Diary of Highlights

1st to 5th
Fine weather was predominant through this period with most parts largely dry and reasonably sunny. It was also very warm across most parts and locally hot. On the 5th Cardiff reached 28.6°C, their warmest September day since records began in 1895.

On the same day Wisley in Surrey recorded 29.2°C. The exception to the sunny weather was western coasts and hills which were affected by low cloud and occasionally drizzle. Mist, low cloud and patchy fog affected other parts by night.

6th to 9th
Although still warm and sunny in the south on the 6th, it was dull and cloudy across northern England and Wales as far south as the Wash and overnight the cloudy conditions and patchy drizzle extended south.

Bright or sunny spells developed on each of the following few days only for low cloud, mist and fog to reform overnight. With the exception of some patchy drizzle (mainly overnight) most parts remained largely dry. Thundery showers developed across Cornwall however, on the evening of the 9th, giving more unsettled weather.

10th to 14th
This period saw more unsettled conditions across England and Wales. The 10th was rather cloudy across most parts. Heavy rain, thundery in places, affected Wales and more southern counties during the morning. Despite the rather cloudy skies it was generally warm and locally very warm in the north and east, with Keswick reaching 23.3°C.

A mixture of clear/sunny spells and showers affected most parts over the following days with occasionally more persistent bands of rain sweeping across. The rainfall was particularly heavy across the Welsh mountains on the 12th with 41.4mm recorded at Capel Curig (09-21z). It was also rather windy through this period with gusts of 55 knots at Aberdaron and the Mumbles on the 12th, 54 knots and 64 knots at the Mumbles on the 13th and 14th respectively.

15th to 16th
A brief respite occurred during this period with, apart from a few showers across East Anglia and the Southeast, many parts dry with clear/sunny spells.

Clear spells overnight on the 15th allowed an air frost to develop at Redhill airfield. Later on the 16th further rain pushed across more western parts, an indication of more unsettled weather to come.

17th to 24th
It was rather cloudy through the 17th and 18th with outbreaks of rain and drizzle and some heavier pulses of rain pushed southeastwards on the 18th. Showers were a feature of the weather from the 19th to the 24th and although some bands pushed eastwards, western parts felt the consequences.

Capel Curig recorded 58mm during the 24 hour period beginning 18z on the 19th. It was also windy from the 18th to 23rd with gusts of 55 knots across northern England on the 20th. Despite the unsettled weather it remained rather warm in the south with Wisley recording 21.9°C on the 23rd.

25th to 30th
With the exception of the 26th, when it was largely dry with clear or sunny spells, skies were generally rather cloudy through the rest of this period.

Weather fronts brought bands of rain across and thundery showers developed on one such weather front across Lincolnshire and Norfolk on the evening of the 28th. Thundery showers also developed across East Anglia and Lincolnshire on the 30th as another weather front cleared eastwards.