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localised impacts, including a multi-car collision on the M60 in Greater Manchester, and the temporary closure of some roads around Bacup, Lancashire. Across the north-east there were reports of difficult lambing conditions, with some difficult road conditions in North Yorkshire. During the remainder

on 26 February with temperatures exceeding 20 °C in London, west Wales and as far north as Rochdale making this a more widespread event than the previous record set in February 1998. New national records were also set for Wales (20.8°C at Porthmadog on 26th) and Scotland (19.3 °C at Aboyne on 21st

from the south through the day. Rain in the north early on the 16th soon moved away, but showers already in central and southern parts moved north-eastwards, turning heavy and thundery over East Anglia in the morning, the northwest and Pennines in the afternoon, and North Yorkshire Moors

in the first two weeks roughly 2°C below average. The cool start to the month was due to northerly and northwesterly winds bringing cold Arctic air across the UK. A low pressure centre developed over Scandinavia in the second week of June, pushing further cold air from the north across the UK. Frontal

locations. Mountain summits experienced gusts of well over 100 knots (115 mph). This event is judged as the most significant storm across Scotland since January 2005 - stormy spells. Winds also gusted 50 to 60 knots (58 to 69 mph) across much of north and west Wales, northern England and Northern

on the north-east coast, Copley (Durham) recording 26cm of lying snow, then generally bright or sunny, but cloud increasing from the southwest, with rain, sleet and snow into the south-west later. Most areas began frosty on the 12th, with a minimum of -15.3 °C at Ravensworth (North Yorkshire), and showers

= Lyneham (North Downs)– averaging 7.9 hours of sunshine per day 6. Slapton (Devon) – averaging 7.7 hours of sunshine per day 7. Aberporth (West Wales) – averaging 7.6 hours of sunshine per day 8. Bude (Cornwall) – averaging 7.4 hours of sunshine per day 9. Whitby (Yorkshire) – averaging 7.1 hours

was recorded at Valley (Anglesey). Lowest pressure over England was 957.1 hPa at Shobdon Airfield (Herefordshire) at 1300 UTC. This was the lowest pressure over England since 30 October 2000, when 951.2 hPa was recorded at Fylingdales (North Yorkshire). Station (height in metres) Needles Old Battery (Isle

-east, but north-western parts of the UK were rather dull, with an overall figure of 103% of average. The UK monthly extremes were as follows: A maximum temperature of 40.3 °C was recorded at Coningsby (Lincolnshire) on the 19th. A minimum temperature of 2.3 °C was recorded at Tyndrum (Perthshire

of eastern Scotland and southern England were rather wet. The UK as a whole had 87% of average rainfall. Sunshine was broadly above average in all areas except the far north and east, with an overall sunshine figure of 116% of average. The UK monthly extremes were as follows: A maximum temperature of 15.9