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UK last month

November 2025

November started on a warm note, with temperatures widely above average and in some areas 6-7°C above average on the 4th and 5th. However, it was also a wet start to the month as frontal systems brought bands of rain across the country, occasionally heavy. The 14th saw exceptionally heavy rain across central and southern England as well as parts of Northern Ireland as Storm Claudia, named by the Spanish Meteorological Service, swept through. Temperatures dropped following Claudia associated with a northerly influx of Arctic Maritime air. There were some hard frosts with the daily minimum temperature on 21st falling to -12.6°C at Tomintoul, Moray; notable although not exceptional for this stage in November. Wintry showers in a northerly flow also led to some weather impacts, particularly across the North York Moors where lying snow made conditions on roads extremely difficult. Temperatures recovered during the last few days, with the month closing as mild, westerly and very wet Atlantic weather systems resumed. Overall, November has been characterised by some very variable weather and large temperature swings. For example, in contrast to -12.6°C at Tomintoul on the 21st, the daily minimum fell to only 14.8°C at Chivenor, Devon on the 5th.

The monthly statistics for November are unremarkable, with the provisional mean temperature 0.7°C above the 1991-2020 average. The UK was wetter than average with 131% of the average November rainfall. A large area extending from the Midlands to Lincolnshire and East Riding of Yorkshire was particularly wet with over 200% of normal rainfall. For example, Lincolnshire had 212% of the 1991-2020 average rainfall - provisionally the wettest November in a series from 1836 and marginally wetter than November 2019. Overall, the UK recorded near-average sunshine hours. Northern Scotland was particularly dull, averaging only around an hour per day at several stations (for example Loch Glascarnoch, Highland recorded 20.3 hours for the month).

The UK monthly extremes were as follows: A maximum temperature of 18.9°C was recorded at Thornes Park (West Yorkshire) on the 5^th. A minimum temperature of -12.6°C was recorded at Tomintoul (Banffshire) on the 21^st. In the 24 hours ending at 0900 UTC on the 4^th, 150.4mm of rain fell at Honister Pass (Cumbria). A wind gust of 72 knots (83 mph) was recorded at South Uist (Western Isles) on the 28^th.

Regional values for October 2025