easterly

As high pressure has pushed eastwards, the UK has been drawing in some very warm air on a southerly to south easterly wind from the European continent, where temperatures have been particularly high.

However, for eastern parts of England, an easterly breeze will bring slightly cooler temperatures though most areas will still meet heatwave thresholds.

But the exceptional amount of sunshine, hot temperatures and frequency of drying easterly winds has led to significant evaporation, hence the recent increase in wildfire alerts.

Data used by BBC Weather suggests there has often been an easterly component to the wind over the past month.

There was heavy snowfall, occasional blizzards and a biting easterly wind.