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This animated lightning map is updated every few minutes and reports strikes as they happen in the UK on a 3-hour cycle....

More about lightning

  • At any point of time there are about 1800 thunderstorms.
  • Every year, the Earth experiences an average of 25 million lightning strikes during some 100,000 thunderstorms. That’s more than a hundred lightning bolts per second.
  • An average instance of lightning lasts about a quarter of a second and consists of 3-4 strikes.
  • You can hear thunder from about 12 miles from the starting point.
  • Lightning bolts travel at speeds of up to 60,000 miles per second.
  • The average length of a single lightning bolt is 2-3 miles.
  • A single lightning bolt travels through twisted paths in the air that can be as wide as one of your fingers or between six and ten miles.
  • The temperature of a typical lightning bolt can reach 50,000 F degrees – that is 5 times greater than the temperature of the surface of the Sun.
  • The energy contained in a single lightning strike can power a 100 Watt light bulb for 90 days.
  • “Lightning never strikes twice” unfortunately is a myth. Lightning can strike the same location many times.
  • Trees sometimes can take direct hits from lightning and not get burnt – the electricity passes over their wet surface and goes straight into the ground.
  • Glass forms when lightning strikes into sandy soil. After a storm you can find strips of glass in the sand.
  • If you have wet clothes on, lightning will do you less harm.
  • The irrational fear of lightning is known as keraunophobia. The fear of thunder is termed brontophobia.
  • There are from 100 to 1000 instances of ball lightning at the same time on Earth, but the chance you’ll see at least one in your lifetime is just 0.01%.
South West Warnings
    Yellow warning of thunderstorm affecting South West England: Gloucestershire, Swindon, Wiltshire valid from 2200 Wed 01 May to 0900 Thu 02 May
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Record Temperatures On This Date
Record High
19.7°C- 2017		 Record Low
-0.9°C - 2008

Moon & Sun Forecast

Sunrise
5:36 am
Sunset
8:34 pm
Day Length
14:58 hrs
 Waning Crescent, Moon at 23 days in cycle
Moonrise
3:52 am
Moonset
12:50 pm
Visibility
41%
There will be 3 mins 31sec more daylight tomorrow
Moon Phase:Waning Crescent

Climate Extremes

Thursday 02 May
High Temp12.1°C12:16 AM
Low Temp10.0°C6:19 AM
Rain Today 2.9 mm6:15 AM
High UV0.0 12:00 AM
Max Gust24.2 mph6:25 AM
Min Windchill11.1°C12:00 AM
So far this month
High Temp17.7°C1/5/2024
Low Temp7.2°C1/5/2024
Wettest Day4.8mm1/5/2024
High UV12.01/5/2024
Max Gust23.9mph2/5/2024
Min Windchill6.9°C2/5/2024
So far this year
High Temp20.3°C12/4/2024
Low Temp-8.0°C18/1/2024
Wettest Day21.4mm28/4/2024
High UV12.03/4/2024
Max Gust52.9mph2/1/2024
Min Windchill-10.8°C18/1/2024
All time records
High Temp35.5°C18/7/2022
Low Temp-10.8°C20/12/2010
Wettest Day80.2mm20/7/2007
High UV18.013/6/2022
Max Gust62.1mph23/2/2017
Min Windchill-21.1°C15/02/1963