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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

-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

change as we 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

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

of Responsibility (PAR), with an average of 17 TCs (12 typhoons) per year (Met-Office, 2014). About 7 TCs (5 typhoons) make landfall each year, typically towards the end of the main TC season. Factors influencing tropical cyclones in the region Sea surface temperatures (SSTs) of at least 27°C are required

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

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

.    A wetter-than-average September, November and December however, has meant that overall, the UK concludes 2025 with 90% of its long-term meteorological average rainfall for the year.   All nations have also provisionally recorded below average rainfall for the year, although Northern Ireland

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