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2008

Wintry
Snow and low temperatures | 28/30 October
Record low October temperatures and snow reported across many areas of the UK...
Storm Thunderstorms over east Devon | 29/30 Oct
Heavy and thundery downpours over east Devon, with flooding and travel disruption...
Rainfall event Heavy rainfall | 5-6 Sep
Prolonged rainfall resulted in flooding, especially in south Wales and north-east England...
Wind Strong winds | 10-12 Mar
Strong winds over England and Wales caused some disruption to transport and power supplies over this period...

2007

Rainfall event Record rainfall | June-July & May-July
Record totals over England and Wales for both of these periods...
Rainfall event 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...
Rainfall event 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...
 

2006

Low rainfall event Dry spell 2004/6 | 22 Jan
Between November 2004 and July 2006, 17 out of the 21 months recorded below-average rainfall across England SE & Central S...


2005

Rainfall event Flooding in North Yorkshire | 19 Jun
Heavy and thundery downpours over northern England resulted in flooding around the North York Moors...
   

2004

Rainfall event Flooding in north Cornwall | 16 Aug
Heavy rain in north Cornwall caused flash floods in Boscastle and Crackington Haven...
Wind Strong winds/heavy rainfall | 7-8 Jul
Strong winds caused problems to transport, as well as power supplies, with heavy rain in East Anglia...

2003

Dry, warm and sunny UK warm, dry and sunny year | 2003 High temperature Record temperatures | 15 Jul
Many observing stations in England and Wales measured temperatures over 30 °C...
Rainfall event Heavy rainfall | 20-23 Nov
After a dry summer and autumn, heavy rain fell over south-east England...
High temperature Record temperatures | 16/17 Apr
New record high temperatures for April were set across the UK...
Low rainfall event Dry weather during 2003 | 7 Nov
Rainfall totals have generally been below average for most of the year...
High temperature
Record temperatures | 26/27 Jan
Parts of the UK experienced very unseasonable, mild weather...
High temperature Record temperatures | 10 Aug
Brogdale near Faversham (Kent) has set the new UK temperature record...
Sunshine Record sunshine | Jan-Mar
Many stations broke or got close to their March sunshine records...

2002

Rainfall event Record rainfall | 2002
Several stations had record annual rainfall in 2002...
Low rainfall event Dry September | Sep
The main dry areas this month have been over south-west England and Scotland...
Rainfall event Heavy rainfall | 9 Sep
An area of low pressure was responsible for heavy rainfall over large parts of the UK...
Storm Thunderstorms over the SE | 7 Aug
There were heavy showers and thunderstorms over much of the UK, with north London particularly affected...
Rainfall event Heavy rain | 27 Jul - 2 Aug
An area of low pressure and associated troughs and fronts were responsible for heavy rainfall and thunderstorms over much of the UK...
Wind Strong winds | 26 Feb
A frontal system moving across the UK - was responsible for bringing strong winds to the south of the UK...
Rainfall Recent high rainfall totals | Jan/Feb
January and February saw some high rainfall totals across the UK...
Rainfall Heavy rainfall and flooding | 1 Feb
A deep depression passing to the north-west of the UK, was responsible for bringing heavy rain and strong winds to many areas of the UK...
Wind Stormy weather | 28 Jan
A deep low pressure area, was reponsible for producing stormy conditions over much of the UK...
Rainfall event Heavy rainfall | Oct to Dec
Heavy rain during October to December 2002...
15th October 2002 clipped analysis chart.
Heavy rainfall/strong winds | 14/15 Oct
Wind Strong winds | 27 Oct
There were gales and severe gales over much of the south of the UK on the 27 October 2002...
Rainfall event Heavy rainfall/Strong winds | 14/15 Oct
Heavy rain fell over much of southern and eastern England...
Wind (and rainfall) event. Heavy rainfall/Strong winds | 13 Oct
Heavy rainfall and Strong winds occurred over much of the south-west of the UK...
2001
Sunshine
December record sunshine | Dec
Rainfall
Heavy rainfall in the east | 21 Oct
Storm
Storms in the south-west | 20 Oct
Wind
Heavy rainfall/Strong winds | 8 Oct
Rainfall
Heavy rainfall in the south-west | 4 Jul
Rainfall
Wet weather returns | 9 Feb
Heavy rainfall in the south-east
Heavy rainfall in the south-east | 9 Aug 2001
2000
Record April rainfall
Record April rainfall
Rainfall
The wettest Autumn on record
Rainfall
The deluge continues | 10 Nov
Storm
October storm | 30 Oct
Rainfall
Heavy rainfall and flooding | 13 Oct
Storm

The Bracknell storm | 7 May

Rainfall
A very wet start | 12 Apr
Wintry
Wintry weather | 4 Apr
1999
Sunshine
Winter 1999/2000 record sunshine
Floods
North Yorkshire floods | 9 Mar
Sunshine Sunniest October since 1997