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tide brought seawater over the wall onto the track and overhead wires. Flights were cancelled at Glasgow airport, a number of trees were brought down, and there was some flooding on roads. In Northern Ireland, there were some road closures due to fallen trees. Numerous FlyBe flights to and from Belfast

stranded overnight and the M8, M74 and A9 all badly affected. Edinburgh and Glasgow airports were closed. A widespread, gradual thaw set in from Thursday 9 December, slowest in the north. The second spell saw a belt of snow across southern England and South Wales on Saturday 18 December again resulting

cancelled, with numerous train operators suffering from delays and cancellations, and there were delays and cancellations to flights too. On the 28th, there was widespread severe travel disruption, with congestion and delays on the roads and railways. Air transport was severely disrupted, Glasgow airport

and the Glasgow area in the run-up to Christmas, and more widely across England from Christmas Eve into Christmas Day. England diary of highlights The first third of December was generally mild, wet and windy. It turned more settled and briefly colder around midmonth due to a Scandinavian blocking high

of low cloud. On the 4th, a slow, eastwards-moving cold front gave prolonged rainfall across the western side of Scotland. There were several reports of minor flooding on some of the trunk roads around Glasgow. By the 6th, high pressure was exerting its influence across much of the UK, which would

with further flooding impacting lines into Wigan Wallgate and Kirkby. On the 7th and 8th in Wales, there was flooding on the A44 and A487, and on the rail line between Machynlleth and Shrewsbury. After a quieter spell of weather, Storm Barbara caused some impacts, with flooding on the Glasgow

closed for a time due to flooding whilst in Glasgow the rail line at Bishopbriggs was affected by flooding which caused delays and cancellations to services in and out of Queen Street station. The first of the two amber warnings for heavy rain/thunderstorms was issued for parts of southeast England

. A belt of rain over northern Scotland on 24 December turned to snow as it moved south, giving Glasgow its first white Christmas since 1938. The snow-belt reached southern England on Boxing Day, bringing snowfalls of up to 30 cm. A blizzard followed on 29 and 30 December across Wales and south-west

across Cumbria in the opening days which may have contributed to a landslide that caused the derailment of a Glasgow to London service at Shap early on the 3rd. The next day came reports of several road closures in west Cumbria due to surface water flooding. Parts of Wales were also notably wet during

brought down and there was localised flooding in Hampshire. On the 10th and 11th, some flights were cancelled at Glasgow Airport due to fog, with some ferry services in Scotland and Northern Ireland also cancelled. Between the 16th and 22nd, there were impacts from wintry weather over much of the country