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the north Devon coast and two people were killed in their vehicles by falling trees in Devon and Wales. A tree also smashed through the roof of a doubledecker bus in Poole, Dorset but no one was hurt. Planes struggled to land at airports due to strong winds, and in Morecambe, Lancashire a hotel
by 5.6%. Temperature rise has been greatest across parts of central and eastern England where temperatures have increased by more than 1.0°C in some locations including, Bedfordshire, and Leicestershire. While further north Scotland and Northern Ireland have seen temperatures rise by closer to 0.7°C
). Ravensworth (North Yorkshire) recorded a minimum of -15.3°C on 12th (this occurring after 0900 UTC on 11th) – making this England’s lowest temperature since 11 February 2012. Temperatures below -20°C are comparatively unusual in the UK, having last occurred in 2010, 2001 and 1995, while in recent years
0.6 °C at Alston (Cumbria); showers in the east, starting dry elsewhere but rain spread from the south-west late in the day. It was wet almost everywhere on the 2nd with 39.4 mm at Pateley Bridge (North Yorkshire), and snow on higher ground with 11 cm lying at Copley (Durham), but it turned drier
regions of the UK: Orkney & Shetland Highlands & Eilean Siar Grampian Strathclyde Central, Tayside & Fife SW Scotland, Lothian Borders Northern Ireland Wales North West England North East England Yorkshire & Humber West Midlands East Midlands East of England South West England London
, with the previous UK temperature record of 38.7°C provisionally met or exceeded at 46 stations, from Kent to North Yorkshire and from Suffolk to Warwickshire. Provisionally, seven stations recorded maximum temperatures in excess 40°C. Ali Price, whose team is responsible operating the Met Office network
on the 6th, 135.0 mm of rain fell at Seathwaite (Cumbria). A wind gust of 72 knots (83 mph) was recorded at the Needles (Isle of Wight) on the 8th. A snow depth of 25 cm was recorded at Malham Tarn (North Yorkshire) on the 16th. Weather impacts December started cold, frosty and foggy and there were
% 35–54 34% 55+ 35% Full-time 48% Part-time 15% Not working 38% Location North West England and Yorkshire & Humber Did you see or hear anything about this severe weather warning? 79% Yes 21% No Who do you think supplies weather warnings? 71% 7% 2% Have you seen or heard any severe weather warnings
Wales and North Yorkshire on the 16th, and the northbound A19 had to be closed. Heavy showers and thunderstorms broke out on the 20th across parts of Northamptonshire, Cambridge, Rutland, Lincolnshire and Norfolk, but with no impacts resulting. Increasingly high temperatures developed across the east
After a warm week in which we saw the hottest April day since 1949 with 29.1°C recorded at St James’s Park in London, the warm conditions are forecast to stretch into the weekend, albeit at not quite the same intensity. There were a number of weather station records set stretching from Yorkshire
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