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 | Record rainfall/flooding New |
 | England and Wales drought New |
 | Strong Winds |
2011
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| Strong winds |
 | Exceptionally warm and dry Spring |
2010
 | Snow and low temperatures 25 November - 26 December From late November to Boxing Day 2010 the UK experienced two spells of severe winter weather with very low temperatures and significant snowfalls... |
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| Heavy rainfall and flooding in Cornwall 16 - 17 November Very heavy rainfall in the early hours of 17 November resulted in severe flooding to parts of Cornwall... |
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| Snow and low temperatures 17 December 2009 - 15 January The UK experienced a spell of very low temperatures and significant snowfalls which affected almost the whole country... |
2009
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| Early February snowfalls 2 - 6 February Heavy snowfalls over much of the United Kingdom in early February... |
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| Heavy rainfall/flooding in the Lake District 18 - 19 November Exceptionally prolonged and heavy rainfall on 18 and 19 November led to severe flooding across parts of the Lake District... |
2008
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| Heavy rainfall 5 - 6 September Prolonged rainfall resulted in flooding, especially in south Wales and north-east England... |
 | Thunderstorms over east Devon 29 - 30 October Heavy and thundery downpours over east Devon, with flooding and travel disruption... |
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| Strong winds 10 - 12 March Strong winds over England and Wales caused some disruption to transport and power supplies over this period... |
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| Snow and low temperatures 28 - 30 October Record low October temperatures and snow reported across many areas of the UK... |
2007
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| Heavy rainfall/flooding July Record July totals and heavy rainfall on 19/20 July, resulted in widespread flooding and transport disruption over the south Midlands... |
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| Record rainfall June-July & May-July Record totals over England and Wales for both of these periods... |
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| Heavy rainfall/flooding June Record June totals and heavy rainfall on 12/15 June (N Ireland & N England) and 24/25 June (Yorkshire and the Humber), resulted in widespread flooding and disruption... |
2006
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| Record temperatures and sunshine July July 2006 was the warmest month on record over much of the UK and the sunniest over parts of England... |
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| Dry spell 2004/6 22 January Between November 2004 and July 2006, 17 out of the 21 months recorded below-average rainfall across England SE & Central S... |
2005
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| Flooding in Carlisle 8 January Heavy rainfall on Friday 7th January led to flooding in Carlisle on Saturday 8th.. |
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| Strong winds January There were two particularly stormy spells - on the 7th/8th and 11th/12th - each resulting in widespread damage and disruption |
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| Flooding in North Yorkshire 19 June Heavy and thundery downpours over northern England resulted in flooding around the North York Moors... |
2004
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| Strong winds/heavy rainfall 7 - 8 July Strong winds caused problems to transport, as well as power supplies, with heavy rain in East Anglia... |
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| Flooding in north Cornwall 16 August Heavy rain in north Cornwall caused flash floods in Boscastle and Crackington Haven... |
2003
 | Record temperatures 26 - 27 January Parts of the UK experienced very unseasonable, mild weather... |
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| Heavy rainfall 20 - 23 November After a dry summer and autumn, heavy rain fell over south-east England... |
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| 2003 |
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| Record temperatures 10 August Brogdale near Faversham (Kent) has set the new UK temperature record... |
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| Dry weather during 2003 7 November Rainfall totals have generally been below average for most of the year... |
2002
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| Heavy rainfall/Strong winds 14 - 15 October Heavy rain fell over much of southern and eastern England... |
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| Heavy rainfall/Strong winds 13 October Heavy rainfall and Strong winds occurred over much of the south-west of the UK... |
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| Heavy rainfall October - December Heavy rain during October to December 2002... |
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| Strong winds 27 October There were gales and severe gales over much of the south of the UK on the 27 October 2002... |
2001
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| Storms in the south-west 20 October |
 | December record sunshine December |
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| Wet weather returns 9 February |
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| Heavy rainfall in the east 21 October |
2000
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| The Bracknell storm 7 May |
 | Record April rainfall April |
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| Wet Autumn Autumn |
1998
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| Flooding in the Midlands Easter |
1990
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| Hot Spell August |
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| Burns' Day Storm 25 January |
