27th May - Today's News: British and Irish Temperature Records Smashed Again

UK's hottest May day record broken for second day in a row - 35.1c at Kew Gardens - whilst Wales sees new hottest May day record , the Channel Islands saw temperature record broken for third day in a row and Ireland sees another temperature record for May with 30.6c at Shannon AP on the west coast.   Scotland also had its warmest day of the year so far, but no records up there and on the west coast some places were only around 14c ......

But perhaps of even more interest is Camborne which recorded 30.1c - that's over 5c higher than its previous May record and 2c over it's June record.   And then to follow up, it had an overnight minima of 21.4c - which broke the UK record for the warmest May night.    Camborne?   Must be a big airport, surrounded by tarmac or greenhouses and in a big urban area, right?    Er, no.    Here's Camborne weather station - out in the countryside in a open field surrounded by open fields ....


You simply can't deny it's a perfect spot. 

And on that note, a useful blog piece from the MetO on how the land surface observations network enhances understanding of weather and climate

Yesterday evening also saw a few heavy thunderstorms (nothing for Evesham, of course) with a ‘surreal’ storm over Wiltshire town spotted in spectacular photo - more expected tonight when Evesham has a little more chance of seeing some action, albeit probably in the early hours ....

Whilst temperatures over 30c are expected for at least a couple more days, before they drop to being just warm for the time of year at the weekend, it's unlikely any more records will be broken.  For now. 

Meanwhile, temperatures soar across Europe as 'heat dome' drives May records

And why temperature records are being not only broken but smashed

Woman dies after vehicle is swept away in Mississippi flash flood emergency 

Witnessing the disappearance of Indonesia’s ‘eternity glaciers’ in New Guinea

How the datacentre boom is exacerbating Chile’s mega-drought

At the IPCC, scientists have scrapped the worst‑case climate scenario – because action is making a difference    

And are satellite megaconstellations accidentally geoengineering the Earth?

 

 

 



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