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over Scotland and northern England, was named ‘Otto’ by the Danish Met Institute, as Denmark was expected to be impacted after the UK. The peak of Otto’s winds occurred during the first half of the 17th, with northern and eastern Scotland along with north-east England as far south as Yorkshire seeing

to services between Glasgow Central and Ardrossan Harbour. Much of the month was then free of significant impacts until the weather turned more unsettled in the last week. On the 24th heavy hail showers left up to an inch of hail on the ground in West and North Yorkshire, with flash flooding

are stepping outside, you can see where the rain is. The southeast of England, the Midlands, East Wales, up towards places such as Derbyshire, South Yorkshire, also Lincolnshire, northern parts of Wales. A little rain continues across the far southeast of Northern Ireland. To the north of that, some

(Clwyd, 77mAMSL) -4.0°C on 2nd at Balmoral (Aberdeenshire, 283mAMSL) 12.4°C on 25th at East Malling (Kent, 33mAMSL) and Exeter Airport No 2 (Devon, 27mAMSL) -12.5°C on 3rd at Altnaharra No 2 (Sutherland, 81mAMSL) -15.1°C on 2nd at Bank Newton No 2 (North Yorkshire, 128mAMSL) 118.8mm on 16th at Kinlochewe

Greatest snow depth 11 Dec 40cm Llanarmon Dyffryn Ceiriog, Wrexham Highest daily sunshine 17 Jun 18 Jun 19 Jun 16.2 hr Whitby, North Yorkshire Hastings, East Sussex Morecambe, Lancashire Highest gust speed 23 Feb 94 mph Capel Curig, Conwy Highest gust speed mountain 23 Dec 137 mph Cairngorm Summit

in a mild, moist south westerly airstream which meant that these fronts brought exceptionally prolonged and heavy rainfall as the air was forced to rise across high ground creating a 'warm conveyor' and extreme orographic enhancement to the rainfall. Many parts of north-western Britain had already

Airport (Greater London) Lowest Minimum Temperature -3.3 °C at Gleneages (Tayside) Most Rainfall 23.8 mm at Snainton (North Yorkshire) Most Sunshine 13.4 hours at Lerwick (Shetland) National Meteorological Library and Archive Met Office FitzRoy Road Exeter Devon EX1 3PB United Kingdom Tel: 0370 900

to 0900 UTC 27 October 2019. 50 to 80mm fell across a swathe from north Devon through Wales to the Peak District. Upland areas of South Wales (particularly the Brecon Beacons) and Dartmoor recorded over 100mm with totals in some locations exceeding 130mm. Most of this rain during a 24-hour period

for snow was issued for the Pennines and adjoining areas of Yorkshire and Derbyshire, Mid/North Wales, and the southeast of Northern Ireland. Persistent and locally heavy snowfall and strong winds duly ensued during the 9th and overnight into the 10th, the snowfall heaviest and most disruptive

areas, was generally cloudy with outbreaks of rain and drizzle in the north-west, and slightly brighter in eastern parts. Mist and fog for many central and southern parts on the 8th persisted in some places until lunchtime; the north-east became sunny and warm, Thornes Park (West Yorkshire) reaching