Editing Gravesend (section)

==Climate==
Gravesend has an [[oceanic climate]] similar to much of southern England, being accorded [[Köppen Climate Classification|Köppen Climate Classification-subtype]] of "[[Oceanic climate|Cfb]]" (Marine West Coast Climate).<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.weatherbase.com/weather/weather-summary.php3?s=68730&cityname=Gravesend%2C+England%2C+United+Kingdom&units= |title=Gravesend, England Köppen Climate Classification |website=Weatherbase.com |access-date=27 February 2016 |archive-date=4 March 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304043222/http://www.weatherbase.com/weather/weather-summary.php3?s=68730&cityname=Gravesend,+England,+United+Kingdom&units= |url-status=live }}</ref>

On 10 August 2003, Gravesend recorded one of the highest temperatures since records began in the United Kingdom, with a reading of {{convert|38.1|C}},<ref>{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/august/10/newsid_3910000/3910801.stm |title=BBC – On This Day &#124; 10 &#124; 2003: Britain swelters in record heat |publisher=BBC News |date=10 August 2001 |access-date=27 February 2016 |archive-date=7 March 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080307125250/http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/august/10/newsid_3910000/3910801.stm |url-status=live }}</ref> only beaten by [[Brogdale]], near [[Faversham]], {{convert|26|mi|km|0}} to the ESE.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.metoffice.com/climate/uk/2003/ |title=Climate summaries |publisher=[[Met Office]] |date=3 February 2016 |access-date=27 February 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20030220163131/http://www.metoffice.com/climate/uk/2003/ |archive-date=20 February 2003 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref name=MORecord>{{cite web|title=Temperature Record – 10 August 2003|url=http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/media/pdf/3/p/Temperature_Record_-_10_August_2003.pdf|website=Met Office|access-date=27 April 2015|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303223707/http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/media/pdf/3/p/Temperature_Record_-_10_August_2003.pdf|archive-date=3 March 2016}}</ref> Gravesend, which has a [[Met Office]] site,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/public/weather/forecast/u10k8kx5v |title=Gravesend weather forecast |publisher=[[Met Office]] |date=1 May 2014 |access-date=27 February 2016 |archive-date=3 March 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303214540/http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/public/weather/forecast/u10k8kx5v |url-status=live }}</ref> reports its data each hour.

Being inland and yet relatively close to [[continental Europe]], Gravesend enjoys a somewhat more continental climate than the coastal areas of Kent, Essex and East Anglia and also compared to western parts of Britain. It is therefore less cloudy, drier, and less prone to Atlantic [[Low-pressure area|depression]]s with their associated wind and rain than western parts, as well as being hotter in summer and colder in winter.

Thus Gravesend continues to record higher temperatures in [[summer]], sometimes being the hottest place in the country, ''e.g.'' on the warmest day of 2011, when temperatures reached 33.1&nbsp;°C.<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-13936256 | work=BBC News | title=Flash flood warnings for parts of England | date=27 June 2011 | access-date=20 June 2018 | archive-date=2 October 2018 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181002061635/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-13936256 | url-status=live }}</ref> Additionally, the town holds at least two records for the year 2010, of 30.9&nbsp;°C<ref>{{cite web |url=http://news.uk.msn.com/uk/articles.aspx?cp-documentid=153946459&ocid=today |title=Latest news from around Great Britain – MSN News UK |website=News.uk.msn.com |date=16 February 2015 |access-date=27 February 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131226192412/http://news.uk.msn.com/uk/articles.aspx?cp-documentid=153946459&ocid=today |archive-date=26 December 2013 |url-status=dead }}</ref> and 31.7&nbsp;°C.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.metro.co.uk/news/834794-weekend-hot-weather-saw-brits-flocking-to-the-beaches |title=Weekend hot weather saw Brits flocking to the beaches &#124; Metro News |website=Metro.co.uk |date=11 July 2010 |access-date=27 February 2016 |archive-date=3 October 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121003031450/http://www.metro.co.uk/news/834794-weekend-hot-weather-saw-brits-flocking-to-the-beaches |url-status=live }}</ref> Another record was set during England's Indian summer of 2011 with 29.9&nbsp;°C., the highest temperature ever recorded in the UK for October. In 2016 the warmest day of the year occurred very late on 13 September with a very high temperature of 34.4C

{{Weather box|location = Stanford-le-Hope (nearest climate station to Gravesend) 1981–2010
|metric first = Yes
|single line = Yes
|Jan record high C = 16.2
|Feb record high C = 20.4
|Mar record high C = 23.1
|Apr record high C = 27.7
|May record high C = 31.3
|Jun record high C = 34.7
|Jul record high C = 36.0
|Aug record high C = 38.1
|Sep record high C = 34.4
|Oct record high C = 29.9
|Nov record high C = 20.2
|Dec record high C = 17.1
|Jan high C = 7.9
|Feb high C = 8.0
|Mar high C = 10.9
|Apr high C = 13.2
|May high C = 16.8
|Jun high C = 19.9
|Jul high C = 22.1
|Aug high C = 22.2
|Sep high C = 19.4
|Oct high C = 15.2
|Nov high C = 10.8
|Dec high C = 8.1
|year high C =
|Jan low C = 2.2
|Feb low C = 1.6
|Mar low C = 3.3
|Apr low C = 4.7
|May low C = 7.5
|Jun low C = 10.5
|Jul low C = 13.0
|Aug low C = 12.5
|Sep low C = 10.3
|Oct low C = 7.4
|Nov low C = 4.4
|Dec low C = 2.4
|year low C = 
|Jan record low C = -13.8
|Feb record low C = -13.2
|Mar record low C = -8.7
|Apr record low C = -3.2
|May record low C = 0.8
|Jun record low C = 2.1
|Jul record low C = 5.2
|Aug record low C = 3.8
|Sep record low C = 2.1
|Oct record low C = -3.0
|Nov record low C = -6.6
|Dec record low C = -10.7

|Jan precipitation mm = 47.9
|Feb precipitation mm = 36.7
|Mar precipitation mm = 37.6
|Apr precipitation mm = 40.9
|May precipitation mm = 48.0
|Jun precipitation mm = 41.1
|Jul precipitation mm = 52.5
|Aug precipitation mm = 44.8
|Sep precipitation mm = 45.5
|Oct precipitation mm = 64.9
|Nov precipitation mm = 57.8
|Dec precipitation mm = 53.8
|year precipitation mm = 
|Jan sun = 60.0
|Feb sun = 77.7
|Mar sun = 113.4
|Apr sun = 161.5
|May sun = 194.3
|Jun sun = 198.7
|Jul sun = 208.7
|Aug sun = 195.5
|Sep sun = 151.1
|Oct sun = 117.9
|Nov sun = 74.0
|Dec sun = 48.6
|year sun = 
|source 1 = [[Met Office]]}}