on Thu 21 Aug 2008

UK last month

July 2008

Mean temperatures ranged from close to average across SW England and S Wales to over 1 deg C above average across Scotland. Rainfall was generally above or well above average across Northern Ireland, England and Wales, but close to average across East Anglia. Rainfall over Scotland ranged from below average across the north-west to above average across the south-east. Sunshine was generally close to average across the UK.

Cambridge NIAB (Cambridgeshire) recorded a maximum temperature of 30.2 °C on the 28th. Katesbridge (County Down) recorded a minimum temperature of 0.8 °C on the 13th. Pershore College (Worcestershire) recorded 59.0 mm in the 24-hour period ending 0900 UTC on the 29th (including an hourly total of 28.8 mm in the hour ending 0000 UTC on the 29th).

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