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in the wind. Making a wind vane If you would like to make another instrument to measure the wind, we have provided the instructions to make a wind vane below: • A ruler • A pen top/lid • A plastic fizzy drink bottle • Card, 2 pieces • A knitting needle or chopstick • Matchsticks • A cork • Sand/pebbles

February Copley, County Durham Highest daily sunshine 16.8hr 16 June Fair Isle, Shetland Highest gust speed 92Kt 106mph 27 December Needles Old Battery, Isle of Wight Highest gust speed (mountain) 115Kt 132mph 3 February Cairngorm Summit, Inverness-shire

in red warnings for wind and saw a new highest maximum gust speed record for England set of 122mph at the Needles on the Isle of Wight.   Dr Mark McCarthy said: “There’s no evidence of a trend in storminess because of climate change, but this spell of impactful weather in February is certainly noteworthy

across the UK. Winds gusted at 50 to 60 Kt around the coast of the UK. Lo us (North Yorkshire) recorded 67 Kt (77 mph) and Needles Old Battery (Isle of Wight) 85 Kt (98 mph). The rain-radar imagery from 0600 GMT 29 to 0300 GMT 31 December shows the fronts associated with storm Frank bringing further

were 85Kt (98mph) at Brizlee Wood (Northumberland), 80Kt (92mph) at Berry Head (Devon), 76Kt (87mph) at Orlock Head (County Down) and 70Kt (81mph) at Saxa Vord (Shetland), Aberporth (Dyfed) and Needles Old Battery (Isle of Wight). Almost 40% of the UK wind network recorded gusts of over 50Kt and 24

. In the 24 hours ending at 0900 GMT on the 20th, 180.4 mm of rain fell at Honister Pass (Cumbria). A wind gust of 84 knots (97 mph) was recorded at Needles (Isle of Wight) on the 9th. A snow depth of 23 cm was recorded at Copley (Durham) on the 24th. Weather impacts After a relatively quiet first

to 6th The weather was generally showery and quite cool, with a slackening westerly flow; some of the showers were wintry on high ground. It was very windy in places on the 1st with a maximum gust of 61 knots (70 mph) at Needles (Isle of Wight). Malham Tarn (North Yorkshire) recorded a maximum

fell at Tyndrum (Perthshire). A wind gust of 73 knots (84 mph) was recorded at Needles (Isle of Wight) on the 10th. Weather impacts After heavy rain at the end of July, early August had lingering impacts relating to flooding, exacerbated in places by thundery showers in early August. On the 1st

at 0900 GMT on the 29th, 89.8 mm of rain fell at Aldergrove (County Antrim). A wind gust of 57 knots (66 mph) was recorded at Needles (Isle of Wight) on the 29th. The radar picture for 1600 GMT on the 27th shows heavy thundery showers over some eastern areas, heavy rain over parts of Wales

on the 8th, 63.8 mm of rain fell at Sheffield (South Yorkshire). A wind gust of 95 knots (109 mph) was recorded at the Needles (Isle of Wight) on the 2nd. Snow 6 cm deep was recorded at Cromdale (Morayshire) on the 8th. Weather impacts November started with unsettled weather across the UK