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to Lancashire. Series are produced for maximum, minimum and mean temperature - both daily and monthly. Data from a small number of stations are used, since 2007 the core network comprises Rothamsted (Herts), Pershore (Worcs) and Stonyhurst (Lancs). Any effects of urbanisation are minimised by comparison
(Isle of Wight). Numerous other stations recorded gusts exceeding 60Kt (69mph). A feature of storm Gerrit was the persistence of the strongest winds. The chart below shows hourly maximum gusts at Blackpool, Squires Gate (Lancashire), Lake Vyrnwy (Powys) and Mumbles Head (Swansea) from Christmas Day
since 2013. It was a dry month in Cumbria and north Lancashire but wet elsewhere, and with 160% of average rainfall it was the joint 7th wettest March in a series from 1910, and the wettest March since 1981. Some parts of the south and south-west, the Midlands and the north-east had well over twice
record for the hottest late August bank holiday with 33.2 °C at Heathrow on 26 August. Also during July, Cheshire received more than twice the average rainfall for the month (219%). Other counties in central and northern England, including Lancashire, Staffordshire Derbyshire and Leicestershire, also
, helping you plan ahead and stay prepared. Lytham Festival 2025 – Lytham Green, Lancashire (from July 2) Headline Acts: Alanis Morissette, Justin Timberlake, Simple Minds, Texas Weather Summary: The festival opens under largely favourable conditions. Wednesday begins with some cloud and patchy rain
Max gust speed (m.a.s.l.) (knots) Highest gust since: High Bradfield, South Yorkshire 395 81 18 January 2007 86 knots Capel Curig, Gwynedd 216 76 11 November 2010 79 knots Islay, Port Ellen 17 71 3 January 2012 84 knots - see Table 1 Winter Hill, Lancashire 440 71 3 January 2012 73 knots - see Table
, the Mourne mountains in Northern Ireland, mid-Wales, Lancashire and Berkshire. Fortunately rainfall at the end of the first week of May helped the fire services bring these under control. Following the exceptionally dry Spring, on 10 June, parts of the east Midlands and East Anglia were declared
Stonyhurst, Lancashire 14.1 01/01/2022 13.5 25/01/2016 83 Aberporth, Ceredigion 13.5 01/01/2022 13.4 26/01/2003 80 December - highest min Sheffield, South Yorkshire 13.0 31/12/2021 12.9 12/12/1994 136 Bradford, West Yorkshire 12.4 31/12/2021 11.6 17/12/2015 113 Buxton, Derbyshire 11.6 31/12/2021 11.5 12
by strong winds, gusting at around 30 kt (35 mph). Recorded snow depths at 0900 UTC on 24 March included 41 cm at Middleton, Derbyshire, 27 cm at Bingley, West Yorkshire, 35 cm at Darwen, Lancashire and 75 cm at Llamarnon Dyffryn Ceiriog, Wrexham. The snow was accompanied by unseasonably low temperatures
the 1981-2010 long-term average. Rainfall was 132% of average and sunshine was just 76% of average, and it was particularly wet in south Yorkshire, Humberside and parts of the Midlands with more than twice the normal rainfall. However, Cumbria and north Lancashire were drier than average. 1st to 7th
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