For example Tyndrum (Highlands) reported 54mm in the 24 hours to 21Z yesterday. Gusts of up to 71mph were reported in the west of Ireland at Bellmullet and 61mph at Capel Curig ( N Wales) and there was damage to power lines in parts of Ireland. Electricity was restored to more than 10,000 homes across Northern Ireland after high winds brought down power lines with the worst affected areas being Ballymena, Campsie, Downpatrick, Dungannon and Enniskillen.

July 10th: A very warm period in the south whilst the north & north west stayed cooler and wetter. Gravesend (Kent) reported a max of 31.5C on the 9th and 30.9C on the 10th. Santon Downham in Norfolk was close to this figure also on the 10th. However it was chilly in parts of the north, Inverbervie (Highlands) only reached 12.7C on the 10th and 35mm of rain fell at Killowen (Co Down) in Northern Ireland as slow moving fronts moved ENE. In the first third of June, England & Wales mean 'CET' temperatures were 2C up on the average, as concerns about water shortages in places rose, though clearly they fell in N Ireland.

July 12th Thunderstorms just grazed SE Kent overnight, after another hot day yesterday in places in the east, Gravesend (Kent) reached 28.7C. Manston saw 22m of rain fall in the 6 hours to 06Z on the 12th. It stayed very wet too in the far NW from Atlantic systems, Lusa on Skye saw 40mm in the 24 hours to 18Z yesterday. The near continent saw severe thunderstorms develop overnight however and a lot of heavy rain about.

July 14th-16th: A very deep low for July produced some very stormy and unsettled weather across the UK in this period. Initially on the 15th a strong SW'ly flow with low pressure over Ireland gave very high seas and strong winds overnight on the 14th/15th in the south especially. A gust of 63kts (72mph) was reportred at the Needles on the Isle of Wight early in the morning. Notably high tides meant that there were very high seas along the south coast. Then during the 15th a secondary low ran up through the SW approaches and through the Irish Sea deepening quite quickly to be about 985mb near the Isle of Man about 23Z. This gave a lot of heavy rain in places especially west Wales and Northern Ireland where St Angelo saw 50mm in the 24 hours to 21Z on the 15th. Strong winds occured initially in Devon and Cornwall, Polruan (nr Fowey) gusted to 58kt (67mph), the highest reading all year, so far. As the low moved away NE winds increased on its southern flank below the bent back occlusion and gusted to 84mph at Aberdaron (NW Wales); At Valley (Anglesey) it peaked at 62kts (71mph) which is a record for the location in July. A resident noted that 'trampolines, shed roof's and wheelie bins littered the neighbourhood almost as if a tornado had swept through, leaving some gardens intact whilst almost destroying others'.There is a suggestion that a 'sting jet' might have been responsible but it was more likely a combination of the gradient & gusty strong winds dragged down from about 1km aloft. Some localised coastal flooding was reported in Jersey and other parts of the south west & Wales with power losses too for a time in south & west Wales. Wayne Roberts, station manager with Criccieth coastguard, said the high tide at Porthmadog harbour was the biggest he had seen in his 17 years' service with horizontal spray, causing boats to capsize.   

July 18th: Parts of Wales are certainly rather monsoonal at present, Capel Curig in NW Wales reported 60mm in the 24 hrs to 21Z today as a slow moving front sat over the area today, running from Norway down to the Azores, seperating the warm summery weather to the SE of it (Norwich reached 26C today) from the cooler weather in the western Atlantic, at present. 

July 20th: Yet again there was a distinct north west/south east divide across England & Wales today. Whilst it was warm and muggy in the east and SE with Cambridge Botanical Gardens reaching 29.7C it was very wet in the west & north west as low pressure dominated and slow moving fronts sat over the west. Hawarden (Clywd) also saw 60mm of rain fall in the 24 hours to 21Z today. There was localised flash flooding in parts of NW England with Liverpool especially affected. It has now become rather a wet month overall with round 140% of the average rainfall across England & Wales, though some parts in the east & SE remain notably dry..

July 22nd After a lot of dry weather it was finally rather wet in parts of East Anglia today, Santon Downham reported 31mm in the 24 hour period to 21Z today.

July 23rd The chilliest night of July so far and likely the chilliest that will be reported all month was recorded at Kinbrace (Sutherland)  in the far north of Scotland  where it fell to 0.1C overnight on the 23rd. Grass min were likely a few degrees below freezing here as well, Altnaharra (Sutherland) fell to -0C on the grass. Tulloch Bridge (Highlands) had fallen to -1C on the grass early on the 22nd as well. 

July 26th: In stark contrast to the chilly nights a few days ago in the far north it was very muggy overnight in the south last night. Solent (Hants) for example didn't fall below 18.5C with an -unofficial-  min of 19C in central Brighton & hence likely to be one of the warmest nights this year.

July 31st: July ended a little above average temperature wise across England & Wales, less so in N Ireland and Scotland and here it was dull and rather wet, as indeed it was generally for many -and yet parts of the east, south and SE were quite dry and sunny.