The temperature in the north is the coldest in the whole of Britain. The station that has the lowest temperature in Britain is ‘Braemar’ where the lowest temperature is –2.2°C. The reason for this is because of the Arctic Maritime air masses that come from Arctic. They often bring very cold weather in the winter and in the spring.
In the south of Britain the weather is the warmest. An example is Greenwich, which has the highest average July temperature. Also in the south especially the southeast the average temperatures around London in July are about 2 degrees more than other places in England. However, in winter the temperature in the south is similar to that of other stations. It may just be slightly higher. The reason for these weathers is due to the Tropical Continental air masses, which originate from the north of Africa, which is a very hot place.
The amount of rainfall in the south isn’t the lowest or highest. It’s average compared to the rest of Britain.
The west of Britain is the wettest as a whole. The most amount of rainfall takes place there. The average amount of rainfall for that area is around 840mm. An example of this rainfall is in places like Cornwall or Cardiff where it rains all the time. The reason for the lot of rainfall is because of the Polar Maritime and Tropical Maritime. These two air masses are associated with rain; because they travel across the Atlantic Ocean as they travel they keep on collecting more and more water. Eventually when it condenses it rains in England.
The temperature in the west is average for England because you get the cool weather from the Polar Maritime and the slightly warm weather from the Tropical Maritime.
The east of England is one of the driest places, especially the southeast. Examples of areas are Southend-on-sea, which is one of the driest places in the whole of England. Also in Clacton the average amount of rainfall is 535mm. The reason for the dry weather is because of the Tropical continental air masses, which come from around Russia and since they have been travelling over a lot of land they bring dry weather.
Te temperatures in the east of England are typical. It’s cold in the winters and hot in the summers. An example is Lowesoft where it’s around 4C in winter but around 18C in summer.
