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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

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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

°C was recorded at Prestatyn and Hawarden (both Clwyd) on the 19th. A minimum temperature of -17.3 °C was recorded at Braemar (Aberdeenshire) on the 13th. In the 24 hours ending 0900 UTC on the 19th, 150.6 mm of rain fell at White Barrow (Devon). A wind gust of 71 knots (82 mph) was recorded

like the nearby Severn Valley in Gloucestershire. Figure 1. Winter scene on Dartmoor, Devon (© D. Moore). Occasionally, a temperature inversion can make it warmer in upland regions, but such conditions rarely last for long. With higher hills and mountains, the average temperatures can be so much

relative to the reference sensor on the same map, the place where all of the curves cross is the location of the thunderstorm. Sensor in the Shetland Islands acting as the reference station X Curve from ATD at the Devon sensor Curve from the ATD at the Irish sensor Strike location Curve from ATD

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