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into Argyll & Bute and the Firth of Clyde. It was mostly grey and drizzly on the 15th, 16th and 17th, and rather warm by night with Dunbar (East Lothian) not falling below 17.0 °C on the night of the 16th/17th. The cloud and rain and drizzle cleared northern areas during the 17th, leaving brighter

a result of a low-pressure system in the central Mediterranean. Crete in particular was badly affected with very low visibility caused by airborne dust. While Saharan dust over Greece is not uncommon, this was a particularly large transfer of dust, estimated to be the biggest for at least a decade

thousands of residents were evacuated from vulnerable areas. At Hemsby (Norfolk) cliff erosion resulted in several properties collapsing into the sea, while in North Wales, Rhyl (Denbighshire) was badly affected by coastal flooding. However, hundreds of thousands of properties were protected by flood

weather, but cloud increased from the west late on, with an area of rain spreading into the west and heading into northern counties. The rain cleared away north-eastwards by midday on the 28th, leaving another dry sunny day. After early fog around the Moray Firth, most places were again dry and sunny

to recommend a good candidate for the role of Meteorological Statist, it was of course Beaufort who suggested FitzRoy for the position. FitzRoy was a man ahead of his time and a workaholic who cared perhaps too much about his work. He certainly took criticism very badly and very personally; never a good

for this type of image. We see that large areas of land to the east of Lakes Michigan, Huron, Erie and Ontario have been affected by snowfall. Western New York State was particularly badly hit, with locations around Buffalo (marked) reporting over 80 inches (around 2 metres) of accumulated snowfall

, and showers developed across the north-west in the afternoon, turning thundery over the northwest Highlands and the Moray Firth. 19th to 25th A spell of wet and windy weather set in. The 19th had a foggy start in the north and east, with showers briefly developing across the Central Belt, and patchy

spells of rain during the day. From the 9th to 12th it was generally cloudy, while turning progressively milder. The 9th and 10th had light rain and drizzle, though with some bright spells around the Moray Firth and parts of the Northern Isles on the 9th. A significant band of rain reached western

put into place. Parts of Scotland were affected with travel disruption and school closures on the 2nd, 3rd and 4th also. Wet and windy weather set in on the 6th, peaking on the 8th/9th with the arrival of Storm Erik. In Scotland, a fisherman was reportedly rescued from the water in the Moray Firth

and weather fronts bringing some substantial rainfall, especially to southwest England, south Wales, northwest England and west Scotland. The Newport-Shrewsbury railway line, badly affected by flooding from Storm Claudia in November, was pre-emptively closed ahead of the rain whilst the Valleys line