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on average and with the coasts of SW England, with less than 3 days per year. In most places, January is the month with most days of both snow lying and snow falling. The monthly averages of days with sleet/snow falling and lying at Brize Norton and Keele are shown below (a day of lying snow

. The monthly averages of days with sleet/snow falling and lying at Heathrow and Lyneham are shown below (a day of lying snow is counted if the ground is more than 50% covered at 0900). Kent and the Thames estuary are especially prone to falls associated with unstable east or north-east winds bringing snow

stayed mainly dry. Braemar (Aberdeenshire) only reached 5.0 °C. There were generally fewer showers on the 11th, these mostly in the north-east, with some sunny intervals. Rain spread southwards through the country on the 12th, with sleet and snow on higher ground, and wintry showers affected

-time minima. Wind speed refers to the average wind speed at a height of 10 metres. All numerical values relate to averages (temperature, wind speed) or totals (precipitation – rain, sleet, snow and hail) over 1 or 3 months, which are further averaged over the UK land area as a whole. Normal likelihood

. A belt of showery rain headed southwards on the 2nd, followed by colder conditions and northerly winds. These brought a mix of sunshine and showers on the 3rd, with sleet and snow in some of the showers and they became widespread and locally heavy by mid-afternoon. There were gusts to 44 knots (51

of about 5 days per year with snow lying per 100 metres increase in elevation. Dartmoor and Exmoor have more than 20 days per year. Compare this with Balmoral, Grampian which has about 60 days with snow lying on average. The monthly averages of days with sleet/snow falling and lying at St. Mawgan

Storm Arwen is clearing the UK with winds gradually easing though further areas of rain, sleet and at times snow will affect the country.

. Weather diary • Cold easterlies until mid-month then mild and changeable With high pressure firmly established over the continent during the first half of the month, the UK was subject to cold easterlies, low daytime maxima and night frosts, with any frontal incursions bringing a mix of rain, sleet

of the showers were wintry with hail, though the south-west stayed mainly dry. Braemar (Aberdeenshire) only reached 5.0 °C. There were generally fewer showers on the 11th, these mostly in the north-east, with some sunny intervals. Rain spread southwards through the country on the 12th, with sleet

incursions bringing a mix of rain, sleet and snow at times, although totals were generally low. By the 20th, however, mobility from the Atlantic finally won out, bringing significantly milder but also wet and windy weather to the country. Gale force winds were experienced across the UK, with gusts exceeding