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mostly restricted to high ground. The 21st was a cold day with a maximum of only 2.6 °C at Malham Tarn (North Yorkshire), and there were frequent showers for the north and the south-west which were wintry on high ground. The 22nd started frosty for many, with a minimum of -6.7 °C at South Newington

December 2018 The averaging period used for the following assessment was 1981-2010. December started mild and changeable with westerly winds, and this pattern continued until the 9th, but there was a cold snap, mainly in the north, between the 3rd and 6th. A Scandinavian blocking high brought

with a maximum of only 12.0 °C at Malham Tarn (North Yorkshire), with sunshine and showers in the south and some thunder in the south-west. Many areas had sunshine and fewer showers on the 12th and 13th, when it also become less windy, but the south and south-east had heavy rain and thunderstorms

, but there were breaks in the cloud sheet in north-east England, and Thornes Park (West Yorkshire) reached a high of 14.7 °C. Most places were dull on the 23rd and 24th, with fog patches in places, but again parts of north-east England and Lincolnshire had some sunshine. All parts were cloudy

in the North Atlantic and the UK almost entirely swathed in cloud from associated fronts. Image copyright Met Office / NOAA / NASA. The rain-radar images at 6 hourly intervals from 1200 UTC 23 November to 1800 UTC 24 November illustrate the persistent and extensive nature of the rainfall, particularly across

pressure continuing to dominate, with outbreaks of heavy showers and thunderstorms across the UK. Some surface water impacts were observed, including short-term closures of roads and rails in parts of Cheshire, Lancashire, Greater Manchester and West Yorkshire on the 26th and over north-east

pressure continuing to dominate, with outbreaks of heavy showers and thunderstorms across the UK. Some surface water impacts were observed, including short-term closures of roads and rails in parts of Cheshire, Lancashire, Greater Manchester and West Yorkshire on the 26th and over north-east

°C +1.7 °C +4.6 °C +3.8 °C Baseline (1981-1999) 2021-2039 2061-2079 *BBC (2019): https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-york-north-yorkshire-62204696 ** UKHSA (2021): https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/heat-mortality-monitoring-reports/heat-mortality-monitoring-report-2021 ***Projections

into the north of the UK from the 6th onwards, with temperatures reaching 4.0 to 6.0°C below average in some areas of Scotland and northern England on the 7th and 8th. The south of England, however, experienced consistently mild temperatures throughout this cold spell, leading to a large temperature

and the south-east from late afternoon. Most places were cool and cloudy on the 7th, with persistent light rain for central and eastern areas, which turned more showery in nature in the south-east with isolated thunderstorms for Hampshire, East and West Sussex; Fylingdales (North Yorkshire) recorded