1906_United_Kingdom_heat_wave

1906 British Isles heatwave

1906 British Isles heatwave

Weather event in the UK and Ireland

The 1906 British Isles heatwave occurred across the British Isles in August and September 1906. The heat wave had a comparable intensity to the 1990 heat wave.[2] From 31 August to 3 September, the temperature in the UK exceeded 32 °C (90 °F) consecutively over much of the UK. In September, Central England and Birmingham recorded a maximum temperature of 31.5 °C (88.7 °F),[3][4] while Oxford recorded a maximum temperature of 33.1 °C (91.6 °F).[3]

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2 September was the hottest day of the month, as temperatures reached 35.6 °C (96.1 °F) in Bawtry; this remains the hottest September temperature of any day in the UK and the eighth-hottest day overall in the 20th century.[5]

Scotland had temperatures reaching 32.2 °C (90.0 °F) at Gordon Castle, Moray, while Northern Ireland had temperatures reaching 27.8 °C (82.0 °F) in Armagh, County Armagh, both recorded on 1 September 1906.[1][failed verification]

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References

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    "Record-breaking Heatwave in England and Wales". Greenpeace. Archived from the original on 4 June 2011. Retrieved 15 November 2009.
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    "CET September Time Series Plots". Royal Netherlands Meteorological Institute. Retrieved 21 August 2016.
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    "Birmingham September Time Series Plots". Royal Netherlands Meteorological Institute. Retrieved 21 August 2016.
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    Suri, Dan (16 February 2001). "Warm spells in September". Archived from the original on 6 June 2002. Retrieved 15 November 2009.
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    Webb, Jonathan D. C.; Meaden, G. Terence (September 2000). "Daily temperature extremes for Britain". Weather. 55 (9): 298–315. doi:10.1002/j.1477-8696.2000.tb04084.x.
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