Private Weather Diaries
The large collection of private weather diaries, dating from the late 17th century onwards, is held mainly in Exeter with some in Edinburgh
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The large collection of private weather diaries, dating from the late 17th century onwards, is held mainly in Exeter with some in Edinburgh
to lightning strikes. The worst hit areas were the Craigavon and Newry areas. Road, rail, tram and airport services were disrupted in Edinburgh. In Stirling, a number of roads were closed due to flooding, including the M9. Power outages were reported across Tayside, Aberdeen and Dundee
and Edinburgh airports. The M48 Severn crossing was reported as closed for a time and there were reports of fallen trees blocking roads from as far apart as Barnstaple, Anglesey and Lanark. The main concern as regards flooding impacts was across southern Wales where the prolonged rainfall threatened renewed
weather the night of the 24th/25th was notably mild with a minimum of 8.8 °C at Aboyne (Aberdeenshire) and Edinburgh Botanic Garden (Midlothian). Southern and far south-eastern parts had further dry sunny weather on the 25th but rain affected the west of the Central Belt as well as the north-west. Most
and Edinburgh airports. The M48 Severn crossing was reported as closed for a time and there were reports of fallen trees blocking roads from as far apart as Barnstaple, Anglesey and Lanark. The main concern as regards flooding impacts was across southern Wales where the prolonged rainfall threatened renewed
en cloudier in the far north-west. Temperatures were mainly in the mid-20s Celsius on the 1st, and Edinburgh Gogarbank recorded 16.1 hours of bright sunshine, but it was cooler and cloudy with patchy rain in the far north-west. The 2nd started cloudy in central and eastern areas, and the 3rd
whether they have become more likely due to climate change. As part of this, the Met Office and the Universities of Edinburgh and Oxford, and the National Centre for Atmospheric Sciences have run workshops to train and build the capacity of early career Chinese scientists to carry out attribution
is now freely available on Windy.com, allowing users to visualise the most detailed forecast available for the UK. This year we have welcomed Edinburgh and Birmingham Universities to the Met Office Academic Partnership. The Partnership brings together research excellence from the Met Office, University
opportunity to meet with the Northern Ireland and Scotland Devolved Governments in Belfast and Edinburgh was greatly welcomed, but unfortunately, we were unable to secure a meeting with the Welsh Devolved Government this year. These meetings will hopefully be reinstated in 2025/26, especially in light
affected all parts on and off throughout. It was very mild overnight into the 8th, with Edinburgh Gogarbank not falling below 15.9 °C, then there were bands of rain crossing west to east, affecting all parts at times throughout the day, but continuing very warm with Kinloss (Morayshire) enjoying