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to 60Kt across exposed coastal locations. Needles Old Battery (Isle of Wight) recorded a gust of 70Kt (81mph). The chart below shows hourly maximum gust speeds at three exposed coastal locations, Aberdaron (Lleyn Peninsula), Mumbles Head (Swansea) and Needles Old Battery (Isle of Wight). In all
(Isle of Wight). Numerous other stations recorded gusts exceeding 60Kt (69mph). A feature of storm Gerrit was the persistence of the strongest winds. The chart below shows hourly maximum gusts at Blackpool, Squires Gate (Lancashire), Lake Vyrnwy (Powys) and Mumbles Head (Swansea) from Christmas Day
orographich enhancement of the rainfall in this area, so that the upland areas recorded 3 or 4 times as much rainfall as coastal locations around Swansea, or locations to the north-east in the rain-shadow - such as the Black Mountains. This very pronounced contrast in the spatial pattern of rainfall is very
was particularly busy for firefighters around Swansea, Port Talbot, Cardiff and Newport with reports of road and property flooding. The Victoria Park observatory in Swansea recorded more than its entire September average rainfall on the 6th alone with 87 mm falling, 44 mm of which fell in a single
its way across the UK on the 3rd and 4th. In Wales, there were reports of flooding on roads, speed restrictions and closures were placed on some bridges, and the M4 elevated section near Swansea was closed; some fallen trees blocked roads and railway lines. There were power cuts in Swansea
was particularly busy for firefighters around Swansea, Port Talbot, Cardiff and Newport with reports of road and property flooding. The Victoria Park observatory in Swansea recorded more than its entire September average rainfall on the 6th alone with 87 mm falling, 44 mm of which fell in a single
of London on the 5th. Prolonged rain fell across western Scotland but caused minimal impacts during the second week. Unsettled weather prevailed during the second half of October. Some roads were closed in Swansea and Carmarthenshire on the 20th due to flooding, including the M4 and parts of the Fabian
’ with the daily minimum temperature exceeding 20°C, for example 20.2°C at Mumbles Head (Swansea) on 7th and 20.3°C at Hastings (East Sussex) on 10th. The chart below shows UK average daily mean temperature for 2023 compared to the daily 1991- 2020 long term average. The natural variability in the UK’s weather
the 'Burns Day storm' of 25 January 1990, when gusts of 60- 70 knots were recorded widely and one of 93 knots occurred at Aberporth, and 27 October 2002 which again saw gusts of around 60 knots with 84 knots recorded at Mumbles, near Swansea. The highest gust recorded at a low-level site in Wales is 108
decades. The time series below shows max gust speeds recorded at Aberdaron (Gwynedd), Lake Vyrnwy (Powys) and Mumbles Head (Swansea) during this event. At all three stations gust speeds exceeded 80 kt (92 mph) and peaked during the a ernoon. At Aberdaron, maximum gust speeds remained at around 90 kt
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