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such as Tiree, Mull, Jura and Islay. The region covers the western half of both the Central Lowlands and the Southern Uplands. Much of the landscape of Western Scotland consists of high ground, i.e. more than 200 metres above sea level, especially in the north, where there are many peaks that exceed 1000
Midlands Exeter Farnborough Gatwick Glasgow Gloucester Heathrow Humberside Inverness Isles of Scilly (St Mary's) Kirkwall Leeds London City Manchester Newcastle Norwich Prestwick Ronaldsway Shoreham Southampton Southend Stansted Stornoway Sumburgh Teeside Tiree Unst Wick Aberdeen Return to Available
the most significant since the Boxing Day Storm of 26 December 1998. A weather station on Tiree, Inner Hebrides, recorded the UK’s lowest pressure reading since storm naming was introduced in autumn 2015. Impacts In the red warning area, including all of Northern Ireland and Scotland’s Central Belt
people died in Sheffield as a direct result of this gale. A storm surge down the North Sea during the night of the 16th/17th caused much damage to the Germany city of Hamburg, resulting in 315 deaths. Highest gust speeds: Lowther Hill 103 knots (119 mph) Kirkwall, Grimsetter 95 knots (109 mph) Tiree 87
across Northern Ireland and Scotland bringing down power cables in the Lothian Region. Highest wind speeds below. OWS Cumulus 105 knots (121 mph) North Rona 105 knots (121 mph) Sumburgh 83 knots (96 mph) Lerwick 74 knots (85 mph) Camborne 71 knots (82 mph) Stornoway Airport 69 knots (79 mph) Tiree 69
(81 mph) Tiree 64 knots (74 mph) Ballpatrick Forest 60 knots (69 mph) Part of hourly British Isles chart for 10am on 2 June 1975 showing plotted observations of snowfall (small stars) especially across eastern areas of England. Daily weather extremes Highest Maximum Temperature 15.4 °C at Heathrow
(Gloucestershire) Lowest Minimum Temperature 4.4 °C at Stornoway Airport (Western Isles) Most Rainfall 279.4 mm at Martinstown, Chantry (Dorset) Most Sunshine 13.4 hours at Tiree (Argyll) National Meteorological Library and Archive Met Office FitzRoy Road Exeter Devon EX1 3PB United Kingdom Tel: 0370
in Glasgow alone. Highest gust speeds (from low level sites): Tiree 102 knots (118 mph) Bell Rock 96 knots (111 mph) Leuchars 92 knots (106 mph) Turnhouse 90 knots (104 mph) Prestwick 90 knots (104 mph) Abbotsinch 89 knots (103 mph) Anemogram for Abbotsinch for 14/15 January 1968, showing a highest
winds of 50 to 60Kt (58 to 69mph) or more across north-western parts of the UK. The highest gusts were 71Kt (82mph) at Aberdaron, Gwynedd, 70Kt (81mph) at Killowen, County Down, 68Kt (78mph) at Tiree, Argyll and 66Kt (76mph) at Inverbervie (Kincardineshire). Wind gusts were especially high across upland
in Scotland. The western side of the country saw only around 70% of the month's average, but northern Scotland has seen just above average sunshine. Stornoway and Tiree have been the sunniest places in the UK this month, both stations recording over 200 hours of sunshine during the month. The first half
