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of lying snow; the showers began to die away from western areas with sunny spells developing here. The 28th started mostly clear and frosty, with isolated sleet and snow showers clipping North Sea coasts, then a more organised area of snow moved into the north-west, heading south-eastwards through the day

model experiments. We also calculate where the observations lie within the model spread for five statistical measures: standard deviation, gradient of the trendline, skew and kurtosis. This step checks whether the model captures the observations (i.e. that the observations lie close to the middle

widespread storms over mainland Europe with flooding and widespread damage in their wake. The images above show the position of the UK thunderstorms storms on the Saturday and Sunday evening, shortly before sunset. In the left image from 26 May, the line of storms lie across south west England. The right

and the most arable land. The barn owls have settled on wildlife-friendly farms with management options such as wild bird cover and the retention of winter stubble. The county has a coastline along Belfast Lough to the north and Strangford Lough lies to the east between the Ards Peninsula

drop overnight, widely falling below freezing and lows of -12°C or lower possible in areas of lying snow. Further warnings are likely to be issued for the continued wintry conditions. In addition to the severe weather warnings, UKHSA Amber cold weather health alerts are in place for all regions

and Buxton, Derbyshire. While lying snow is of course not unusual in mid-winter, it nevertheless contributed to the ongoing weather-related impacts from storm Christoph. Author: Mike Kendon, Met Office National Climate Information Centre Last updated 24/01/2021

 typical February sunshine, making it a particularly dull month for many areas.   The Met Office’s full provisional statistics for February and winter will be released on Monday 2 March 2026.   How do we know when records are broken?    The answer lies in a Met Office dataset that's been quietly mapping our weather history for around the last two centuries.    

with the latest forecast.” There will be strong easterly winds during this period which may lead to blizzard conditions and blowing and drifting of lying snow at times. Daytime temperatures will stay in low single figures for much of the country over coming days, with some places staying below

, with Scotland’s 6.3°C being its ninth warmest November since records began. Northern Ireland saw its third dullest November on record in terms of sunshine hours, with 33.9 hours, compared with the record low of just 30.3 hours seen in November 2007. Snow falling, and for some regions lying

climate. Temperatures over 30°C in early September seem a distant memory to the current cold snap, with a hard frost and snow currently lying on Dartmoor. "The succession of named storms experienced through the autumn illustrates the potential of our weather, strong winds and particularly heavy rain