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"Last month was the warmest April in the UK on record, with virtually
no rain in some areas, the Met Office said.

The average temperature was 10.2C (50.4F), beating the previous April high
of 9.2C (48.6F), recorded in 1943.

Rainfall in the driest region, East Anglia, was only 5% of the expected
amount, and even in the wettest parts of Scotland it was down 30%.

BBC forecaster Tomasz Schafernaker said it had been an "absolutely
incredible" month across the whole of the UK.

The mean temperature of 10.2C was 3.3C higher than the long-term average of
6.9C (44.4F) recorded throughout the period of 1971 to 2000.

'Normal for July'

Mr Schafernaker said figures so much above the average were "almost
unheard of".

The maximum on any one day was 26.5C (79.7F) in East Sussex, "a normal
July temperature", he added.

Sunshine hours were also as much as 50% higher than average across England,
Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland. "


Adam

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