Updated at: 1300 on Thu 29 Oct 2020. Meanwhile, a yellow thunderstorm warning covers much of England and Wales owing to unsettled conditions caused by the current heatwave. Nearby countries in Europe also faced extreme heat, before the hot spell ended with thunderstorms and torrential downpours leading to widespread disruption including flooding. Hot spells are likely to become more common in the future, potentially occurring multiple times per year. Future projections indicate a continuation of these trends. August weather in pictures: From sunshine to storms UK News Published: Aug 31, 2020 Last Updated: Aug 31, 2020 The bank holiday weekend has been unseasonably cool. Some 10 flood alerts covering areas in the West Midlands were issued by the Environment Agency on Wednesday evening, while three flood warnings were in place – meaning immediate action is required. Credit: Met Office. Receive our free Daily Briefing for a digest of the past 24 hours of climate and energy media coverage, or our Weekly Briefing for a round-up of our content from the past seven days. Flood alerts are in place for northern parts of England and Wales. Coronavirus: What could lifestyle changes mean for tackling climate change? In France, Île-de-France, Hauts-de-France and Haute-Normandie were the worst affected areas, with Boulogne-sur-Mer setting a new all-time temperature record of 37.9C and a new night-time record of 25.2C. “Parts of the UK will see some very heavy thunderstorms with torrential rainfall and a chance of flash flooding from Wednesday, this could result in landslides and problems with travel,” added Met Office forecaster Bonnie Diamond. The 700 mile-wide "Canadian low-pressure vortex" brought 80mph winds and some of the worst school summer holidays weather for 50 years. For other inquiries, Contact Us. Three people died in a train derailment near Stonehaven in Aberdeenshire after a ScotRail service crashed on Wednesday after heavy rain and flooding. Storm Francis has hit the UK - leaving drivers on the roads battling flash floods and strong winds. It was also the third day in a row of the mercury hitting 35C or above across the UK, with Wednesday’s highest temperature of 35.4C recorded at Heathrow, according to the Met Office. Guest post: Why would anyone finance another coal power plant in China? Hot weather conditions such as these are difficult for elderly and vulnerable people, and this heatwave has been linked by the Office for National Statistics to a rise in registered deaths in England and Wales during the week. Many weather stations around the UK also broke or matched their maximum temperature records, many of which were decades old. Factcheck: Is 3-5C of Arctic warming now ‘locked in’? Dewhurst added: “Generally, the rest of the week remains unsettled with showers, some of them thundery and heavy, but there will still be some warm, sunny spells at times too.”. A yellow warning for strong winds ran across the whole of southern England and Wales, with a rain warning for Northern Ireland and Scotland. By entering your email address you agree for your data to be handled in accordance with our Privacy Policy. Severe storms could cause 30 to 40mm of rain to fall in less than an hour in some places, which would follow the heavy downpours that lashed large parts of Scotland and caused flooding on Tuesday evening. The chart below shows the frequency of tropical nights since 1961. Credit: Met Office. Credit: Met Office. Published under a CC license. Dark red and purple shading indicates the areas with the temperatures showing the largest departure from average. The highest daily minimum temperatures were generally found in London and along southern coasts thanks to the Urban Heat Island effect – where the concentration of buildings, roads and air pollution can magnify warm conditions – and humidity from the sea. Furthermore, at least 20 stations across the UK recorded temperatures of 32C or higher on six consecutive days for the first time since the long, hot summer of 1976. It was named on August 24, and is made up of a deep area of low pressure coming from the Atlantic Ocean. Jet stream: Is climate change causing more ‘blocking’ weather events? ... United Kingdom in August 2020? This isolated hot day turned out to be the prelude to a much longer heatwave, which began the following week on 7 August, during which many areas of the southeast saw six consecutive days of well-above average temperatures. Other long range forecasts on TheWeatherOutlook. 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The latest Met Office State of the UK Climate report stated that all the Top 10 warmest years in the UK since 1884 have occurred since 2002, while the Central England Temperature series provides evidence that the 21st century so far has, overall, been warmer than the previous three centuries. Following a grey start to Thursday, there will be sunny spells across much of the country with maximum temperatures of up to 32C in the south-east of England. August 2020 also saw five nights during which, somewhere in the UK, the night-time temperature remained above 20C, making them ‘tropical nights’. Another warning was for rain in the north of England, running from Newcastle all the way to Bangor in the north of Wales. Get a Daily or Weekly round-up of all the important articles and papers selected by Carbon Brief by email. The Scottish Fire and Rescue Service confirmed it was called to multiple reports of flooding in the Perthshire area, affecting many properties. warning in august the weather is not the same depending on the city and regions of the country. To see all content on The Sun, please use the Site Map. As the UK moves into autumn, it offers the opportunity to look back at the pronounced, record-breaking heatwave that hit the southeast of the country during August. “Yellow thunderstorm warnings will remain in place until Sunday, affecting most of the UK.”. Vehicles were recovered from busy roads after they were abandoned and there were reports of internet services being disrupted. • This article was amended on 14 August 2020 to clarify that the record-breaking stretch of temperatures exceeding 34C was not since 1961, but since records began that year. Temperatures somewhere in the UK reached 34C or more for six consecutive days. “It’s still going to be warm and humid and that could then trigger some thunderstorms across parts of England and Wales through the afternoon and evening tomorrow,” Dewhurst said. The 2010s were the second warmest (and second wettest) decade on record behind the 2000s. Other reports linked a rise in the UK death rate directly to the hot weather in August, due to the health risks posed by tropical nights and extreme daytime temperatures. Four of these five tropical nights were consecutive, breaking records at many monitoring stations. This was linked to a number of severe and adverse weather events, including those seen in August. Daytime maximum temperatures average around 18°C (65°F), whilst at night 11°C (52°F) is normal. 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