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carrying 150 passengers was stranded for 26 hours before docking at Fishguard, Pembrokeshire. Large waves battered the south coast and damage was reported to the sea wall at Swanage, Dorset. The south-west main line railway was closed outside Exeter due to flood damage and more than 1,000 properties
England. 31.6mm was recorded in one hour to 0300 GMT at Swanage (Dorset) and 55.8mm was recorded in one hour to 0400 GMT at West Ilsley (Berkshire). The map below shows lightning strokes recorded across the UK from 11 to 17 September. These include both cloud-to-cloud and cloud-to-ground strokes
to the east – for example at Swanage (Dorset). There were temporary power cuts in several areas, including the Isle of Wight, Portsmouth, Southampton, Devon, Cornwall, towns east of Reading and parts of west London. However, although storm Alex and subsequent fronts brought widespread heavy rain, flooding
PARK 129 -1.95874 -1.39551 ENG 2002 99159 SWANAGE 10 50.61369 -1.95874 ENG 1928 99160 CARDIFF, BUTE PARK 9 51.48829 -3.18854 WAL 1969 99161 CAVENDISH 55 52.09067 0.62789 ENG 1974 99162 RYHILL 78 53.62843 -1.39428 ENG 1994 99163 PORTHMADOG 7 52.91455 -4.15802 WAL 1993 99164 PENNERLEY 357 52.58995
, 25mAMSL) and Kew Gardens (Greater London, 6mAMSL) 10.8°C on 13th at Brizlee Wood (Northumberland, 250mAMSL) 19.6°C on 31st at Isle Of Portland (Dorset, 52mAMSL) and Swanage (Dorset, 10mAMSL) 1.7°C on 31st at Tulloch Bridge (Inverness-shire, 249mAMSL) and Tyndrum No 3 (Perthshire (in Central Region
Depth at 0900 UTC 16.7°C on 13th at Writtle (Essex, 32mAMSL) -0.3°C on 30th at Okehampton, East Okement Farm (Devon, 408mAMSL) 13.1°C on 14th at Swanage (Dorset, 10mAMSL) -7.7°C on 25th at Shap (Cumbria, 263mAMSL) -11.8°C on 30th at Whitechurch (Dyfed, 129mAMSL) 124.2mm on 13th at Honister Pass
, 25mAMSL) and Kew Gardens (Greater London, 6mAMSL) 10.8°C on 13th at Brizlee Wood (Northumberland, 250mAMSL) 19.6°C on 31st at Isle Of Portland (Dorset, 52mAMSL) and Swanage (Dorset, 10mAMSL) 1.7°C on 31st at Tulloch Bridge (Inverness-shire, 249mAMSL) and Tyndrum No 3 (Perthshire (in Central Region
(Dorset, 52mAMSL) and Swanage (Dorset, 10mAMSL) 1.7°C on 31st at Tulloch Bridge (Inverness-shire, 249mAMSL) and Tyndrum No 3 (Perthshire (in Central Region), 168mAMSL) -2.2°C on 31st at Dalwhinnie No 2 (Inverness-shire, 351mAMSL) 75.7mm on 8th at White Barrow (Devon, 445mAMSL) 15.3hr on 7th at Dale
Automatic Sutton Bonington England 52.836, -1.25 Automatic Swanage England 50.613, -1.957 Automatic Teddington, Bushy Park England 51.422, -0.339 Automatic Teignmouth England 50.545, -3.494 Manual Tetford England 53.253, -0.008 Manual Thornes Park England 53.672, -1.515 Manual Thorney Island England
with Swanage (Dorset) not falling below 12.6 °C. Colder, drier and sunnier weather spread into the north on the 3rd, while rain spread eastwards through the Midlands and East Anglia with showery weather further west and south. A ridge of high pressure led to a frosty start for many on the 4th
