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Nationwide extremes for 26-05-2004

WARMEST

Weather station Altitude Daytime Temperature

Castlederg 51 metres 20.9°C

Chivenor 8 metres 20.9°C

Plymouth Wc 50 metres 20.5°C

Jersey 84 metres 20.4°C

Cardiff Weather Centre 9 metres 20.3°C

St.Mawgan 119 metres 20.0°C

Yeovilton 23 metres 19.8°C

Milford-Haven 37 metres 19.7°C

St, Athan 49 metres 19.7°C

St.Angelo 47 metres 19.7°C

COLDEST

Weather station Altitude Overnight Temperature

Aviemore 220 metres -1.8°C

Altnaharra 81 metres -0.4°C

Aboyne 140 metres -0.3°C

Castlederg 51 metres 0.6°C

Albemarle 141 metres 0.7°C

Redesdale 207 metres 0.8°C

Tain Range 4 metres 0.9°C

Shap 249 metres 1.0°C

Leeming 40 metres 1.1°C

Lough Fea 225 metres 1.2°C

WETTEST

Weather station Altitude Total Daily Rainfall

Filton 59 metres 7.0mm

Benson 63 metres 4.0mm

Loch Glascarnoch 265 metres 2.0mm

Lyneham 145 metres 1.0mm

Isle of Portland 53 metres 0.8mm

Baltasound 15 metres 0.6mm

Sella Ness 7 metres 0.6mm

Andrewsfield 87 metres 0.4mm

Farnborough 65 metres 0.4mm

Redesdale 207 metres 0.4mm

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By Sarah Wilmshurst

Review of the day 26th May 2004

The rain is coming I promise, but for now you will still have to water the garden as it has been yet another dry day for the vast majority of the UK. In Cornwall it has now been 19 days since there has been any rain!

It was another pretty chilly start to the day for many of us - Loch Glascarnoch in the Highlands in particular was cold with an early morning temperature of minus 2 C. It was then a rather cool day for many, and the temperature in Leek (Staffordshire) climbed up to only 11C. Southwest England was quite warm again with 22 C recorded in Saunton Sands (Devon)

Although most places were dry, it has been a pretty cloudy day in some spots. In London there was only 2 hours of sunshine, and Birmingham only had 18 minutes. The best sunshine was near the coasts, in the southwest of England and also in northern Scotland with 14.8 hours inTiree (Inner Hebrides).

During the afternoon shower clouds built up in the West Country, bringing a heavy hail shower to Filton, Bristol which gave 5 mm (a fifth of an inch) of rain in an hour. In fact this was the wettest place today with 7.4mm (a third of an inch) through the day. The showers then started to crop up in other parts of southern England and Wales, with thunderstorms mixed in. There were also one or two showers in western parts of Northern Ireland.

So, thats another review of a mainly dry day, but there is some rain on the way later this week and over the weekend.

Information thanks to the BBC Weather Website

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Nationwide extremes for 27-05-2004

WARMEST

Weather station Altitude Daytime Temperature

Pembrey Sands 3 metres 22.0°C

Skye/Lusa 18 metres 21.7°C

Chivenor 8 metres 21.5°C

Jersey 84 metres 21.5°C

Aberporth 133 metres 21.0°C

Cardiff Weather Centre 9 metres 20.8°C

Llanbedr 0 metres 20.7°C

Guernsey 102 metres 20.3°C

St, Athan 49 metres 20.3°C

Trawscoed 63 metres 20.3°C

COLDEST

Weather station Altitude Overnight Temperature

Altnaharra 81 metres -3.0°C

Aboyne 140 metres -1.4°C

Loch Glascarnoch 265 metres -1.0°C

Shap 249 metres -1.0°C

Aviemore 220 metres -0.7°C

Redesdale 207 metres -0.3°C

Wick 39 metres -0.2°C

Tain Range 4 metres 0.2°C

Kinloss 7 metres 0.7°C

Charterhall 112 metres 0.8°C

WETTEST

Weather station Altitude Total Daily Rainfall

Hereford/Credenhill 76 metres 11.0mm

Bedford 85 metres 8.2mm

Coleshill 96 metres 5.0mm

Great Malvern 46 metres 5.0mm

Shobdon 99 metres 5.0mm

Andrewsfield 87 metres 4.0mm

Church Lawford 107 metres 3.0mm

Shoeburyness 2 metres 3.0mm

High Wycombe 204 metres 2.0mm

London MET 5 metres 2.0mm

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By Elizabeth Saary

Last of the sunny days?

For most people, Thursday was the last full day of dry weather and sunshine. Clouds gathering in the Atlantic were preparing to put an end to the settled conditions just in time for the Bank Holiday weekend.

Much of the country has been experiencing some colder than usual nights and Wednesday night was no exception. By the early hours of Thursday morning, Kinbrace in Highland region recorded a minimum temperature of -4C and there was a widespread ground frost in many other northern and eastern parts.

Despite the chilly start, most places warmed up quite nicely once the sunshine got to work. The warmest place was Jersey with 23C or 73F. A few other spots were not too far behind though. Cardiff got to 21C and Plymouth to 20C.

All the sunshine helped to raise those temperatures but the sunniest spot of all was Torquay in Devon with over fifteen hours of blue sky.

With cloudy skies for much of the day, the coolest spot was Lerwick in Shetland where temperatures rose only as high as 10C (50F).

During the evening, the approach of a weather front from the Atlantic began to turn things much cloudier across Northern Ireland and western Britain with rain expected in these parts during the coming night.

As the 24 hour recording period runs from 7pm to 7pm, some heavy showers on Wednesday evening gave Credenhill in Herefordshire 11mm of rain, making it the UK's wettest place of the day. However, during daylight hours nearly everywhere had a dry day.

As the holiday weekend approaches, it looks like many more places will be in for some wet weather - something that many of us have managed to escape for quite some time!

Information thanks to the BBC Weather Website

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Nationwide extremes for 28-05-2004

WARMEST

Weather station Altitude Daytime Temperature

Leeming 40 metres 21.6°C

Lossiemouth 13 metres 21.0°C

London MET 5 metres 20.9°C

Kinloss 7 metres 20.8°C

Northolt 40 metres 20.3°C

Jersey 84 metres 20.1°C

London/Heathrow 24 metres 20.1°C

Benson 63 metres 20.0°C

Pershore 32 metres 19.9°C

Brize Norton 88 metres 19.8°C

COLDEST

Weather station Altitude Overnight Temperature

Aboyne 140 metres -0.9°C

Altnaharra 81 metres -0.3°C

Redesdale 207 metres 0.7°C

Leconfield 0 metres 1.5°C

Aviemore 220 metres 1.8°C

Baltasound 15 metres 2.3°C

Tain Range 4 metres 2.4°C

Charterhall 112 metres 2.7°C

Coltishall 20 metres 2.8°C

Kinloss 7 metres 2.9°C

WETTEST

Weather station Altitude Total Daily Rainfall

Cork 153 metres 18.7mm

Roches Point 40 metres 14.0mm

Lough Fea 225 metres 8.0mm

Sennybridge 309 metres 7.6mm

St.Angelo 47 metres 7.0mm

Valentia 9 metres 6.3mm

Castlederg 51 metres 6.0mm

Culdrose 82 metres 6.0mm

Glenanne 161 metres 6.0mm

Isle of Portland 53 metres 6.0mm

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By Matt Taylor

It had to rain eventually.

With the bank holiday weekend now upon us it was perhaps inevitable that the rain would arrive. After two weeks of reasonably sunny and dry conditions the weather has now become much more unsettled for the weekend period. That said we can all still expect some sunny, and fairly warm spells at times.

The first signs of the change began in the west at the end of Thursday (27th May 2004). Extensive cloud spread in off the Atlantic to many western areas, with outbreaks of rain edging in across Northern Ireland, Wales, and southwest England. A consequence of the cloudier skies was that for many, in the west, it was also to be a much milder night than recently. For instance, at Harlech and Valley in north-west Wales, the temperature held at around 14 Celsius (57 F) overnight.

It was a completely different story in the east. Here, we saw clearer skies and also some rather chilly weather. Parts of northeast England and eastern Scotland got close to a frost once more, with Aboyne (Aberdeenshire) actually achieving one as the temperature dipped to -1 Celsius (30 F).

So there was an east-west split to the weather for the start of Friday (28th May 2004). Many western areas began cloudy with outbreaks of rain. In the east though, after a chilly start it there was plenty of sunshine on offer. Despite the sunshine gradually becoming increasingly hazy, as the band of cloud and rain slowly edged eastwards, Cromer (Norfolk) still managed an impressive 14.4 hours of sunshine.

A combination of winds from the south and that sunshine also helped many places in the east to reach 19 or 20 Celsius (66 and 68 F). However, with some additional shelter from the Grampians, the temperature peaked in Lossiemouth (Moray) at 21 Celsius (70 F).

Gradually, the thicker cloud in the west creeped it's way eastwards across the rest of Scotland, Wales, and much of England. As it edge eastwards, the rain began to ease and fragment, but not before dropping 8 mm (0.31 inches) of rain on Sennybridge (Powys). It also turned increasingly misty and drizzly in the southwest of England.

Despite the cloud, the southerly breeze still kept it reasonably mild. The exception was in the far north of Scotland, temperatures here struggling to get into the low teens. On the Fair Isle (Northern Isles), the mercury only managed a very disappointing 10 Celsius (50 F).

Information thanks to the BBC Weather Website

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Nationwide extremes for 29-05-2004

WARMEST

Weather station Altitude Daytime Temperature

Coltishall 20 metres 22.0°C

Weybourne 21 metres 22.0°C

Gravesend 3 metres 21.8°C

Holbeach 3 metres 20.9°C

Manston 55 metres 20.8°C

Scampton 61 metres 20.8°C

Donna Nook 8 metres 20.7°C

Pershore 32 metres 20.7°C

Wainfleet 5 metres 20.6°C

Coningsby 7 metres 20.5°C

COLDEST

Weather station Altitude Overnight Temperature

Coltishall 20 metres 6.2°C

Baltasound 15 metres 8.2°C

Tain Range 4 metres 8.4°C

Glenanne 161 metres 8.5°C

Lerwick 82 metres 8.5°C

Lough Fea 225 metres 8.6°C

Sella Ness 7 metres 8.7°C

Loch Glascarnoch 265 metres 8.8°C

Altnaharra 81 metres 8.9°C

Aultbea 11 metres 9.2°C

WETTEST

Weather station Altitude Total Daily Rainfall

Loch Glascarnoch 265 metres 19.0mm

Walney Island 15 metres 7.0mm

Eskdalemuir 242 metres 6.2mm

Ballycastle 68 metres 6.0mm

Isle of Man/Ronaldsway 17 metres 6.0mm

Shap 249 metres 5.8mm

Glasgow/Bishopton 59 metres 5.2mm

Milford-Haven 37 metres 5.0mm

Preswick rn 6 metres 5.0mm

Warcop 227 metres 5.0mm

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By Matt Taylor

The sun eventually shone....for some.

The bank holiday weekend weather is shaping up to be a real mixed bag, and Saturday's weather was no different. The day had it all; rain, warm sunshine, fog, and thunderstorms.

The weather front that had arrived from the west, during Friday, became slow moving across much of Scotland, western England and Wales during the early hours. Pulses of rain continued to edge northwards along it, but for most it brought largely cloudy skies as well as some mist and patchy fog to southern coasts and hills.

The extensive sheet of cloud helped to keep the temperatures up across much of the country. There were a few breaks however, in the far east and west, and it was here that the temperatures took more of a dip. It was a frost free night though, with the chilliest place being Coltishall (near Norwich, Norfolk) at 6 Celsius (41F).

So it was a rather grey start to the day for many, with further sporadic outbreaks of rain up and down the country. Some brighter skies greeted those in East Anglia at first, and as we edged towards the afternoon, the sun started to win through across a good chunk of Wales, west and southwest England, and eventually Northern Ireland and the far west of Scotland. Falmouth (Cornwall) managed the greatest amount of sunshine with a very pleasant 8.9 hours in all.

During the afternoon we continued to see some further showers in places, and these tended to become heavier as the afternoon wore on. One clump of showers edging up western Scotland grew into thunderstorms. Some torrential downpours accompanied them with 19mm (0.77 inches) of rain falling at Loch Glascarnoch (Highland) - 11mm (0.43 inches) of that in just one hour. Thunderstorms also cropped up in parts of Lincolnshire.

Once again it was a rather chilly day in the far north of Scotland with Lerwick (Shetland) struggling to 11 Celsius. Elsewhere, even where we saw the cloud and showers, it was a reasonably warm day. Margate (Kent) was the warmest place with just over 22 Celsius (72F). Many other places came close, including Coltishall (Norfolk) which also reached 22 Celsius after the comparatively chilly start.

Information thanks to the BBC Weather Website

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Nationwide extremes for 30-05-2004

WARMEST

Weather station Altitude Daytime Temperature

Aboyne 140 metres 21.7°C

Aviemore 220 metres 20.6°C

Church Lawford 107 metres 20.1°C

Great Malvern 46 metres 20.1°C

Leuchars 12 metres 20.1°C

London MET 5 metres 20.1°C

Shoeburyness 2 metres 20.0°C

Tain Range 4 metres 20.0°C

Gravesend 3 metres 19.9°C

Bedford 85 metres 19.8°C

COLDEST

Weather station Altitude Overnight Temperature

Redesdale 207 metres 1.7°C

Shap 249 metres 2.9°C

Spadeadam 285 metres 3.0°C

Albemarle 141 metres 3.8°C

Aboyne 140 metres 3.9°C

Loch Glascarnoch 265 metres 4.7°C

Strathallan 35 metres 4.7°C

Aviemore 220 metres 4.8°C

Tulloch Bridge 237 metres 5.0°C

Warcop 227 metres 5.4°C

WETTEST

Weather station Altitude Total Daily Rainfall

Wainfleet 5 metres 24.0mm

Coningsby 7 metres 8.0mm

Holbeach 3 metres 8.0mm

Topcliffe 25 metres 8.0mm

Redhill 63 metres 7.2mm

Wittering 84 metres 7.2mm

Charlwood 80 metres 5.4mm

Manston 55 metres 5.4mm

Leconfield 0 metres 5.2mm

Bridlington Mrsc 15 metres 5.0mm

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By Matt Taylor

Sparky Sunday.

As promised, it's been a rather mixed bank holiday weekend so far. There have been some spells of pleasantly warm sunshine around, but also some torrential showers and thunderstorms. Grabbing the ideal location to enjoy the best of the weather has been somewhat of a lucky (or unlucky) lottery, although we will all at least see a little dry and sunny weather before the holiday weekend is out.

Much of the country actually enjoyed a good deal of dry weather through the night and into this morning. There were a few showers around, mainly across south-eastern parts of England, but away from these we saw some clearer skies develop. During some clearer moments, the temperature was prone to dip away. At Redesdale Camp (Northumberland) the mercury fell as low 2 Celsius (36F), but by and large it was in the minority.

For the early risers, it was a misty, rather than chilly start, that greeted some in parts of England, Wales and north-east Scotland, but there were some sunnier skies around. Many parts of Wales, western England and Scotland continued with a sunny theme through the rest of the day. Coastal areas saw the best of the sunshine, with Falmouth (Cornwall) once again the sunniest spot with 14.3 hours in all.

Away from the coasts, a scattering of shower clouds developed during the morning, especially across Northern Ireland. By the afternoon though, some of the showers gained enough energy to turn thundery, and in some places torrential downpours resulted.

Parts of Lincolnshire, southern England, and northern Scotland were worst affected by these localised downpours. At Wainfleet, near Skegness (Lincolnshire) a total of 24.4mm (0.96 inches) fell, 14.2 mm (0.56 inches) of this was in just one hour during the evening. Such was the isolated nature of these showers, that only a small number of showers were recorded by the Met Office rain gauges.

Showers and thunderstorms aside, it was a pleasantly warm day again for the bulk of the country. At Aboyne (Aberdeenshire) the temperature reached 22 Celsius (72F). Many others were not far behind Aboyne, although the temperature struggled again on the Fair Isle (Northern Isles) to just 11 Celsius (52F).

Information thanks to the BBC Weather Website

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Nationwide extremes for 31-05-2004

WARMEST

Weather station Altitude Daytime Temperature

Gravesend 3 metres 22.6°C

London MET 5 metres 21.9°C

London/Heathrow 24 metres 21.6°C

Northolt 40 metres 21.6°C

Crosby 8 metres 21.2°C

Hawarden 10 metres 21.0°C

Linton-On-Ouse 16 metres 21.0°C

Nottingham Weather Centre 117 metres 21.0°C

Leeming 40 metres 20.7°C

Redesdale 207 metres 20.7°C

COLDEST

Weather station Altitude Overnight Temperature

Shap 249 metres 1.3°C

Redesdale 207 metres 1.8°C

Tulloch Bridge 237 metres 2.4°C

Keswick 81 metres 3.0°C

Redhill 63 metres 3.1°C

Eskdalemuir 242 metres 3.4°C

Sennybridge 309 metres 3.9°C

Trawscoed 63 metres 4.0°C

Leeming 40 metres 4.1°C

Charterhall 112 metres 4.3°C

WETTEST

Weather station Altitude Total Daily Rainfall

Dunkeswell 255 metres 8.2mm

Plymouth Wc 50 metres 7.2mm

Guernsey 102 metres 7.0mm

Liscombe 348 metres 6.2mm

Wittering 84 metres 6.0mm

Cardinham 200 metres 5.2mm

Chivenor 8 metres 5.0mm

Culdrose 82 metres 5.0mm

Edinburgh/Gogarbank 57 metres 5.0mm

Loch Glascarnoch 265 metres 5.0mm

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By Matt Taylor

Bank Holiday Monday contrasts.

Today was one of those typical of a Bank Holiday Monday in which the weather was not going to be kind to everyone. An active weather system edging in off the Atlantic stalled across the southwest, but this meant for many it was to be a glorious day. So a day of contrasts it was to be.

The first big contrast was to be in the overnight temperatures. Despite largely clear skies across a good chunk of the UK, temperatures ranged from an almost frosty 1 Celsius (34 F) at Shap Fell(Cumbria), to a much milder 11 Celsius (52 F) in London and Swansea.

However, the reason for the milder conditions in Swansea was the arrival of more cloud, ahead of a weather system heading in off the Atlantic. This spread some outbreaks of rain across Cornwall for the start of the morning. This must have come as massive disappointment to those who had enjoyed a gloriously sunny day here on Sunday.

Very slowly, this band of rain inched its way north eastwards across Wales, southern England and Northern Ireland. By the end of the day it had reached Liverpool and London, and dropped 7.3 mm (0.29 inches) of rain at Dunkeswell Aeordrome (Devon) - probably still not enough to please gardeners.

Ahead of the band of cloud and rain, the contrast couldn't have been much greater. We did see a few thundery showers develop across the far north of Scotland, but for much of the country, it was a marvellous day with plenty of warm sunshine. On Tiree (Inner Hebrides) there was a virtually uninterrupted 15.5 hours of fantastic sunshine.

In the strong sunshine, the temperatures responded accordingly, hitting 23 Celsius (73 F) at Gravesend and Broadness (both in Kent). Many others across the country 20 Celsius (68 F) or more, but under the cloud and rain, Guernsey, Jersey (both Channel Islands) and Milford Haven (Pembrokeshire) all struggled around 13 Celsius. The coldest place for the day was, once again, the Fair Isle (Northern Isles) at 11 Celsius (52 F).

A Bank Holiday without the contrasting weather across the country would perhaps, not be the same.

Information thanks to the BBC Weather Website

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By Susan Powell

How was it for you?

June the 1st that is - the official first day of Summer 2004 (well according to the Met Office at least)!

Looking across the UK as a whole fortunes were certainly mixed!

Overnight a weather front pushed its way across the country - bringing rain for most, and heavy downpours for some. The overnight rain made Kenley (Greater London) the wettest spot in the 24 hour period with at total of 20.2mm (0.8 inches).

In general it was rather muggy night with temperatures in many spots falling no lower than double figures. However, ahead of our front, some of the more sheltered spots in Scotland turned a touch chilly under clear skies. The coldest of the lot was to be Aboyne (Aberdeenshire) where the mercury dropped to 5.3C (41.5F)

By dawn drier conditions were begining to push in behind the front. Wales, Northern Ireland and the southwest of England saw the brightest start to the day. Elsewhere, however, it was a grey damp and murky scene.

As the morning progressed however, so did the drier conditions - into western Scotland, central and southern England. The brightness took a time to follow but during the afternoon some sunny spells arrived too. The day's sunniest spots, coming in with a tie break of 8.2 hours, were Tiree (Inner Hebrides) and Torquay (Devon). A good dose of late brightness was also to thank for Bournemouth (Dorset) taking the title for top temperature - the high here was 20C (68F).

For eastern England and eastern Scotland there was however to be little lifting of the gloom during the day. The rain eased for time during around the middle of the day across eastern England, but the east Midlands and East Anglia were soon to turn soggy once again through the afternoon. Eastern Scotland saw very little improvement at all before evening. As a result of the dank conditions temperatures for Fair Isle (between Orkney and Shetland) only reached a maximum of a miserable 10.5C (50.9F)

Information thanks to the BBC Weather Website

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Nationwide extremes for 02-06-2004

WARMEST

Weather station Altitude Daytime Temperature

Altnaharra 81 metres 30.3°C

Drumalbin 245 metres 22.6°C

Solent M.R.S.C. 9 metres 21.7°C

Cardiff Weather Centre 9 metres 21.1°C

Bournemouth 11 metres 20.8°C

Great Malvern 46 metres 20.8°C

Thorney Island 4 metres 20.6°C

Charlwood 80 metres 20.5°C

London MET 5 metres 20.5°C

London/Heathrow 24 metres 20.5°C

COLDEST

Weather station Altitude Overnight Temperature

Liscombe 348 metres -99.0°C

Shap 249 metres 4.1°C

Sennybridge 309 metres 4.4°C

Topcliffe 25 metres 4.9°C

Tulloch Bridge 237 metres 5.1°C

Strathallan 35 metres 5.3°C

Llanbedr 0 metres 5.9°C

Trawscoed 63 metres 6.3°C

Spadeadam 285 metres 6.6°C

Aviemore 220 metres 6.7°C

WETTEST

Weather station Altitude Total Daily Rainfall

Baltasound 15 metres 6.0mm

Fair Isle 59 metres 4.0mm

Andrewsfield 87 metres 3.0mm

Aviemore 220 metres 3.0mm

Leeming 40 metres 3.0mm

Albemarle 141 metres 2.0mm

Disforth 36 metres 2.0mm

Lerwick 82 metres 2.0mm

Linton-On-Ouse 16 metres 2.0mm

Manston 55 metres 2.0mm

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By Susan Powell

Now thats a better effort at an early summers day....

After Tuesday's rather grey and dank weather for much of the UK, Wednesday was a much more respectable effort with plenty of bright and fine weather on offer.

Through the early hours the remants of Tuesday's rainfall pulled out into the North Sea. Shetland was the last place to say goodbye to the damp conditions and as a result took the title of westtest place with 6.4mm (0.25 inches) of rain at Baltasound.

Behind the front, some clear spells developed as the night wore on. Combined with the arrival of some slightly cooler air, the night was a touch fresh in one or two spots. The lowest temperature was recorded at Katesbridge in County Down, with a minimum of 4C (39F).

By daybreak it was a dry scene right the way across the country - but the amounts of early morning sunshine were somewhat more varied. Wales and southwest England saw the brightest start whilst many eastern areas looked rather murky.

The bright begining gave Newquay in Cornwall a head start on the sunshine score which it maintained throughout the day - clocking up in total 14.9 hours.

Bournemouth was the warmest place for the second day in a row, 13.2 hours of sunshine here pushed the temperature up to a high of 22C (72F).

Generally there was a look at the sun for most at some stage, but the cloud did increase over eastern England during the afternoon and in one or two spots squeezed out the odd spot of rain.

One major exception to the summery scene was Lewick in Shetland. Here just 0.1 hours of sunshine were recorded, that's only 6 minutes! In response to the gloom it was the days coldest spot only reaching a maximum of 12C (54F).

Information thanks to the BBC Weather Website

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WARMEST

Weather station Altitude Daytime Temperature

Yeovilton 23 metres 21.5°C

Boscombe Down 124 metres 21.3°C

Aboyne 140 metres 21.1°C

London MET 5 metres 21.1°C

Shobdon 99 metres 21.1°C

Ballykelly 2 metres 21.0°C

Cork 153 metres 20.9°C

Dunkeswell 255 metres 20.9°C

Larkhill 132 metres 20.9°C

Middle Wallop 91 metres 20.9°C

COLDEST

Weather station Altitude Overnight Temperature

Redhill 63 metres 5.8°C

Sennybridge 309 metres 6.0°C

Leconfield 0 metres 6.1°C

Lerwick 82 metres 6.4°C

Donna Nook 8 metres 6.8°C

Shoeburyness 2 metres 6.8°C

Kirkwall 21 metres 6.9°C

Redesdale 207 metres 7.0°C

Wainfleet 5 metres 7.0°C

Cardinham 200 metres 7.2°C

WETTEST

Weather station Altitude Total Daily Rainfall

Machrihanish 13 metres 19.0mm

St.Bees Head 124 metres 17.0mm

Tiree 12 metres 17.0mm

Dundrennan 114 metres 15.0mm

Walney Island 15 metres 15.0mm

Preswick rn 6 metres 14.0mm

Eskdalemuir 242 metres 13.0mm

Spadeadam 285 metres 13.0mm

Glasgow/Bishopton 59 metres 12.0mm

Barra 3 metres 11.0mm

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By Susan Powell

Largely grey was the order the day....

Sunshine was in short supply for many on Thursday as cloud piled across much of the UK.

The cloud started making its way into the northwest late Wednesday, pushing across Northern Ireland and western Scotland and carrying patchy rain in here.

As we moved into the early hours the cloud and rain spilt across the remainder of Scotland, into northern England and across north Wales. The rain became heavy for a time in one or two spots, particularly across western Scotland. The rain through the early part of the day across Argyle and Bute made Machrihanish the wettest place with 19.6mm (0.77 inches).

To the south of the cloud however there were some long clear spells to be found overnight. In general it was a very mild night everywhere. However, at Redhill Aerodrome (Surrey), a notorious chilly spot, temperatures managed to fall to 6C (41F).

Needless to say, it was southern areas which saw the best of the brightness through the early part of the day. The southwest even managed to cling on to some sunshine through the afternoon as well. Torquay in Devon saw the best of the sunshine - the total here 15.1 hours, which helped them on the way to the top temperature too - 23C (73F).

Scotland and Northern Ireland did however manage to capture some glimpses of the sun in the latter part of the day as the rain slipped away south and the cloud began to thin. In fact Aberdeen totalled 5.5 hours of sun and pushed up to a very respectable 21C during the afternoon.

It was however a different story for Fair Isle (between Shetland and Orkney) where the brightness was in short supply. Here there was less than an hours sunshine and the temperature only struggled to 11C - making it the days coolest spot.

Information thanks to the BBC Weather Website

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Nationwide extremes for 04-06-2004

WARMEST

Weather station Altitude Daytime Temperature

Solent M.R.S.C. 9 metres 24.9°C

Bournemouth 11 metres 24.3°C

Thorney Island 4 metres 24.1°C

Charlwood 80 metres 23.3°C

London/Heathrow 24 metres 23.3°C

Farnborough 65 metres 23.2°C

Middle Wallop 91 metres 23.2°C

Northolt 40 metres 23.0°C

Shoreham 2 metres 23.0°C

Boscombe Down 124 metres 22.9°C

COLDEST

Weather station Altitude Overnight Temperature

Aboyne 140 metres 6.6°C

Kirkwall 21 metres 9.0°C

Lerwick 82 metres 9.0°C

Loch Glascarnoch 265 metres 9.3°C

Fair Isle 59 metres 9.4°C

Sella Ness 7 metres 9.6°C

Baltasound 15 metres 9.7°C

Tulloch Bridge 237 metres 9.9°C

Aviemore 220 metres 10.0°C

Spadeadam 285 metres 10.0°C

WETTEST

Weather station Altitude Total Daily Rainfall

Manston 55 metres 4.0mm

Andrewsfield 87 metres 3.0mm

Milford-Haven 37 metres 3.0mm

Wattisham 87 metres 3.0mm

Fair Isle 59 metres 2.5mm

Coltishall 20 metres 2.0mm

Kirkwall 21 metres 2.0mm

Lerwick 82 metres 2.0mm

Mumbles 35 metres 2.0mm

Pembrey Sands 3 metres 2.0mm

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By Helen Young

The sun'll come out tomorrow.....

With low pressure near the Faroes and weather fronts trailing back across England and Wales for many of us it was going to be a cloudy and grey start to the day.

Even without the cloud it was a mild night; in most places temperatures stayed well up in double figures. In Aberdeenshire temperatures did manage to fall to 7C, 45F at Aboyne; this was the exception rather than the rule.

As dawn broke it was misty and murky across many parts of England and Wales and for Northern Scotland it was cloudy too. The thicker cloud across England and Wales produced rain especially for East Anglia and Southern England. Manston in Kent caught the most during the day but even so only managed to amass 4mm, 0.16inches. Fortunately the front bringing this rain was heading south, so unlike Thursday when the Second Test at Headingley was affected by rain, on Friday it was a fine day here. In fact it was the French Open in Paris that caught some rain from the aforementioned front! Tim Henman's match was delayed and then rained off temporarily during the first game.

Back home as the mist and murk gradually cleared it became a day of contrasts. For many there was sunshine to enjoy but around some western coasts, particularly the southwest it remained firmly fixed to some peninsulas and bays. As an example Newquay (Cornwall) could do no better than 16C in the mist but Exeter (Devon) reached 22C in the sunshine.

Fair Isle (Between Orkney and Shetland) was the cool spot faring no better than 11C.

If you caught the sun then it felt very warm, the hot spot was Bournemouth (Dorset) with 25C, 77F helped on by having the most sunshine 9.6 hours.

For many the afternoon was brighter, if not sunnier and that's the way of it for the next few days.

Information thanks to the BBC Weather Website

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Nationwide extremes for 05-06-2004

WARMEST

Weather station Altitude Daytime Temperature

Aboyne 140 metres 24.3°C

Cardiff Weather Centre 9 metres 23.8°C

Yeovilton 23 metres 23.8°C

Cardinham 200 metres 23.0°C

Aberdeen/Dyce 65 metres 22.8°C

Bournemouth 11 metres 22.8°C

Filton 59 metres 22.8°C

Boscombe Down 124 metres 22.6°C

Leuchars 12 metres 22.6°C

Hereford/Credenhill 76 metres 22.5°C

COLDEST

Weather station Altitude Overnight Temperature

Redesdale 207 metres 3.9°C

Aboyne 140 metres 5.0°C

Charterhall 112 metres 5.4°C

Topcliffe 25 metres 6.0°C

Loch Glascarnoch 265 metres 6.2°C

Boulmer 23 metres 7.5°C

Leeming 40 metres 7.5°C

Shap 249 metres 7.6°C

Spadeadam 285 metres 7.7°C

Disforth 36 metres 7.8°C

WETTEST

Weather station Altitude Total Daily Rainfall

Kirkwall 21 metres 5.0mm

Ballypatrick Forest 156 metres 4.0mm

Aultbea 11 metres 3.0mm

Stornoway 9 metres 3.0mm

Lerwick 82 metres 2.0mm

Machrihanish 13 metres 2.0mm

South Uist Range 10 metres 1.2mm

Valentia 9 metres 1.1mm

Ballykelly 2 metres 1.0mm

Skye/Lusa 18 metres 1.0mm

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By Matt Taylor

A fine start to the weekend.

It looks like the weather this weekend has a few surprises up its sleeve. Today, it sprung a little more cloud on us than we originally expected, but despite this, it was still a fine and reasonably warm day even with the cloud.

The warm conditions followed what was, for many, a mild and muggy night. The temperature in central London, for instance, never dropped below 16 Celsius (61F). This is only around 3 degrees short of the average day-time maximum. Elsewhere across the UK it was a similar story, although under some clear skies in north-east England for one or two spots it was somewhat chillier. Redesdale Camp (Northumberland) was the coolest spot at 4 Celsius (39F).

The day itself dawned rather cloudy across much of the country, with areas of hill and coastal fog in the southwest. A little drizzle also fell along the M4 corridor for a time. There were some sunnier skies around though, across south-east Wales and in eastern areas of England - to the east of the A1 and M11 especially.

More sunshine developed through the day in south-west of the UK, and eastern Scotland. Further sunshine also continued in some eastern areas of England. At Skegness (Lincolnshire) we saw 14.6 hours of sunshine in all, and in the sunshine it was also pleasantly warm. The temperature in many parts edged into the low twenties, with Aboyne (Aberdeenshire) the warmest place at 24 Celsius (75F).

Even where there was more cloud, particularly through central areas of England, it was still fairly warm. The only real exceptions to this were in some northern and western areas of Scotland. At Lerwick (Shetland) the temperature never got above 12 Celsius (54F). The cloud in these parts was linked to a weakening weather front, which also brought some splashes of rain. At Kirkwall (Orkney) there was 5.3 mm (0.21 inches) in all. A few showers were also reported as far south as Northern Ireland and south-west Scotland.

Information thanks to the BBC Weather Website

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Nationwide extremes for 06-06-2004

WARMEST

Weather station Altitude Daytime Temperature

Cardiff Weather Centre 9 metres 25.5°C

Disforth 36 metres 25.5°C

London MET 5 metres 25.3°C

Shobdon 99 metres 25.2°C

Great Malvern 46 metres 25.1°C

Northolt 40 metres 25.1°C

Church Fenton 9 metres 24.9°C

Scampton 61 metres 24.9°C

Brize Norton 88 metres 24.8°C

Church Lawford 107 metres 24.6°C

COLDEST

Weather station Altitude Overnight Temperature

Liscombe 348 metres -99.0°C

Redhill 63 metres 7.5°C

Topcliffe 25 metres 8.2°C

Lerwick 82 metres 8.5°C

Trawscoed 63 metres 9.3°C

Sella Ness 7 metres 9.4°C

Disforth 36 metres 9.5°C

Fair Isle 59 metres 9.5°C

Baltasound 15 metres 9.6°C

Charlwood 80 metres 9.6°C

WETTEST

Weather station Altitude Total Daily Rainfall

Wick 39 metres 6.6mm

Skye/Lusa 18 metres 6.4mm

Aultbea 11 metres 4.0mm

Eskdalemuir 242 metres 4.0mm

Barra 3 metres 2.0mm

Ballypatrick Forest 156 metres 1.6mm

Altnaharra 81 metres 1.2mm

Stornoway 9 metres 1.2mm

Kirkwall 21 metres 1.0mm

South Uist Range 10 metres 1.0mm

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By Matt Taylor

Weather Review - 6th June 2004

The weekend has continued to be a fine one for many and the temperatures have slowly and surely increased across much of the country.

Once again the night-time period was very mild in most parts. A good deal of cloud blanketed a huge swathe of the country. Some of this brought further showery outbreaks of rain for a time over Scotland and Northern Ireland. Wick (Highland) saw 7.4 mm (0.29 inches) of rain in all.

Under the cloud, the temperature was reluctant to fall away, leaving a rather uncomfortable night for sleeping, in the towns and cities. In central London, the mercury only just dropped below 17 Celsius (63F). The story was similar in Cardiff, Lincoln, and Aberdeen (all 15C / 59F).

Away from the urban areas it was a little cooler and fresher. With some clearer skies around, the minimums were closer to what we would expect at this time of year. The coolest spot was Redhill (Surrey), where a minimum of 7 Celsius was recorded.

Much like previous nights, around some of the coasts of southwest England and Wales we saw some low cloud and patchy fog drift in off the sea overnight. This remained plaguing some western coasts right into the day.

Across the rest of England and Wales, a good deal of cloud remained during the morning. This slowly broke up around the middle of the day, and from then on it was largely a case of chasing areas of cloud around. It also didn't take much sunshine to lift the temperatures quite nicely. Cardiff, Dishforth (North Yorkshire), and Jersey (Channel Islands) all vied for the top spot with 25 Celsius (77F). However, out of the three it was only Jersey that notched up a massive 15.3 hours of sunshine.

Sunshine remained in a little shorter supply across much of Northern Ireland and Scotland, but it was still fairly bright. Temperatures were also largely above average, with Aberdeen reaching a very pleasant 22 Celsius (72F) and Belfast 20 Celsius (69 F), although at Sella Ness (Shetland) the temperature remained stuck at 12 Celsius (54F).

Information thanks to the BBC Weather Website

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Nationwide extremes for 07-06-2004

WARMEST

Weather station Altitude Daytime Temperature

London MET 5 metres 29.4°C

Chivenor 8 metres 28.1°C

Northolt 40 metres 27.8°C

London/Heathrow 24 metres 27.7°C

Gravesend 3 metres 27.5°C

Jersey 84 metres 27.5°C

Cardiff Weather Centre 9 metres 27.3°C

Filton 59 metres 27.1°C

Great Malvern 46 metres 27.0°C

Brize Norton 88 metres 26.8°C

COLDEST

Weather station Altitude Overnight Temperature

Liscombe 348 metres -19.3°C

Redhill 63 metres 7.3°C

Loch Glascarnoch 265 metres 8.6°C

Bournemouth 11 metres 8.9°C

Charlwood 80 metres 9.2°C

Lerwick 82 metres 9.2°C

Fair Isle 59 metres 9.3°C

Tulloch Bridge 237 metres 9.4°C

Wick 39 metres 9.4°C

Kirkwall 21 metres 9.5°C

WETTEST

Weather station Altitude Total Daily Rainfall

Fair Isle 59 metres 4.0mm

Sella Ness 7 metres 1.4mm

Altnaharra 81 metres 1.2mm

Baltasound 15 metres 1.2mm

Aultbea 11 metres 1.0mm

Kirkwall 21 metres 1.0mm

Leconfield 0 metres 1.0mm

Lerwick 82 metres 1.0mm

Llanbedr 0 metres 0.8mm

Stornoway 9 metres 0.8mm

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By Matt Taylor

The mercury continues to rise.

Summer is here - well it's here in the BBC Weather Centre at least, as the first ice-cream round of the season arrived during the heat of this afternoon.

However, for the gardeners amongst you it was yet another day without any significant rainfall. Sunday's heavy showers in Lincolnshire and East Yorkshire were extremely isolated, and quickly cleared into the North Sea shortly after midnight. A few spots of rain did continue overnight though, in northern Scotland, but even here Aultbea (Highland) recorded only 1.8 mm, making it the wettest place over 24 hours.

For most it was therefore a dry, and rather muggy, night. In Central London, the mercury refused to dip any lower than 17 Celsius (63 F). Many others places saw the temperature remain well into double figures, but there were a few exceptions. Redhill (Surrey) was one of them, seeing a minimum of 7 Celsius again.

Then, for the daytime period there was a distinct split to the weather. Across much of Northern Ireland and Scotland the day was bright, but disappointingly cloudy all the same. Under the cloud, Fair Isle struggled to 13 Celsius (55F). However, we did see more in the way of sunshine develop in southern Scotland during the afternoon, but at the same time a few perky showers floated up across Northern Ireland and western coasts of Scotland.

Across England and Wales it was a completely different story. Some early mist and low cloud in the west didn't take too long to clear, and from then on it was sunshine all the way for most. On the Isle of Wight there was 15.2 hours of strong sunshine. As the sun shone, the temperatures soared. Those in Central London must have been longing to be on the beaches of the Isle of Wight during the afternoon as the temperature peaked at 29 Celsius (84F). Cue the ice creams!

As the temperatures slowly started to recede at the end of the day, for some in north-west Wales there was a spectacular lightning display for a finale - a cluster of thundery showers developed in the Irish Sea.

Information thanks to the BBC Weather Website