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Office Council Jim Kerr (JK) Scottish Government Brian Scofield Met Office Will Hall (WH) Cabinet Office Ellie Tones Met Office James Partington (JP) BEIS Ian Cameron Met Office Apologies Nathan Travis (NT) National Fire Chiefs Council Tracey Goode (TG) Welsh Government Ian Hoult LGA Jenny Shellens
closed for the first time in their history. There were widespread reports of structural damage. Roofs were torn off several buildings, the top of a church spire in Wells, Somerset was blown down and the Millennium Dome in London was damaged. Thousands of trees were felled – including large mature
, while Astwood Bank in Hereford and Worcester matched that 40‑day run from 31 December 2025 to 8 February 2026. Two further sites recorded 37‑day runs: Liscombe in Somerset (3 January to 8 February 2026) and Camborne in Cornwall (3 January to 8 February 2026). These long sequences reflect how
closed for the first time in their history. There were widespread reports of structural damage. Roofs were torn off several buildings, the top of a church spire in Wells, Somerset was blown down and the Millennium Dome in London was damaged. Thousands of trees were felled – including large mature
Northern Ireland Patrick Sachon (PS) Met Office Ian Cameron (IC) Met Office Apologies - Welsh Government David Gibbs Civil Aviation Authority Matthew Steele MOD Shaun West Avon and Somerset Police Gemma Cox Highways England James Partington BEIS Peter Davison Ministry of Housing, Communities
can be. Temperature extremes: From summer heat to autumn chill The highest daily maximum September temperature ever recorded in the UK stands at 35.6°C, observed at Bawtry, Hesley Hall in South Yorkshire on 2 September 1906. This record is shared by both the UK and England, underlining
32mm per hour. Several rain-gauges across Cumbria, County Durham, Tyne & Wear and Northumberland recorded hourly rainfall totals of between 20 and 30mm per hour including, for example, 29.4mm at Harpington Hall Farm and 26.4mm at Darlington, both County Durham. Rain-radar image at 1600UTC 7 September
Atlantic systems to stall against Scotland’s western mountains, amplifying orographic rainfall. High-impact rainfall is not limited to the Highlands. England’s wettest January day, 180.4mm at Rydal Hall, Cumbria, on 7 January 2005, was part of a notably unsettled winter for the northwest
: A maximum temperature of 17.6 °C was recorded at Nantwich, Reaseheath Hall (Cheshire) on the 9th. A minimum temperature of -8.7 °C was recorded at Shap (Cumbria) on the 29th. In the 24 hours ending at 0900 UTC on the 20th, 67.2 mm of rain fell at Achfary (Sutherland). A wind gust of 85 knots (98 mph
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