1990 United Kingdom heatwave

Period of hot weather in 1990 April 2018 1-4 August 1990 37.1 Cheltenham, Gloucestershire United Kingdom and Ireland During the 1990 heat wave in the United Kingdom a weather station recorded a temperature of 37.1 C F for Cheltenham, Gloucestershire.https://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/august/3/newsid_2527000/2527311.stm UK temperatures reach record high On This Day BBC 9 September 2018 3 August 2008 Impact Moorland fires were common during the height of the heat wave, occurring in North Yorkshire and the Peak District. Some 100 sqmi km2 2 of the Peak District was closed to the public to try to prevent further fires occurring from careless visitors. Roads were clogged as people flocked to the coast and to holiday resorts throughout the country. Transport was further hampered as train services around the country slowed due to concerns over anomalies in the railway network from the intense heat. Reservoir levels fell, although the Water Services Association assured the public that "most people are still getting their full supply of water without any restrictions at all". Statistics +StationCounty / UAAugust 1990 maximum temperaturehttps://www.metoffice.gov.uk/climate/uk/interesting/aug1990 Hot spell August 1990 Met Office 30 October 2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20121030195532/http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/climate/uk/interesting/aug1990/ 30 October 2012 liveDatePrevious recordDate of previous recordNext recordDate of next record Bidston Merseyside 34.5 C F 2 31.7 C Fhttp://www.pol.ac.uk/appl/hist_met/maxmonthlytemps.pdf Archived copy www.pol.ac.uk 12 January 2022 https://web.archive.org/web/20110709125736/http://www.pol.ac.uk/appl/hist_met/maxmonthlytemps.pdf 9 July 2011 dead 22 July 1873 Bolton Greater Manchester 32.1 C F 3 31.7 C F 27 August 1930 Boscombe Down Wiltshire 34.2 C F 3 33.3 C F 2 July 1976 34.5 C F 19 July 2006 Bradford West Yorkshire 32.2 C F 3 31.1 C F 12 August 1953 Buxton Derbyshire 32.7 C F 3 30.0 C F 31 July 1943 Cambridge Botanic Gardens Cambridgeshire 36.5 C F 3 35.6 C F 19 August 1932 38.7 C F 25 July 2019 Cardiff (Weather Centre) Cardiff 34.5 C F 3 33.1 C F 13 July 1983 Cheltenham Gloucestershire 37.1 C F 3 35.9 C F 3 July 1976 Durham Observatory County Durham 32.5 C F 3 30.6 C F 31 July 1943 Eastbourne East Sussex 32.6 C F 4 31.6 C F 3 July 1976 Hampstead Greater London 34.6 C F 3 34.4 C F 19 August 1932 37.4 C F 10 August 2003 Harrogate North Yorkshire 33.1 C F 2 30.6 C F 31 July 1943 Hawarden Bridge Flintshire 35.2 C F 2 33.0 C F 3 July 1976 Hull Hull 34.4 C F 3 32.8 C F 7 July 1941 Leuchars Fife 30.8 C F 2 28.9 C F 2 July 1933 Macclesfield Cheshire East 33.1 C F 3 32.2 C F 9 August 1911MIDAS Open: UK daily temperature data, v202007 https://data.ceda.ac.uk/badc/ukmo-midas-open/data/uk-daily-temperature-obs/dataset-version-202007/cheshire/01136_macclesfield/qc-version-1 www.data.ceda.ac.uk Newport Telford and Wrekin 34.8 C F 3 32.0 C F 3 July 1976 Nottingham (Watnall) Nottinghamshire 34.6 C F 3 33.8 C F 8 August 1975 Prestatyn Denbighshire 34.3 C F 2 32.4 C F 3 July 1976 Reading Reading 35.5 C F 3 35.0 C F 12 July 1923 36.4 C F 10 August 2003 Rothamsted Hertfordshire 33.8 C F 3 33.3 C F 19 August 1932 35.6 C F 10 August 2003 Sandown Isle of Wight 32.0 C F 4 31.1 C F 16 August 1947 Sheffield South Yorkshire 34.3 C F 3 33.5 C F 9 August 1911 Skegness Lincolnshire 32.4 C F 3 32.0 C F 29 July 1983 South Farnborough Hampshire 36.2 C F 3 35.9 C F 3 July 1976 Southport (Greenbank) Merseyside 33.9 C F 2 32.0 C F 3 July 1976 Sutton Bonington Nottinghamshire 34.8 C F 3 32.8 C F 12 August 1953 Tynemouth Tyne and Wear 31.9 C F 3 28.1 C F 16 July 1969 See also Heat waves Drought Drought in the United Kingdom References External links Rodrigues Jason 18 July 2014 UK weather: Heatwave timeline, 1911-2014 https://www.theguardian.com/theguardian/from-the-archive-blog/2014/jul/18/heatwave-weather-summer-temperatures The Guardian London 9 September 2018 autocollapse Category:Heat waves in the United Kingdom Heat wave United Kingdom Heat Wave, 1990 United Kingdom Heat Wave, 1990 Category:20th-century heat waves Category:August 1990 in the United Kingdom