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/ 19th 1924 1 33.6 / 3 July 1976 Aberporth, Ceredigion 34.1 / 19th 1942 1 31.8 / 2 August 1995 Valley, Anglesey 33.6 / 19th 1931 1 33.0 / 5 August 2003 Hastings, East Sussex 33.2 / 19th 1931 1 32.3 / 27 June 1976 Auchincruive, Ayrshire 30.7 / 19th 1932 1 30.6 / 29 July 1948 Buxton, Derbyshire 30.1 / 19th
incident was declared, with mountain rescue teams deployed to assist trapped motorists between Buxton and Ashbourne. Widespread power outages were reported across parts of Yorkshire and Derbyshire as snow accumulated on transmission cables. Unofficial reports suggested snowfall accumulations of the order
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
: 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
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
, extensive and severe flooding in many areas of all four 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
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
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
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
spells on the 24th. Buxton (Derbyshire) recorded 67.2 mm of rain on the 25th, and Leek (Staffordshire) had a maximum of only 5.2°C on the 26th. 27th to 31st High pressure built to the north of the UK bringing colder settled weather. There were a few showers in the north-west on the 27th, but other areas
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