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affected parts of Highland Scotland, Northern Ireland, mid-Wales, Lancashire and Berkshire. Drought conditions were declared across parts of central and eastern England in early June 2011. Although these were alleviated by the rather indifferent summer of 2011, the dry autumn and winter 2011 resulted

1963 (-16.6 °C) ^Records at Woodford begin in 2003. The previous record at nearby Ringway (Greater Manchester) was -13.9 °C on 25 January 1945. Maximum temperatures 7 January Station Maximum temperature Comment Hawarden (Flintshire) -7.8 °C Coldest since 28 December 2000 (-8.3 °C) Preston (Lancashire

and the Isle of Wight. Other events which were cancelled included sea swims and parkruns. Persistent rain across north-west England also resulted in significant flood related problems including multiple traffic accidents across Lancashire and vehicles stranded. On New Year’s day, a major incident

island effect, which results in higher urban temperatures compared with surrounding rural areas. WHAT AFFECTS THE REGION’S WEATHER? Manchester is located within the 'North West' region of the UK, which includes Cheshire, Merseyside, Greater Manchester, Lancashire and Cumbria. Here are some

Dudley resulted in loss of power for thousands of homes across parts of Cumbria, Yorkshire and Lancashire, and rail lines heading north to Glasgow and Edinburgh were disrupted. The strong winds from Franklin hampered cleanup operations following Eunice. The persistent heavy rain through this spell

island effect, which results in higher urban temperatures compared with surrounding rural areas. WHAT AFFECTS THE REGION’S WEATHER? Liverpool is located within the 'North West' region of the UK, which includes includes Cheshire, Merseyside, Greater Manchester, Lancashire and Cumbria. Here are some

island effect, which results in higher urban temperatures compared with surrounding rural areas. WHAT AFFECTS THE REGION’S WEATHER? Barnsley is located within the 'North West' region of the UK, which includes Cheshire, Merseyside, Greater Manchester, Lancashire, Cumbria and North Yorkshire. Here

and Lancashire, and rail lines heading north to Glasgow and Edinburgh were disrupted. The strong winds from Franklin hampered cleanup operations following Eunice. The persistent heavy rain from the successive storms, together with snow at higher levels, brought significant flooding problems in parts of England

and northern England from 18 to 20 January. 100mm of rain or more fell across upland areas, and parts of Cheshire, Greater Manchester and Lancashire received around the January whole-month long-term average rainfall from this event. For north-west England and North Wales this was one of the wettest 3-day

, but there are the Tyne gap linking Carlisle and Newcastle and the Aire gap linking Lancashire and Yorkshire. The other significant area of high ground is the North York Moors, rising to over 400 metres. The major population and industrial centres tend to be associated with the rivers and include Sheffield