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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? Barnsley is located within the 'North West' region of the UK, which includes Cheshire, Merseyside, Greater Manchester, Lancashire, Cumbria and North Yorkshire. Here

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

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

of homes across parts of Cumbria, Yorkshire and Lancashire, and rail lines heading north to both Glasgow and Edinburgh were disrupted. Sadly, four people died in the UK and Ireland because of falling trees during Storm Eunice. During this storm, over a million homes were left without power

pressure continuing to dominate, with outbreaks of heavy showers and thunderstorms across the UK. Some surface water impacts were observed, including short-term closures of roads and rails in parts of Cheshire, Lancashire, Greater Manchester and West Yorkshire on the 26th and over north-east

, allowing sunshine further north, with 14.9 hours at Morecambe (Lancashire). Southern areas had a sunny day on the 20th with 14.9 hours at Bude (Cornwall), but it was cloudier with scattered showers in the north. The night of the 20th/21st was chilly in places, with a minimum of 2.4 °C at Shobdon