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to Swindon, extending down through Hereford, Worcester, Bristol, and Salisbury, reaching as far south as Bournemouth. Those willing to stay up late may be rewarded with a glimpse of the supermoon as it shines through these clearer skies. For those in other parts of the country, patience and a bit

at Shrewsbury and Worcester were the highest since 1947. Between these flooding episodes, severe gales battered southern Britain on 30 October causing extensive building damage, uprooting thousands of trees, cutting power, and disrupting road, rail and ferry services. Heavy rain brought further

(Aberdeenshire) Worcester, Barbourne (Worcestershire) Tain Range (Highland) Great Malvern (Worcestershire) Fyvie Castle (Aberdeenshire) Newry Carnbane (Co Down) Max temp (°C) 18.3 17.2 17.1 16.0 15.6 15.4 15.4 Glenlivet (Moray) 15.4 Larne (Co Antrim) 15.0 Shap (Cumbria) 15.0 Shobdon Airfield (Herefordshire

and Bristol, Paddington and South Wales, Exeter and Barnstaple, and Hereford and Worcester. Services were also badly disrupted between Birmingham and Redditch, Worcester, and Hereford. Flood defences were reportedly erected in Bewdly and Shrewsbury to protect local properties from the rising River Severn

were as follows: A maximum temperature of 14.2 °C was recorded at Pershore College (Hereford & Worcester) on the 28th. Minimum temperatures of -13.0 °C were recorded at Dawyck Botanic Garden (Peeblesshire) on the 9th and at Braemar (Aberdeenshire) on the 31st. In the 24 hours ending at 0900 GMT

% of average. The UK monthly extremes were as follows: A maximum temperature of 17.2 °C was recorded at Pershore College (Hereford & Worcester) on the 16th. A minimum temperature of -8.1 °C was recorded at Braemar (Aberdeenshire) on the 11th. In the 24 hours ending at 0900 UTC on the 20th, 86.6 mm

Local (2.2km) gives some improvements in how rainfall varies day-to-day and hour-to-hour. Working together on UK Climate Projections Easter floods 1998 Observations Local (2.2km) Regional (12km) Observed rainfall for 24 hours from 09Z 9 th April 1998. 61.6mm fell in 12 hours near Worcester

Thames through Oxfordshire, Berkshire and Surrey. Large swathes of the River Severn floodplain were also inundated, although many areas benefited from flood defences - for example Worcester escaped significant flooding and temporary barriers deployed at Upton-upon-Severn also prevented flooding

soils are usually near saturation. The Severn valley is particularly prone, since it drains extensive upland areas in mid- Wales. At Easter 1998 a stationary band of heavy rain that stretched across the Midlands from Worcester to Peterborough resulted in floods in which 5 people died and 1000's were

Lowest Grass Minimum Most Rainfall Most Sunshine Highest Gust Highest Gust (mountain*) Greatest Snow Depth at 0900 UTC 17.2°C on 17th at Pershore (Hereford & Worcester, 35mAMSL) 2.0°C on 27th at Dalwhinnie No 2 (Inverness-shire, 351mAMSL) 11.0°C on 18th at London, St James's Park (Greater London