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  • 10 years since Storm Abigail: a decade of named storms

    in a season (2022/23) 122 mph – highest hourly gust speed recorded. Storm Eunice (2022) Needles, Isle of Wight 941.9 hPa – lowest mean sea level pressure (MSLP) recorded. Storm Éowyn (2025) Isle of Tiree, Inner Hebrides 264.4 mm – highest daily rainfall total. Storm Desmond (2015) 40,000+ – public

  • Storm Francis triggers Amber wind warning – August 2020

    . In this warning area gusts of 65-70mph could even be seen inland. A larger yellow wind warning is in force for most of England until midday on Wednesday. Wind gusts of 64mph have already been recorded at Needles, Isle of Wight on Tuesday morning. Chief Meteorologist Steve Ramsdale, said “Storm Francis arrived

  • State of the UK Climate 2016

    sunshine  16.7 hrs  5 Jun Lerwick, Shetland Highest gust speed  106mph  28 Mar Needles Old Battery, Isle of Wight Highest gust speed - mountain  148mph  1 Feb & 25 Dec Cairngorm Summit, Inverness-shire This report provides a summary of the UK weather and climate through the calendar year 2016

  • 2020_04_storm_jorge.pdf

    at over 60 Kt (69 mph) around some exposed coastlines. The highest gusts were 78 Kt (90 mph) at Needles Old Battery, Isle of Wight, 76 Kt (87 mph) at Aberdaron, Lleyn Peninsula, 64 Kt (74 mph) at Capel Curig, Conwy and 63 Kt (72 mph) at Orlock Head, County Down and Isle of Portland, Dorset. The chart

  • Wet and windy weekend follows Storm Eunice

    particularly bad again, people should consider postponing their journeys, and for those who have to drive, it’s vital they keep their wits about them at all times.”  Storm Eunice Storm Eunice brought significant disruption to many on Friday as it moved eastwards across the UK.  Needles on the Isle of Wight

  • Microsoft Word - 2020_11_storm_bella.docx

    2020 The map below shows maximum gust speeds across the UK from 26 to 27 December 2020. The strongest winds from storm Bella were around the coastline of Wales, south-west and southern England, where wind gusts exceeded 60Kt (69mph). Needles Old Battery (Isle of Wight) recorded 92Kt (106mph), the UK’s

  • uk_monthly_climate_summary_annual_2022.pdf

    at Needles (Isle of Wight). Extreme heatwaves in the summer months included temperatures in excess of 40 °C being recorded in the UK for the first time. There was a prolonged cold spell during the first half of December, one of the most significant cold spells to affect the UK since December 2010

  • uk_monthly_climate_summary_annual_2022pdf

    at Needles (Isle of Wight). Extreme heatwaves in the summer months included temperatures in excess of 40 °C being recorded in the UK for the first time. There was a prolonged cold spell during the first half of December, one of the most significant cold spells to affect the UK since December 2010

  • heavy-rainfall_strong-winds---14_15-october-2002---met-office.pdf

    GMT on the 15 October, with a low pressure system and associated fronts moving up from the south-west. A tornado was reported in Torbay on the morning of the 15th, along with a couple of other separate reports in Essex later on the 15th. The Needles (Isle Of Wight) reported a highest mean speed of 62

  • Damaging cluster of UK winter storms driven by swirling polar vortex miles above Earth

    the UK on 18th February 2022, was described as a once in a decade event and the most severe since 2014 with record wind gusts for England of 122 miles per hour recorded at the Needles on the Isle of Wight. February 2022 was also characterised by an extremely strong stratospheric polar vortex

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