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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

widely at 60 to 70 kt around exposed coastlines of the north and west, with gusts exceeding 70 kt in the Western Isles, South Wales and South Coast. 74 kt (85 mph) was recorded at Plymouth and 82 kt (94 mph) at Needles Old Battery (Isle of Wight), while winds gusted at over 100 kt across

December. An Amber weather warning was issued for parts of south Wales and across southern England and a Yellow warning for wind for the whole of England, Wales and Southern Scotland. A peak wind gust of 106 mph was recorded at Needles (Isle of Wight). Storm Christoph brought persistent and heavy rain

and Norfolk. The highest gusts were 84 Kt (97 mph) at Needles Old Battery, Isle of Wight and 81 Kt (93 mph) at Aberdaron, Gwynedd. Inland gusts included 77 Kt (89 mph) at Capel Curig, Conwy, 75 Kt (86 mph) at Lake Vyrnwy, Powys, 67 Kt (77 mph) at Cranwell, Lincolnshire, 65 Kt (75 mph) at Cardinham, Bodmin

and heavy rain, resulting in some flooding in Moray (Scotland), with 56 Kt (64 mph) at Needles Old Battery (Isle of Wight). Ex-hurricane Nadine on 24 to 26 September 2012 caused flooding in north-east England, some fallen trees in the Scottish Borders and a fatality from a fallen tree in London

Of Hundland (Orkney, 28mAMSL) 83Kt 96mph on 12th at Wight: Needles Old Battery (Isle Of Wight, 80mAMSL) 79Kt 91mph on 11th at Cairngorm Summit (Inverness-shire, 1237mAMSL) 1cm on 25th at Poolewe (Ross & Cromarty, 6mAMSL) mAMSL refers to station elevation in metres above mean sea level. *Mountain

, 253mAMSL) 94.4mm on 13th at Capel Curig No 3 (Gwynedd, 216mAMSL) 11.5hr on 30th at Kirkwall (Orkney, 26mAMSL) also on 31st at Bewcastle (Cumbria, 133mAMSL) 70Kt 81mph on 1st at Wight: Needles Old Battery (Isle Of Wight, 80mAMSL) also on 28th at Wight: Needles Old Battery (Isle Of Wight, 80mAMSL

) on the 1st. Minimum temperatures of -6.1 °C were recorded at Aboyne (Aberdeenshire) and Cromdale (Morayshire) on the 29th. In the 24 hours ending at 0900 GMT on the 12th, 129.2 mm of rain fell at Skye Alltdearg House (Invernessshire). A wind gust of 80 knots (92 mph) was recorded at Needles (Isle

temperature of -1.3 °C was recorded at Braemar (Aberdeenshire) on the 31st. In the 24 hours ending at 0900 GMT on the 13th, 90.0 mm of rain fell at Prestatyn (Clwyd). A wind gust of 61 knots (70 mph) was recorded at Needles (Isle of Wight) on the 10th. Weather impacts High temperatures around

hours ending at 0900 GMT on the 26th, 101.0 mm of rain fell at Lebanus (Powys). A wind gust of 66 knots (76 mph) was recorded at the Needles (Isle of Wight) on the 18th. Weather impacts Following a very wet end to September, October began with a number of weather impacts due to flooding. These included