I’m not sure if we’ve become desensitised or what but there are high res models showing 35-36C on Tuesday. “It’s just summer” apparently in final spring month.
The much touted 1976 summer never got hotter than 35.9C in early July.
We are in May….
Flooded this winter in Dorset?
Join our free drop-in events this spring to get support and advice.
No registration needed, just turn up 3–7pm.
📍 21 Apr – Weymouth
📍 23 Apr – Blandford
📍 14 May – Winterborne Stickland
📍 21 May – Sydling St Nicholas
📍 4 Jun – Dorchester
APPEAL | Did you witness a white Ford Transit van being driven dangerously on the Upton Bypass at around 9am on Friday 3 April 2026?
Please get in touch quoting occurrence number 55260047265.
Read more here: https://t.co/Zh8k5ihit8
APPEAL | We are urging witnesses or anyone with information to come forward following a series of heath fires in Purbeck on Saturday 28 March 2026.
If you have information, please get in touch quoting occurrence number 55260044091.
Read more here➡️ https://t.co/Lgo4KGnMsG
2/3 Dorset and Wiltshire, which largely reside on a chalk aquifer, are experiencing their worst groundwater flooding since 2014: https://t.co/D75VSiimB6
APPEAL | We are investigating a fatal road traffic collision in Morden Road near Wareham and are appealing for witnesses or anyone with dashcam footage to come forward.
Please get in touch quoting 55260024369.
Read more here: https://t.co/rjxW8U7PuQ
We are currently dealing with incidents
near East Street, Corfe Castle and The Bakers Arms Roundabout, Wareham due to flooding.
The roads have been closed, so please avoid these areas.