1955 United Kingdom heatwave

Set of severe weather events August 2022The 1955 United Kingdom heatwave and associated drought were severe weather events that occurred over all parts of the country. The drought was the seventh worst recorded in Yorkshire and worse than that of the 1976 United Kingdom heat wave.http://www.staff.ncl.ac.uk/h.j.fowler/histdrought.htm Severe droughts in Yorkshire 2002 2009-10-30 It followed a period of extreme rain, mitigating its effects by water table and reservoir reduction.http://www.scran.ac.uk/database/record.php?usi=000-000-464-108-C Dropping water levels in the 1955 drought 2009-10-30 July 1955 was a very dry month in the UK. Much of the south and east of England saw little rain; for instance, Bury St Edmunds saw no rain at all in the whole month. However, on 18 July, Martinstown, Dorset saw unusually heavy rain, with 11 inches mm recorded in the village over a nine-hour period.https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2019/jul/15/weatherwatch-wettest-uk-day-july-1955-martinstown-dorset Weatherwatch: How hot weather caused UK's wettest ever day The Guardian 15 July 2019 Moss Stephen The extreme winter of January and February, the summer heatwave followed by very heavy rainfall are amongst the monthly reports chronicled by amateur meteorologist, Trevor Harley. Weather 1955 www.trevorharley.com>1955 See also Drought in the United Kingdom References autocollapse Category:Heat waves in the United Kingdom Heatwave United Kingdom Heat Wave, 1955 United Kingdom Heat Wave, 1955 Category:20th-century heat waves