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• Microsoft Word - 2022_01_storms_malik_corrie.docx

  storms are 5 December 2013 (count 56); 3 January 2012 (count 42), 8 December 2011 (count 40) and 12 February 2014 (count 39). Date Count Storm 29/01/2016 31 Gertrude 09/02/2020 31 Ciara 19/09/2018 30 Ali 01/02/2016 24 Henry 29/01/2022 23 Malik 16/10/2017 19 Ex-hurricane Ophelia 23/02/2017 17 Doris

• A look back at the weather and climate in 2020

  1297 101 Winter 2019/20 was the 5th wettest on record (data back to 1862) for the UK, as well as the 5th mildest.  The strong jet stream high in the atmosphere, was directed toward the UK and allowed a succession of Atlantic low pressure systems to push across the UK, including named Storms Ciara

• Spring 2020: the sunniest on record in the UK

  McCarthy, from the Met Office’s National Climate Information Centre, explains: “Much of spring has been dominated by successive areas of high pressure, leading to sunny and relatively dry conditions. In February, the Met Office was reporting record rainfall as Storms Ciara, Dennis and Jorge boosted

• Microsoft Word - 2021_07_storm_arwen.docx

  of the number of stations exceeding 60Kt, the UK has experienced recent similar wind storms, for example on 9 February 2020 over 30 stations recorded gusts exceeding 60Kt from storm Ciara. However, the wind gust of 85Kt at Brizlee Wood was exceptional for the north-east of England

• Microsoft Word - 2024_02_storm_isha_jocelyn_v1.docx

  . Although storm Isha was notable, it was therefore not exceptional and storms of this severity are to be expected in the UK’s climate during the autumn and winter months. Examples of several other comparatively recent major Atlantic winter storms are shown below. Isha 22 January 2024 Ciara 9 February 2020 Gertrude 29 January 2016 3 January 2012 (un-named) Author: Mike Kendon, Met Office National Climate Information Centre Last updated 26/01/2024

• Microsoft Word - 2020_09_storm_alex.docx

  October 2020, rank 1), storm Dennis (27.2mm, 15 February 2020, rank 3) and storm Ciara (20.7mm, 8 February 2020, rank 31). The chart below shows UK daily rainfall totals for January to October 2020, including spikes for each of these storms. (Note the red line marks the highest value from the period

• Microsoft Word - 2022_01_storms_dudley_eunice_franklin.docx

  across parts of Wales (for example with gusts of 94Kt (108 mph) at Aberdaron, Gwynedd, 83 Kt (96 mph) at Lake Vyrnwy (Powys) and 81 Kt (93 mph) at Capel Curig (Gwynedd). Storm Eunice was more severe than other more recent storms, notably storm Ciara on 9 February 2020, but the charts show

• Microsoft Word - 2022_02_storms_dudley_eunice_franklin.docx

  ) at Capel Curig (Gwynedd). Storm Eunice was more severe than other more recent storms, notably storm Ciara on 9 February 2020, but the charts show there are much more severe storms in the observational records. For example, wind gusts recorded during the Burns’ Day storm of 25 January 1990 were

• Up to £1.2billion for weather and climate supercomputer

  in environmental forecasting. As a result, detailed weather predictions for the UK now take place every hour instead of every three hours, providing crucial and timely updates when extreme weather is approaching. The benefit of this has been felt recently: major storms Ciara and Dennis

• Storm Ciarán