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• snow-and-low-temperatures-late-march-2013---met-office.pdf

  on 25 April 1981 (one month later in the calendar year). Observed depths included 26 cm at Buxton, Derbyshire and 29 cm at Sheffield, with over 30 cm across the high ground of the Pennines. The photograph below provides an indication of snow depths in Sheffield in late April. Snow in Crookes, a suburb of Sheffield, 27 April 1981 (courtesy David Parker, Met Office Hadley Centre) Last updated: 16 June 2016 © Crown Copyright

• Microsoft Word - april.docx

  : A maximum temperature of 25.8 °C was recorded at Treknow (Cornwall) on the 19th. A minimum temperature of -6.8 °C was recorded at Braemar (Aberdeenshire) on the 10th. In the 24 hours ending at 0900 GMT on the 28th, 58.2 mm of rain fell at Buxton (Derbyshire). A wind gust of 71 knots (82 mph

• March weather extremes: a closer look at March's current weather records

  cm at Whitchester (1 March 1963). More recent years have seen smaller, but still impactful, snowfalls. In 2023, Buxton reached 32 cm, while sites in Northern Ireland such as Ballypatrick have observed depths over 35 cm in the past decade. You can explore all of this data using our interactive graph

• Microsoft Word - 2025_01_wind_rain_snow.docx

  are at bottom left. Image copyright Met Office / NOAA / NASA. The map below shows snow depths at 0900 UTC on 6 January 2025. Recorded depths included 24cm at Copley, County Durham, 15cm at Bingley, West Yorkshire, 13cm at Oyne, Aberdeenshire, 10cm at Shap, Cumbria, 9cm at Buxton, Derbyshire – notable but not especially unusual for the time of year. Mike Kendon, Met Office National Climate Information Centre Last updated 09/01/2025

• Microsoft Word - 2023_05_september_heatwave.docx

  temperature records for 100+ year stations Station Mintemp (°C) Date Previous record (°C) Previous date Record length (years) Stornoway Airport, Western Isles 15.8 9 Sep 2023 15.0 26 Sep 1895 150 Bradford, West Yorkshire 18.3 9 Sep 2023 17.7 7 Sep 2016 114 Buxton, Derbyshire 16.8 9 Sep 2023 16.1 5

• 2023 in weather

  nations. 2023 had several cold snaps, in the second half of January, early March and early December, with hard frosts and snow causing significant disruption at times (for example -16.0°C at Altnaharra, Sutherland on 9th March and 32cm at Buxton in Derbyshire on 10th March). 2023 also had

• snow-and-low-temperatures-february-to-march-2018---met-office.pdf

  temperature for England, beating -3.3 °C at Buxton, Derbyshire on 5 March 1942, and at Spadeadam, Cumbria on 2 March 1965. A very large number of long-running weather stations recorded their lowest March daily maximum temperature on record, examples including -0.1 °C at Valley, Anglesey (87 years), 0.8

• Microsoft Word - 2026_05_may_heatwave_1.docx

  , Northumberland 27.7 25 May 2026 2.1 25.6 31 May 1922 110 Buxton, Derbyshire 29.9 25 May 2026 2.7 27.2 29 May 1947 109 Cambridge Botanic Garden 34.0 26 May 2026 2.9 31.1 22 May 1922 105 Ross-on-Wye, Herefordshire 32.8 26 May 2026 2.8 30.0 29 May 1944 102 Cromer, Norfolk 32.0 25 May 2026 1.4 30.6 23

• midlands_-climate-met-office.pdf

  and 308.5 hours at Cheltenham in June 1957. The highest UK monthly total is 383.9 hours at Eastbourne (East Sussex) in July 1911. In the dullest winter months, less than 20 hours have been recorded, with only 4.1 hours at Buxton in January 1996, but there was none at all in December 1890 in central

• midlands_-climate-met-officepdf

  and 308.5 hours at Cheltenham in June 1957. The highest UK monthly total is 383.9 hours at Eastbourne (East Sussex) in July 1911. In the dullest winter months, less than 20 hours have been recorded, with only 4.1 hours at Buxton in January 1996, but there was none at all in December 1890 in central