28th May 2007 - Cold and Wet Bank Holiday Weekend
The 'Whitsun' Bank Holiday Weekend was one of the coldest and wettest on record in the London area.
   Saturday  26th Sunday  27th   Monday 28th 
   Max Temp.  Rain (00-00UTC)  Max Temp.  Rain (00-00UTC)  Max Temp.  Rain (00-00UTC)
 Morden  14.4  6.0  13.2  7.5  7.6  25.1
 Heathrow A/p  13.4  1.8  12.5  21.6  7.4  13.0

The maximum temperatures on Bank Holiday Monday were the lowest values for May since 1891. On May 6th in that year the temperature at Kew only rose to 6.1 Celsius.

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