9 May 1973
Greatest recorded temperature range: from -7ºC (19ºF) before dawn, to 22ºC (71.6ºF) in the afternoon at Tayside, Scotland.

2 June 1975
Snow fell across the Midlands and south-east England preventing cricket at Buxton in the Peak Districk.

Winter 1975
The UK's mildest winters were in 1975 and 1935 where the average temperature was 6.6 ºC (43.8 ºF).

Summer 1976
The great drought. In southern England, no rain fell for between 35 and 42 days up to 29 August. It was the longest period without rain for 80 years. Reservoirs, already depleted by 1975 being the fifth driest year this century, dried up completely, causing severe water shortages in many parts of England and Wales. Over 1 million people were forced to collect their water from standpipes in the street. As the summer continued, elderly people suffered strokes and heart attacks brought on by the heat. This heatwave was caused by a high pressure area which got blocked over the British Isles. This phenomenon, known as a 'blocking anticyclone' also had the effect of bringing heavy rain to the normally dry and sunny Mediterranean areas. In Britain, the government passed the UK's first ever Drought Bill, creating the post of Minister for Drought. This bill gave wide powers to local authorities allowing them to fine people for wasting water. The farming industry lost crops with an estimated value of £500 million and thousands of acres of forest were lost to fire.