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temperature series in the world. By collating and combining early instrumental records, the series charts monthly temperature statistics from 1659. The series is representative of a region enclosed by Lancashire, London and Bristol.  Cooler and warmer spells When looking at the series you can clearly see

cancellations across Scotland. Storm Clodagh - Maximum gust speeds (mph) Site Name Area Max Gust (mph) High Bradfield South Yorkshire 97 Capel Curig Snowdonia 93 Lake Vyrnwy North Wales 84 Blackpool Lancashire 76 Aberdaron South Wales 79 Loftus North Yorkshire 79 Pembrey South Wales 75 Mumbles South Wales 75 Storm Clodagh satellite imagery  

during November. Across north-west England and North Wales, November 2015 was the second wettest November in a series from 1910; only November 2009 was wetter. Several thousand homes and businesses were inundated with floodwater across Cumbria, with parts of Lancashire, Northumberland and southern

flooding to parts of Lancashire, north Manchester and West Yorkshire, while on 29 to 30 December storm Frank brought further very wet and windy weather to southern and western Scotland and Northern Ireland. The sustained period of wet weather set new UK rainfall records. December 2015 was the wettest

of 25-30 °C temperatures. In terms of the sunniest UK locations this summer, Hastings ranked number one according to Met Office data, with an average of 9.3 hours of sunshine per day from June 1st to August 19th. This was followed by Hurn, in Dorset and Morcambe, in Lancashire, both of which

) Aberdaron North Wales 85 Capel Curig North Wales 84 High Bradfield Yorkshire 83 Lake Vyrnwy North Wales 83 Pembrey Sands South Wales 79 Bala North Wales 68 Crosby Lancashire 68 Wittering West Sussex 66 The strong winds brought several impacts with more than 3,000 homes in Derbyshire, Shropshire

with autumn weather.” As well as Northern Ireland, parts of England also had their respective wettest July on record. Greater Manchester, Lancashire and Merseyside all had their wettest July, as a succession of weather fronts brought long periods of rain. Lancashire was the wettest county compared

Desmond caused severe disruption flooding 5,200 homes across Lancashire and Cumbria. Several major roads across the north of England and Scotland were flooded and there was major disruption to rail services in the north of England while a landslide closed a section of the West Coast mainline

the north Devon coast and two people were killed in their vehicles by falling trees in Devon and Wales. A tree also smashed through the roof of a doubledecker bus in Poole, Dorset but no one was hurt. Planes struggled to land at airports due to strong winds, and in Morecambe, Lancashire a hotel

of relatively cold air. Dan Suri is a chief forecaster at the Met Office. He said: “This low-pressure system will bring a lot of moisture into contact with the relatively cold air across the northern half of the UK. This brings wintry conditions to an extending from East Yorkshire to North Lancashire