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during November. Across north-west England and North Wales, November 2015 was the second wettest November in a series from 1910; only November 2009 was wetter. Several thousand homes and businesses were inundated with floodwater across Cumbria, with parts of Lancashire, Northumberland and southern

flooding to parts of Lancashire, north Manchester and West Yorkshire, while on 29 to 30 December storm Frank brought further very wet and windy weather to southern and western Scotland and Northern Ireland. The sustained period of wet weather set new UK rainfall records. December 2015 was the wettest

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of 25-30 °C temperatures. In terms of the sunniest UK locations this summer, Hastings ranked number one according to Met Office data, with an average of 9.3 hours of sunshine per day from June 1st to August 19th. This was followed by Hurn, in Dorset and Morcambe, in Lancashire, both of which

with autumn weather.” As well as Northern Ireland, parts of England also had their respective wettest July on record. Greater Manchester, Lancashire and Merseyside all had their wettest July, as a succession of weather fronts brought long periods of rain. Lancashire was the wettest county compared

the north Devon coast and two people were killed in their vehicles by falling trees in Devon and Wales. A tree also smashed through the roof of a doubledecker bus in Poole, Dorset but no one was hurt. Planes struggled to land at airports due to strong winds, and in Morecambe, Lancashire a hotel

of relatively cold air. Dan Suri is a chief forecaster at the Met Office. He said: “This low-pressure system will bring a lot of moisture into contact with the relatively cold air across the northern half of the UK. This brings wintry conditions to an extending from East Yorkshire to North Lancashire

were between Essex and Kent at Castle Park, Colchester and between Derbyshire and Lancashire at Buxton. Strong to gale force winds, occasionally severe on coasts, occurred in Scotland and Northern Ireland with many places reporting gusts in excess of 40 knots. Highest gust speeds: Benbecula 70 knots

) 72.1 mm (2.84 inches) in 55 minutes at Holehird, Windermere (Westmorland) 53.1 mm (2.09 inches) in 39 minutes at Langley (Cheshire) 43.7 mm (1.72 inches) in 15 minutes at Nelson (Lancashire) At 1400 there was 3-6 inches of water around the office and a "river", 6 inches deep, was flowing across

, Lancashire and North Yorkshire recorded up to 100mm of rain. 1200 UTC 31 October 2020 1800 UTC 1 November 2020 The map below shows maximum gust speeds across the UK from 31 October to 2 November 2020. Wind gusts exceeded 50Kt (58mph) around the coastline of the UK, with gusts exceeding 60Kt (69mph