During the 1990 heat wave in the United Kingdom a weather station recorded a temperature of for Cheltenham, Gloucestershire.
Impact Moorland fires were common during the height of the heat wave, occurring in North Yorkshire and the Peak District. Some of the Peak District was closed to the public to try to prevent further fires occurring from careless visitors. Roads were clogged as people flocked to the coast and to holiday resorts throughout the country. Transport was further hampered as train services around the country slowed due to concerns over anomalies in the railway network from the intense heat. Reservoir levels fell, although the Water Services Association assured the public that "most people are still getting their full supply of water without any restrictions at all".
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+StationCounty / UAAugust 1990 maximum temperatureDatePrevious recordDate of previous recordNext recordDate of next record Bidston Merseyside 2 22 July 1873 Bolton Greater Manchester 3 27 August 1930 Boscombe Down Wiltshire 3 2 July 1976 19 July 2006 Bradford West Yorkshire 3 12 August 1953 Buxton Derbyshire 3 31 July 1943 Cambridge Botanic Gardens Cambridgeshire 3 19 August 1932 25 July 2019 Cardiff (Weather Centre) Cardiff 3 13 July 1983 Cheltenham Gloucestershire 3 3 July 1976 Durham Observatory County Durham 3 31 July 1943 Eastbourne East Sussex 4 3 July 1976 Hampstead Greater London 3 19 August 1932 10 August 2003 Harrogate North Yorkshire 2 31 July 1943 Hawarden Bridge Flintshire 2 3 July 1976 Hull Hull 3 7 July 1941 Leuchars Fife 2 2 July 1933 Macclesfield Cheshire East 3 9 August 1911 Newport Telford and Wrekin 3 3 July 1976 Nottingham (Watnall) Nottinghamshire 3 8 August 1975 Prestatyn Denbighshire 2 3 July 1976 Reading Reading 3 12 July 1923 10 August 2003 Rothamsted Hertfordshire 3 19 August 1932 10 August 2003 Sandown Isle of Wight 4 16 August 1947 Sheffield South Yorkshire 3 9 August 1911 Skegness Lincolnshire 3 29 July 1983 South Farnborough Hampshire 3 3 July 1976 Southport (Greenbank) Merseyside 2 3 July 1976 Sutton Bonington Nottinghamshire 3 12 August 1953 Tynemouth Tyne and Wear 3 16 July 1969
See also Heat waves Drought Drought in the United Kingdom
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