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pressure passed over northern Scotland, bringing a spell of wet and windy weather. As this area of low pressure pulls away into the North Sea a push of cold arctic air will follow, leading to a marked change of weather for all parts with frosts becoming much more widespread overnight. Andy Page

Storm Ashley, 20 to 21 October 2024 Storm Ashley, the first named storm of the 2024/25 season, brought wet and windy weather to the UK in late October with the strongest winds across north-western areas. This was a powerful, although not exceptional, Atlantic autumn storm. Impacts The storm brought

-average rainfall. The weather has been unsettled, with the first three named storms of the 2025/2026 season and low pressure systems bringing frontal rain across the country. September was very unsettled, while October saw two named storms, Storm Amy and Storm Benjamin. Amy brought heavy rain

approach the Christmas period, with the potential for drier and less mild weather. Let’s take a closer look at what to expect day by day, and how the broader weather patterns are shaping up for the festive season. A wet start to December The first half of December has been exceptionally wet in many

with partners in Brazil, China, India, South Africa and Southeast Asia. International collaboration is vital to addressing the issues presented by global weather and climate change. Outputs from the WCSSP programme support the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) with world-leading weather

winter are the wettest seasons, especially from October to January, and spring and early summer is normally the driest part of the year, especially from April to June. The average monthly rainfall for 4 sites is shown below. The numbers of days with rainfall totals of 1 mm or more ('wet days') tend

Sunshine 35 Wind 39 Sea Level 42 Extremes for year 2016 44 Significant Weather Events of 2016 45 Eastern Scotland wet spell 45 September hot spell 47 Correction to 2015 report 49 Annex 1: Datasets 50 Monthly grids 50 Long term average grids 52 Daily grids and degree days 53 Central England

with 31.3°C recorded at Castlederg during July. The near-record mean temperatures for Autumn were spurred on by a September that was the second warmest on record for the UK, followed by a warm and wet October that saw mean temperatures at 1.4°C above average. November also had above-average mean

is heavily influenced by weather conditions. A warm and wet spring can lead to higher pollen production, while dry and breezy conditions help disperse it into the air. Conversely, a cold winter can delay the start of the pollen season by keeping plants dormant longer. Spring rainfall also plays

All four seasons have fallen in the top ten in a series which began in 1884 and the 10 warmest years have all occurred since 2003.   As well as setting a new 139-year annual mean temperature record, 2022 will also be remembered for several other significant weather events.  Exceptionally warm start