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UK last month

February 2025

February began with rain across western Scotland and Northern Ireland, before the weather turned more settled. A blocking high pressure system to the east of the UK led to overcast but settled conditions for the next few weeks, with below average temperatures and some scattered showers. Occasional frontal systems brought rain, sometimes wintry over high ground. Scotland saw some snow and freezing rain on the 18^th, before the blocking high started moving away around the 19^th. The weather turned more unsettled as a low pressure system to the west of the UK moved towards Iceland. This led to frontal systems bringing heavy rain to much of the country, and coastal gales in northern areas. Temperatures also rose to above average as the cold easterly weather regime shifted to milder westerly conditions. Frontal systems brought particularly heavy rain to Wales and western parts of England and Scotland on the 23^rd, leading to some flooding. The end of the month saw building high pressure, resulting in more settled conditions as well as widespread frost and some foggy conditions.

Although temperatures for the UK in the first two weeks of February were below average, the shift mid-month to warmer conditions led to an overall mean temperature above average for the month. The UK recorded a provisional mean of 4.6°C, 0.5°C above the long-term average. Northern Ireland in particular was warm, seeing temperatures provisionally 0.9°C above average. February started with little rainfall under the high pressure system, but this shifted mid-month as the weather became more unsettled. Overall rainfall, however, was still below average, with the UK provisionally recording 72.7mm of rainfall, 76% of the long-term average February rainfall. Northern England was particularly dry, seeing little over half of the average February rainfall. Despite a gloomy start to the month, sunshine hours increased in the latter half, resulting in the UK provisionally recording 67 hours of sunshine, 93% of the average. Scotland saw above average sunshine, with northern Scotland particularly sunny, seeing provisionally 137% of the average sunshine hours for February.

The UK monthly extremes were as follows: A maximum temperature of 17.0°C was recorded at Hull East Park (Humberside) on the 21^st. A minimum temperature of -9.6°C was recorded at Aviemore (Inverness-shire) on the 14^th. In the 24 hours ending at 0900 UTC on the 24^th, 111.2mm of rain fell at White Barrow (Devon). A wind gust of 69 knots (79 mph) was recorded at Capel Curig (Gwynedd) on the 21^st and 23^rd.

Regional values for January 2025