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issued for parts of Scotland. A woman died after being hit by a falling tree in Aberdeen on the 29th. There were over 75,000 power outages over the weekend, and over 100 school closures in Aberdeenshire, Angus and Highland. With many fallen trees, both road and rail travel were impacted. Road

the northwest, typically among the wettest parts of the UK in winter, has seen barely any rain at all. Data from the early days of February illustrate this dramatically: Aberdeen recorded 120 mm in the first nine days. Aboyne recorded 107 mm. Aviemore, on the opposite side of the Cairngorms, recorded

. Scotland recorded 1053.6mb in Aberdeen on 31 January 1902, with similarly high values seen in England (1053.1mb in Falmouth, 1905) and Wales (1050.5mb in Mumbles, 2020). Such high-pressure systems can dominate for days, leading to cold, calm and often frost-laden weather. Rainfall extremes: concentrated

have already exceeded their full‑month average rainfall. City of Aberdeen has reached 180% of its February average, Kincardineshire 152%, and Angus 130%. Further south, the Isle of Wight has already reached 108% of its average and Worcestershire 103%. These early‑month figures illustrate how

, highlighting how terrain and wind direction can create sharp rainfall gradients. For instance, Aberdeen recorded around 120mm of rain in the first nine days of February, while Aviemore, protected by mountains, saw only about 2mm during the same period. These contrasts illustrate the profound

and deliver on their energy transition strategies and projects.  He co-chaired the Aberdeen Maggie’s cancer charity for five years. He holds an MA in Natural Sciences from Cambridge University and a PhD from London University and was awarded a CBE for his services to the Energy Sector. Andy lives on a North

. The wind chill will make it feel even colder, especially in northern areas and across Scotland, where wind chill values could be as low as 3°C in places like Aberdeen. This chilly spell is expected to be brief. As high pressure builds to the west, the flow will turn more westerly, bringing milder

, resulted in high water levels and large waves affecting exposed coastal communities in the south and west, causing coastal flooding. Impacts The storm of 5 December saw Scotland's rail network shut down, 100,000 homes without power, flight cancellations at Glasgow, Edinburgh and Aberdeen, fallen

locations have gales a few times a year. Western coasts have the highest frequency of gales, especially the western isles of Scotland. On other coasts, gales are still more frequent than inland. 4 3.5 3 2.5 2 1.5 3 1 0.5 1 0 London Plymouth Birmingham Manchester 8 7 6 5 4 2 0 Lerwick Aberdeen Glasgow

and Aberdeen. Further south, the same band of rain gave way to clusters of heavy, thundery downpours. One such downpour in Merseyside on the evening of the 9th led to reports of road and property flooding across the area, including in the same location where two fatalities had occurred in August