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77 knots Stornoway Airport, 15 7411 January 2005 88 knots Western Isles Point of Ayre, Isle of Man 9 748 January 2005 85 knots South Uist Range, Western 4 743 February 2011 75 knots Isles Wick Airport, Caithness 36 7312 January 2005 76 knots Salsburgh, Lanarkshire 277 7331 December 2006 75 knots
-3.32335 SCO 1941 03072 CAIRNWELL 928 56.87898 -3.42096 SCO 1993 03075 WICK AIRPORT 36 58.4537 -3.08996 SCO 1873 03080 ABOYNE NO2 140 57.07576 -2.841 SCO 1989 03088 INVERBERVIE NO2 134 56.85189 -2.26594 SCO 1987 03091 DYCE 65 57.20486 -2.20531 SCO 1942 03100 TIREE 9 56.49982 -6.88057 SCO 1926 03105
, Floris swept across the country, particularly impacting Scotland and Northern Ireland with heavy rain and strong winds. The strongest gust recorded was 82 mph at Wick in Scotland, equalling the country’s all-time August wind gust record. Storm Floris has now cleared the UK, and is tracking across
. There is little urban development, the main towns being Inverness, Fort William, Wick, Kirkwall (Orkney) and Lerwick (Shetland). Temperature Mean annual temperatures over the region at low altitude vary from about 9 °C close to the Moray Firth and on the westernmost isles to about 7 °C on Shetland
, Aberdeenshire 27.4 8 Sep 2023 25.8 8 Sep 2021 109 Wick Airport, Caithness 25.2 8 Sep 2023 23.9 7 Sep 1953 109 Woburn, Bedfordshire 31.3 7 Sep 2023 30.7 13 Sep 2016 108 Cranwell, Lincolnshire 31.6 9 Sep 2023 30.0 5 Sep 1949 107 Leuchars, Fife 26.8 9 Sep 2023 26.6 5 Sep 1999 100 New September daily minimum
pressure system for comparison, with a central pressure of 927hPa. * Burt, 2007: The Lowest of the Lows ... extremes of barometric pressure in the British Isles, part 1 - the deepest depressions. Weather, 62, pp. 4-14 The chart below shows hourly mean sea level pressure at Tiree, Wick Airport
), Inverbervie (Kincardineshire) and Wick Airport (Caithness). Gust speeds were sustained at 40 to 50Kt (46 to 58mph) for a period of at least 48 hours. The prolonged nature of both the heavy rainfall and the strongest winds will have exacerbated the weather impacts experienced from this storm Babet. Author: Mike Kendon, Met Office National Climate Information Centre Last updated 26/10/2023
into the North Sea. Gusts exceeded 69mph widely, with mountain summits recording speeds up to 124mph. Wick Airport equalled Scotland’s August gust speed record. The storm was one of the most severe summer wind events in UK observational records. Why was there less storms than last year? Storm
in western and northern Scotland disrupted transport. Network Rail Scotland reported the closure of the Perth to Inverness line at Kingussie and the Inverness to Wick/Kyle of Lochalsh line. The A82 north of Drumnadrochit was closed with mud and debris covering the road due to the prolonged heavy rain
in western and northern Scotland disrupted transport. Network Rail Scotland reported the closure of the Perth to Inverness line at Kingussie and the Inverness to Wick/Kyle of Lochalsh line. The A82 north of Drumnadrochit was closed with mud and debris covering the road due to the prolonged heavy rain
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