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, with local hail and thunder across south and southeast England. It was a windy day with gales in places. Maximum gusts included 69 knots at the Isle of Portland (Dorset), 67 knots at Alderney (Channel Islands), 63 knots at Brixham (Devon) and 62 knots at Guernsey airport (Channel Islands
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flooding. The storm of 23 to 24 December caused widespread flooding across southern England, stretching through Dorset, Hampshire, Surrey and Kent, and extensive power cuts, with around 50,000 homes remaining without power through the Christmas period. In Devon, a man was swept away in a river
1,133m 18 1,195m 2,160m 25 2,245m Time steps T+1 to T+54 as stated Model run times 00UTC, 06UTC, 12UTC & 18UTC Domain Latitude: 68.00°N to 33.00°N Longitude: 14.00°W to 37.00°E Resolution 0.04° (~4km) Format GriB1 Delivery File transfer protocol (FTP) Met Office FitzRoy Road, Exeter Devon, EX1 3PB
Target Target Target Median of 9 hour TAFs Median of 24 hour TAFs Median of 30 hour TAFs 0.55 Visibility 0.50 0.45 0.40 0.35 Cloud Base 0.60 0.55 0.50 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 Generated June 2025 for May 2025 results © Crown copyright 2025 Met Office Tel: 0370 900 0100 FitzRoy Road, Exeter Fax: 0370 900 5050 Devon EX1 3PB [email protected] United Kingdom www.metoffice.gov.uk
TAFs Visibility 0.50 0.45 0.40 0.35 Cloud Base 0.60 0.55 0.50 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 Generated March 2025 for February 2025 results © Crown copyright 2025 Met Office Tel: 0370 900 0100 FitzRoy Road, Exeter Fax: 0370 900 5050 Devon EX1 3PB [email protected] United Kingdom www.metoffice.gov.uk
in full leaf at this time of year). A number of ‘iconic’ beach huts at Woolacombe in north Devon were washed away. Storm Francis caused further transport disruption to road and rail and further coastal flooding. Thousands of homes were without power, there were reports of fallen trees and several
was some unseasonably gusty winds for the UK. A gust of 79mph was recorded on 15 July at the exposed site of Needles on the Isle of Wight. Gusts in excess of 55mph have also been recorded this month in Devon, Gwynedd and Northumberland as low-pressure systems exerted their influence to create
second wettest May on record, and its wettest since 1967, with 121.4mm of rain. Devon also had its wettest May on record with an average of 199.3mm of rainfall topping the 169.8mm record set in May 1942. The often dull and wet conditions resulted in subdued temperatures across the board, thanks largely
on the 24th. Storm Chandra arrived on the evening of the 26th and into the 27th, bringing heavy rain and strong winds to the southwest again. Devon and Somerset saw extensive flooding as the rain fell on already saturated ground. The rain then spread northwards, with Northern Ireland experiencing
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