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falling below -15 °C across the Highlands. Many airports were affected including Heathrow, Gatwick, Manchester, Liverpool, Belfast and Inverness. Eurostar trains were also badly disrupted by snow in the run-up to Christmas. The difficult conditions continued from Christmas to the New Year, although
notably high spring temperatures, particularly northern and western areas, with 19°C reached around Carlisle, Glasgow and Inverness, and locally 20°C in parts of England and Wales. However, near-average minimum temperatures as a result of often clear skies have led the average mean temperature to be 1C
Wednesday night saw England, Wales and Northern Ireland’s coldest night of the winter, with -11.2°C, -7.9°C and -7.3°C respectively. -12.4°C was recorded at Tulloch Bridge in Inverness-shire, not quite as low as the winter low of -13.3°C recorded on the early hours of Monday 6 January. Many places
moved into the west by evening. Rain, sleet and snow affected the Borders on the 6th and cleared south, otherwise it was a day of sunshine and widespread wintry showers. The 7th had another widespread frost, severe in many places with -10.1 °C recorded at Tulloch Bridge (Inverness), sunny in the south
on 20th at Braemar No 2 (Aberdeenshire, 327mAMSL) 17.1°C on 13th at Kingston Maurward (Dorset, 73mAMSL) -5.5°C on 31st at Dalwhinnie No 2 (Inverness-shire, 351mAMSL) -10.4°C on 31st at Dalwhinnie No 2 (Inverness-shire, 351mAMSL) 129.5mm on 19th at Fettercairn, Glensaugh No 2 (Kincardineshire, 171mAMSL
on the 13th, 88.4 mm of rain fell at Glen Nevis (Inverness-shire). Wind gusts of 58 knots (67 mph) were observed at Weybourne (Norfolk) and Donna Nook (Lincolnshire) on the 25th. Weather impacts On the 2nd in Scotland, there was flooding on the A75 near Auchenlarie, with ScotRail reporting disruption
, Niab (Cambridgeshire, 26mAMSL) 12.0°C on 25th at Dalwhinnie No 2 (Inverness-shire, 351mAMSL) 20.9°C on 12th at Gogerddan (Dyfed, 31mAMSL) and Yeovilton (Somerset, 20mAMSL) and Gosport, Fleetlands (Hampshire, 1mAMSL) -1.2°C on 31st at Kinbrace, Hatchery (Sutherland, 103mAMSL) -2.5°C on 31st
at Malham Tarn (North Yorkshire) on the 23rd. Weather impacts The first half of January was generally quiet, but on the 7th and 8th, strong winds caused some disruption in the north of Scotland, including school closures, a 40 mph speed restriction on Inverness rail services, and suspended bus services
as follows: A maximum temperature of 34.9 °C was recorded at Charlwood (Surrey) on the 13th. A minimum temperature of 0.3 °C was recorded at Tulloch Bridge (Inverness-shire) on the 17th. In the 24 hours ending at 0900 UTC on the 17th, 146.2 mm of rain fell at Holbeach (Lincolnshire). A wind gust of 49
especially parts of eastern England, with an overall figure of 107% of average. The UK monthly extremes were as follows: A maximum temperature of 23.4 °C was recorded at St James’s Park (London) on the 15th. A minimum temperature of -8.0 °C was recorded at Tulloch Bridge (Inverness-shire) on the 1st
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