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) 10.1hr on 8th at Exeter Airport No 2 (Devon, 27mAMSL) 75Kt 86mph on 29th at Wight: Needles Old Battery (Isle Of Wight, 80mAMSL) 105Kt 121mph on 19th at Cairngorm Summit (Inverness-shire, 1237mAMSL) No non-zero values. mAMSL refers to station elevation in metres above mean sea level. *Mountain

heavy, with isolated embedded thunderstorms in the mix especially over the far south-west, Needles (Wight) recording gusts to 55 mph. Cloud amounts were variable on the 19th, with showers for the north-west, and longer spells of rain spreading into southern and central areas during the afternoon

and Kew Gardens (London) on the 7th. A minimum temperature of -0.4 °C was recorded at Loch Glascarnoch (Ross & Cromarty) on the 24th. In the 24 hours ending at 0900 GMT on the 13th, 103.8 mm of rain fell at Hollies (Staffordshire). A wind gust of 70 knots (81 mph) was recorded at Needles (Isle of Wight

and south-east, but a belt of rain, already into the north-west by dawn, spread eastwards through the country, turning more patchy in central and southern parts as it moved eastwards. More wet and windy weather spread across most counties on the 24th with Needles (Wight) seeing gusts to 74 mph

on the 7th. Storm Erik brought very windy weather on the 8th and 9th, with a gust of 82 mph at Needles (Isle of Wight) on the 8th. Rain slowly cleared south-eastwards on the 8th followed by sunshine and showers, with fewer showers on the 9th, before persistent rain moved into the south-west by dusk

from East Anglia down to Cornwall; winds were strong in exposed parts in the south, gusting to 39 knots (45 mph) at Needles (Wight). After a cold night in the north, minimum temperature -0.2 °C at Shap (Cumbria), the 22nd became fine for most parts, rain clearing from the south by midday, but cloud

storm of the 2015-2016 season, tracked rapidly across south-west England from Cornwall to Norfolk overnight 27 to 28 March, with the highest gusts of over 60 Kt along the south coast; Needles Old Battery (Isle of Wight) recorded 92 Kt (106 mph). The first named storm of the 2016-2017 season, Angus

Anglia, with blustery showers and isolated thunderstorms to follow, Needles (Wight) recording gusts to 79 mph. On the 8th many areas saw showers, the south was breezy, and further north rain was more persistent. 9th to 15th Generally cloudy but fine for most areas on the 9th, with rain spreading

counties early on the 28th reached all parts by late morning, clearing away from the west through the afternoon with scattered showers to follow. The 29th saw some sunshine and scattered showers, becoming windy in some areas with winds gusting to 77 mph at Needles (Wight). Rain in the south-west

, with two red weather warnings, significant flood risk and some of the highest wind speeds recorded in over 30 years, including an English record of 122 mph at Needles, Isle of Wight during Storm Eunice. Despite the onslaught from the weather, our forecasts and warnings, briefings to government and a host