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Friday will bring a marked contrast in weather across the UK. Much of Scotland, Northern Ireland, northwest England and north Wales will be cloudy and breezy, with outbreaks of rain and drizzle, particularly over higher ground. Some brighter spells are likely in sheltered eastern areas. Elsewhere
. The 15th was a quiet day with a widespread frost, especially over snow cover in the north with Ravensworth (North Yorkshire) falling to -11.8 °C, and Copley (Durham) reported 20 cm of lying snow. A band of rain spread from the west overnight into the 16th, turning to snow in many eastern areas
Thursday will begin with areas of locally heavy rain, moving erratically north and east throughout the day. While the thundery component of this rain is expected to diminish, brighter conditions following the rain may help to trigger scattered showers and isolated thunderstorms during the afternoon
between Sheffield and Edinburgh, including the Peak District, Yorkshire Dales, North York Moors and the Pennines. In East Sussex and Kent, snow showers could bring local accumulations of 2-3cm; many parts however may see little or no snow. In the more northerly warning area, locations over 200m
-east and parts of the north saw some sunshine, but scattered wintry showers affected the north-west and more general rain affected the south-west with snow over high ground. Topcliffe (North Yorkshire) fell to -7.5 °C early on the 31st, which was a generally bright day but with wintry showers
in North Yorkshire. There was widespread disruption across the rail network, with the West Coast Main Line closed between Carlisle and Lockerbie and the TransPennine Express also disrupted. Localized surface water flooding also caused disruption to many roads. In Cumbria, households were temporarily
temperature for August was provisionally 0.3 °C below the 1981-2010 long-term average. Maximum temperatures were around 1.5 °C below average in the south-east, whereas minima were slightly above average over the Midlands and the north. Rainfall was near average in the south-east, parts of Devon, and from
were around 1.5 °C below average in the south-east, whereas minima were slightly above average over the Midlands and the north. Rainfall was near average in the south-east, parts of Devon, and from Lancashire to East Yorkshire, but well below average in some areas such as the Midlands, Lincolnshire
UK rainfall total for 2019 was 1240 mm, which is 107% of the 1981-2010 average, making this a wet year overall although not especially so. Parts of the North Midlands, South Yorkshire and Lincolnshire were notably wet through the year, and Sheffield had its second wettest year in a station record
71.9 77.4 93 Myerscough, Lancashire 87.0 96.8 90 Rochdale, Greater Manchester 98.6 112.2 88 Ruthin, Clywd 65.6 75.1 87 Westerdale, North Yorkshire 66.4 77.1 86 The chart below shows area-average daily rainfall totals across north-west England and North Wales from September 2020 to January 2021
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