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Heavy rainfall early September 2008 Prolonged rainfall resulted in flooding, especially in south Wales and north-east England... An area of low pressure that moved slowly north-eastwards across the UK 5-6 September brought prolonged heavy rainfall to many areas, notably south-west England, Wales

to the saturated ground following the wet autumn in many areas. Numerous flood warnings were in place for major rivers such as the Severn and Ouse with the ongoing risk of groundwater flooding. Weather data The analysis chart at 0600UTC 9 December 2023 shows fronts associated with storm Elin sweeping north-east

was recorded at Topcliffe (North Yorkshire) on the 6th. In the 24 hours ending at 0900 UTC on the 8th, 64.8 mm of rain fell at Honister Pass (Cumbria). A wind gust of 81 knots (93 mph) was recorded at Brizlee Wood (Northumberland) on the 29th. Snow-depths of 11 cm were measured at Loch Glascarnoch (Ross

and a number of rail lines, and a small number of fallen trees across the road network, and properties were flooded in North Wales. Some trunk roads were closed in Cumbria. In Yorkshire and Humber a motorist was rescued from a car, and train services near Skipton were impacted by flooding. Strong winds caused

of 2/3 December was again particularly cold with minimum temperatures across the UK widely -5 to -10 °C and -20.0 °C recorded at Ravensworth (North Yorkshire), the first time -20 °C had been recorded in England since January 1987. Figure 4: Minimum night-time temperatures from 2100 GMT on 2 December

Warming across the country has, however, not been even with some regions experiencing more rapid change than others. Heatwave thresholds in 8 counties in a band from Surrey to east Yorkshire are now changing.   Dr Mark McCarthy is the head of the Met Office National Climate Information Centre

in the UK. The highest ground is in the southwest of the area where the north-eastwards extension of the Chiltern Hills reaches over 200 metres continuing as the East Anglian Heights. In the north of the area are the Lincolnshire Wolds and the Yorkshire Wolds. Farming is an important activity in East

) % of Average Hartpury College Gloucestershire 116.0 66.6 174 Oake Manor Golf Club Somerset 146.1 86.9 168 Exeter Airport Devon 138.4 83.4 166 Cawood North Yorkshire 86.3 52.8 164 Staythorpe Nottinghamshire 76.6 46.8 164 Kirk Bramwith South Yorkshire 81.0 50.6 160 Dalton Holme Humberside 102.2 64.2 159

-1.1 1 April 1917 Macclesfield (Cheshire) May 1.6 8 May 1917 Braemar (Aberdeenshire) May 1.6 1 May 1979 Knockanrock (Highland) June 5.1 2 June 1975 Nunraw Abbey (East Lothian) July 7.5 5 July 1978 Clashnoir (Banffshire) August 8.9 27 August 1919 Ampleforth (North Yorkshire) August 8.9 28 August 1919

, and the rain from mid-afternoon turned heavy from the Midlands northwards with 96.2 mm at Beckermonds (North Yorkshire). It was generally mild, with a high of 18.4 °C at Thornes Park (West Yorkshire). The night of the 1st/2nd was also very mild with the temperature not falling below 15.3 °C at Chertsey Abbey