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geographic features comprise the valleys and estuaries of the eastward-flowing Rivers Tweed, Forth, Tay and Dee and extensive upland areas including the Grampian Mountains in the northern part of the region and the Lammermuir Hills south of Edinburgh (rising to 500 metres above sea level). The highest

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of air and ground frost at Ringway and Ronaldsway. Although the summer months are usually free of air frost, ground frost may occur at any time of the year, especially at sites in inland valleys. Sunshine The number of hours of bright sunshine is controlled by the length of day and by cloudiness

temperatures usually occur around sunrise and extreme minima have been recorded in winter, most o en in January or February. The lowest known temperature recorded in the region was -21.1 °C on 5 January 1941 at Houghall, a pronounced 'frost hollow' in the Wear valley near Durham. July and August

. (Day 1 and 2) • Temperatures in valleys and at 900m (800m for Brecon Beacons, 700m for Yorkshire Dales, 600m for Peak District). (Day 1 and 2) • Freezing level (Day 1 and 2) • Some additional information is also made available for some sites (currently these are as follows: antecedent rainfall

, Conwy, 80Kt (92mph) at Aberdaron, Gwynedd, 74Kt (85mph) at Aberporth, Ceredigion, 69 Kt (79mph) at Valley, Anglesey and 68Kt (78mph) at Orlock Head, County Down. Berry Head recorded its highest December gust speed on record (30-year record length), while Aberporth and Valley recorded their highest

2003, see table below. 33.9 Station record was broken on 10 August 2003, see table below. 33.7 Valley (Anglesey) 33.0 New station record beating the previous high of 32.8 °C on 3 August 1990, using digitised data records back to 1960. This value was then exceeded on 9 August 2003, when 34.3 °C

and the Thames Valley. Record rainfall levels Rainfall between December 2013 and February 2014 smashed previous winter records in numerous regions – including for the UK as a whole and for Southern England. Some of these rainfall series extend back more than 250 years. The seemingly unprecedented nature

edge of the low pressure through the afternoon on Monday (16 October). The tables below outline the top wind gusts recorded in the UK and the Republic of Ireland. UK top wind gusts Location Region Gust speed Capel Curig Gwynedd 90mph Aberdaron Gwynedd 90mph RAF Valley Anglesey 81mph Mumbles Head

. On the 5th, there was flooding of homes and businesses and transport disruption across parts of the south-west Midlands, south and mid Wales, particularly the south Wales valleys. On the 6th flooding affected north-east England, where the town of Morpeth in Northumberland was badly hit with some 1000