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UK last month

November 2021

The weather during most of November was on the mild side, with many areas seeing some settled spells, however the last ten days of the month were much colder and more unsettled, with Storm Arwen of note on the 26th/27th. Temperatures were above average for much of the time, and frosts were generally few, especially in northern areas of the UK.

The provisional UK mean temperature was 7.0 °C, which is 0.8 °C above the 1981-2010 long-term average. Northern areas were generally warmer relative to average than southern areas, with parts of south-east England actually slightly colder than average. Most parts of the UK saw less rainfall than average, substantially so for some areas, with less than 20% of normal for London and much of southern England. The only area with more rainfall than average was the far north-west of Scotland, and the UK overall had 63% of average November rainfall. Sunshine was below average in northern Scotland, Northern Ireland and western Wales, but rather above average in some other areas, giving an overall figure of 101% of average.

The UK monthly extremes were as follows: A maximum temperature of 17.6 °C was recorded at Nantwich, Reaseheath Hall (Cheshire) on the 9th. A minimum temperature of -8.7 °C was recorded at Shap (Cumbria) on the 29th. In the 24 hours ending at 0900 UTC on the 20th, 67.2 mm of rain fell at Achfary (Sutherland). A wind gust of 85 knots (98 mph) was recorded at Brizlee Wood (Northumberland) on the night of the 26th. A snow-depth of 18 cm was measured at Middleton, Hillside (Derbyshire) on the 27th.

Regional values for November 2021