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Past weather events

Weather events less than six months old are marked as new in red text.

Case studies of severe weather events

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2012

Wind
Strong winds - New
January
A major winter storm brought very strong winds across much of the UK on 3 January 2012. The worst affected area was southern Scotland…

2011

Wind
Strong winds - New
Late November to mid December
On 8 December 2011, a deep Atlantic low pressure system brought very strong winds across the northern half of the UK. Scotland bore the brunt of the storm…
Dry, warm and sunny
Exceptionally warm and dry Spring
Spring 2011 (March, April and May)
This period was remarkable for the unusual warmth during April and the persistent lack of rainfall during March and April, particularly over England and Wales…

2010

Wintery
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…
Rain
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…
Wintery
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

Wintery
Early February snowfalls
2 — 6 February

Heavy snowfalls over much of the United Kingdom in early February…
Rain
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

Rain
Heavy rainfall
5 — 6 September

Prolonged rainfall resulted in flooding, especially in south Wales and north-east England…
Thunderstorm
Thunderstorms over east Devon
29 — 30 October

Heavy and thundery downpours over east Devon, with flooding and travel disruption…
Wind
Strong winds
10 — 12 March

Strong winds over England and Wales caused some disruption to transport and power supplies over this period…
Wintery
Snow and low temperatures
28 — 30 October

Record low October temperatures and snow reported across many areas of the UK…

2007

Rain
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…
Rain
Record rainfall
June-July & May-July

Record totals over England and Wales for both of these periods…
Rain
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

Dry, warm and sunny
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…
Drought
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

Rain
Flooding in Carlisle
8 January

Heavy rainfall on Friday 7th January led to flooding in Carlisle on Saturday 8th…
Rain
Strong winds
January

There were two particularly stormy spells — on the 7th/8th and 11th/12th — each resulting in widespread damage and disruption
Rain
Flooding in North Yorkshire
19 June

Heavy and thundery downpours over northern England resulted in flooding around the North York Moors…

2004

Wind
Strong winds/heavy rainfall
7 — 8 July

Strong winds caused problems to transport, as well as power supplies, with heavy rain in East Anglia…
Rain
Flooding in north Cornwall
16 August

Heavy rain in north Cornwall caused flash floods in Boscastle and Crackington Haven…

2003

Thermometer
Record temperatures
26 — 27 January

Parts of the UK experienced very unseasonable, mild weather…
Rain
Heavy rainfall
20 — 23 November

After a dry summer and autumn, heavy rain fell over south-east England…
Sunny Thermometer
Record temperatures
10 August

Brogdale near Faversham (Kent) has set the new UK temperature record…
Drought
Dry weather during 2003
7 November

Rainfall totals have generally been below average for most of the year…

2002

Rain
Heavy rainfall/Strong winds
14 — 15 October

Heavy rain fell over much of southern and eastern England…
Wind
Heavy rainfall/Strong winds
13 October

Heavy rainfall and Strong winds occurred over much of the south-west of the UK…
Rain
Heavy rainfall
October - December

Heavy rain during October to December 2002…
Wind
Strong winds
27 October

There were gales and severe gales over much of the south of the UK on the 27 October 2002…

2001

Thunderstorm Sunglasses Rain
Wet weather returns
9 February

Rain

2000

Thunderstorm Rain Rain
Wet Autumn
Autumn

1998

Wintery

1990

Thermometer
Hot Spell
August

Wind event
Burns' Day Storm
25 January