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• NCIC Monthly Summary

  the afternoon, and it was very windy with Lerwick (Shetland) recording gusts to 69 mph. Showers were widespread on the 4th, heavy and thundery at times. The 5th saw rain, persistent and heavy at times, for central, eastern and southern counties, with scattered showers for the north. The 6th started

• March weather extremes: a closer look at March's current weather records

  mph (78 knots) at the Foyle Bridge on 24 March 1988. Recent examples include 71mph at Lerwick in 2025, demonstrating that strong gales in March remain a familiar feature of the season. You can explore this data using our interactive graph below. Snowiest March days Although snow becomes less frequent

• NCIC Monthly Summary

  , and it was very windy with Lerwick (Shetland) recording gusts to 69 mph. Showers were widespread on the 4th, heavy and thundery at times. The 5th saw rain, persistent and heavy at times, for central, eastern and southern counties, with scattered showers for the north. The 6th started fine, albeit

• Microsoft Word - 2025_01_wind_rain_snow.docx

  to the south. Daily maximum temperatures on 30th reached 11.8°C at Leuchars, Fife, but only 2.0°C at Lerwick, Shetland. These fronts brought persistent heavy rain to northern, western and central Scotland during the last three days of 2024. The analysis chart at 1800 UTC 31 December 2024 shows an area

• Microsoft Word - 2023_05_september_heatwave.docx

  temperature records for 100+ year stations Station Maxtemp (°C) Date Previous record (°C) Previous date Record length (years) Armagh, County Armagh 27.9 8 Sep 2023 27.6 1 Sep 1906 157 Lerwick, Shetland 20.7 8 Sep 2023 19.4 7 Sep 1953 109 Wisley, Surrey 33.1 9 Sep 2023 31.1 4 Sep 1929 109 Balmoral

• Microsoft Word - 2025_02_storm_eowyn.docx

  (Caithness) and Lerwick (Shetland), illustrating the north-easterly track of storm Éowyn. The strongest winds tend to coincide with the steepest pressure gradient. The time of the lowest pressure was at 0900 UTC, 1400 UTC and 1800 UTC on 24th at each of these respective stations as the storm moved through

• Easter weather extremes: the records behind a famously changeable weekend

  of extremes. The UK’s highest Easter Sunday temperature is 25.3°C at Solent in Hampshire in 2011, while the lowest minimum temperature fell to ‑12.5°C at Braemar in 2013. Some Easter Sundays have remained bitterly cold all day. The lowest maximum temperature recorded is 0.7°C at Lerwick and Baltasound

• factsheet_4-climate-of-the-british-isles_2023.pdf

  locations have gales a few times a year. Western coasts have the highest frequency of gales, especially the western isles of Scotland. On other coasts, gales are still more frequent than inland. 4 3.5 3 2.5 2 1.5 3 1 0.5 1 0 London Plymouth Birmingham Manchester 8 7 6 5 4 2 0 Lerwick Aberdeen Glasgow

• factsheet_4-climate-of-the-british-isles_2023pdf

  locations have gales a few times a year. Western coasts have the highest frequency of gales, especially the western isles of Scotland. On other coasts, gales are still more frequent than inland. 4 3.5 3 2.5 2 1.5 3 1 0.5 1 0 London Plymouth Birmingham Manchester 8 7 6 5 4 2 0 Lerwick Aberdeen Glasgow

• Microsoft Word - mwr_2023_08_for_print.docx

  *) Greatest Snow Depth at 0900 UTC 28.4°C on 10th at Wellesbourne (Warwickshire, 47mAMSL) 12.3°C on 8th at Lerwick (Shetland, 82mAMSL) and Baltasound No 2 (Shetland, 15mAMSL) 18.9°C on 11th at Thornes Park (West Yorkshire, 35mAMSL) 1.4°C on 6th at Altnaharra No 2 (Sutherland, 81mAMSL) -2.2°C on 31st at Port