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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

elsewhere. Showers became increasingly isolated on the 19th and 20th, with plenty of sunshine, and on the 20th Tiree (Argyll) and Glasgow Bishopton (Renfrewshire) recorded 11.5 hours of bright sunshine. Frost was quite widespread early on the 20th, and also in the north early on the 21st. The 21st

to services between Glasgow Central and Ardrossan Harbour. Much of the month was then free of significant impacts until the weather turned more unsettled in the last week. On the 24th heavy hail showers left up to an inch of hail on the ground in West and North Yorkshire, with flash flooding

over the sea defences reportedly curtailed rail services at both Largs/Ardrossan and at Helensburgh. Meanwhile inland, fallen trees and flooding caused numerous issues on the rails and roads with rail services impacted around Glasgow and near Aberdeen. Roads near Aberfeldy and Ballindalloch, Grampian

caused a power outage which affected some rail services between Glasgow and Edinburgh as well as services between Milngavie and Cumbernauld; numerous roads were closed too. In Northern Ireland, sailings between Larne and Cairnryan and also the Rathlin Island Ferry were cancelled, while the Foyle

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

and railways, and fallen trees on wet roads may have contributed to a number of deaths. On the 25th there were many impacts associated with Storm Francis, with flooding, fallen trees and power outages. Flooding especially affected Glasgow, the west of Scotland, the M8, Newcastle and Pembrokeshire

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

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

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