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hours at Aberdaron and Valley (Gwynedd). Bright initially on the 26th but with wintry showers spreading west, becoming widespread by late a ernoon. The 27th began with some fairly persistent snow in many areas, turning showery in the a ernoon, and the showers became isolated into the evening, while

through the day. The 4th was sunny, with 15.7 hours of sunshine at Valley (Gwynedd). After a fine start on the 5th, cloud increased from the west through the morning with scattered showers in south-western counties from around lunchtime. The 6th was cloudy, with showers developing during the afternoon

other landslips blocked roads and rail lines. There were a number of surface water incidents around Pembrokeshire, and flooding affected trains on the South Wales Valleys lines. Fallen trees and flooding blocked roads, including the A465, A5, and A40. Around 1000 homes were le without power

in and around the valley heads. The rail line between Pontypridd and Aberdare was reported closed by flooding but was able to reopen on the morning of the 24th. After further rain on the 24th to 26th the month ended dry and sunny for many as high pressure returned to provide a settled end to winter

hours of sunshine at Valley (Anglesey) and Aberporth (Dyfed) on the 17th. 19th to 26th Easterly winds brought scattered showers into eastern areas on the 19th and 20th and persistent rain spread from the south-east on the a ernoon of the 20th, following a sunny start in the south-west. It was cold

on coasts, with 16.0 hours of sunshine at Valley (Gwynedd) on the 3rd. The 4th and 5th were also mostly very warm and sunny but cloud developed on both a ernoons with very isolated thundery showers. It remained very warm and sunny between the 6th and 9th, though cooler near coasts with some coastal low

with temperatures mostly below average. A ridge of high pressure brought a dry sunny day on the 8th with 8.1 hours of sunshine at Valley (Gwynedd), followed by a widespread frost overnight 8th/9th, when the temperature fell to -5.7 °C at St Harmon (Powys). Further rain spread eastwards across

delays and cancellations. Some flights to Gatwick were diverted to alternative airports, and fire services rescued a number of drivers that had driven into floodwater. In Wales, the roof of a primary school at Maerdy in the Rhondda Valley blew off in the strong winds. After a quieter spell, the last

et al. (2003) compared 23 methods for interpolating annual mean temperature and precipitation over the Ebro Valley in Spain. They concluded that multipleregression techniques, using several geographic and topographic variables, produce the most realistic results. In the current study we develop

of water rescues carried out by the fire service. A landslip occurred above Pentre in the Rhondda valley, South Wales. There were also some flooded roads and trees down across the east of England and parts of the south-west. As Christoph cleared the UK it brought heavy snow to parts of Scotland