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Latest observations - 0600 on 28 Aug 08: UK

Location	Weather	Temp	Wind			Vis	Pressure / trend
Location	Weather	Temp	Dir	Speed	Gust	Vis	Pressure / trend
Belfast (Aldergrove)		15.0 °C	SW	10 mph		7 km	1017 hPa, Falling
Cardiff (St Athan)		15.2 °C	W	8 mph		9 km	1021 hPa, Falling
Edinburgh (Gogarbank)		16.0 °C	WSW	19 mph	30 mph	45 km	1013 hPa, Falling
London (Heathrow)		15.6 °C	W	5 mph		8 km	1020 hPa, Falling

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More UK observations

24 hours ending 2200 on 27 Aug 08: UK

Highest max	21.7 °C	Manston
Lowest max	14.4 °C	Spadeadam
Lowest min	9.5 °C	Kirkwall
Highest rainfall	14.4 mm	Cassley
Sunniest	6.8 hours	Lerwick

Last updated: 0001 on Thu 28 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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