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from flooding in parts of Lancashire. The heavy and persistent rainfall from 6th to 7th across Scotland caused widespread flood impacts. In Argyll, the A83 was closed due to a landslip with ten people airlifted from their vehicles and several other major trunk roads were also closed. Rail services

with some low cloud near eastern coastal fringes. 16.4 hours of sunshine was recorded at East Malling (Kent) on the 2nd, and at Morecambe (Lancashire) on the 4th. The hot dry sunny weather continued over much of the country between the 5th and 8th, but scattered thundery showers broke out on the 5th, mainly

for November was provisionally 1.1 °C above the 1981-2010 long-term average, and the positive anomaly was generally a little higher by night than by day. Rainfall was 101% of average, and it was a dry month in a band from Lancashire across the Midlands to Norfolk but it was notably wet in much of Devon

of the south-west. Preston Cove House (Dorset) and Morecambe (Lancashire) both recorded 12.5 hours of sunshine. A belt of wet and windy weather spread eastwards on the 2nd, giving 65.2 mm at Mickleden (Cumbria). The rain became light and patchy by the 3rd as it slowly moved south-eastwards through

and spread south-eastwards through the country on the 26th, though tending to break up as it moved further south-east. Apart from some low cloud overnight in places, most areas had near-unbroken sunshine from the 27th to 31st inclusive. Morecambe (Lancashire) recorded 15.6 hours of sunshine

sunny day for most with 12.2 hours of sunshine at Morecambe (Lancashire). 28th to 31st A northerly outbreak on the 28th and 29th brought much cooler weather, with increasingly wintry showers spreading southwards through central and eastern counties on the 28th, and wintry showers persisted in the east

to 13th Following another widespread frost, the 8th was sunny in the south-east but cloudy with patchy rain and drizzle elsewhere; heavy rain spread east into the north-west by dusk, and this gave 26.1 mm at Hazelrigg (Lancashire). Rain in the north and south-west moved south-east on the 9th, with sleet

Lancashire to East Yorkshire, but well below average in some areas such as the Midlands, Lincolnshire and East Anglia. The overall figure for England was 70% of average. Sunshine was widely below average, with less than 60% of average in some places. The overall figure of 71% makes it England’s 7th

002°35’43”W Titterstone Clee, near Ludlow, Shropshire Hameldon Hill 381060 428740 53°45’17”N 002°17’19”W Dunnockshaw, near Burnley, Lancashire Chenies 501642 199959 51°41’21”N 000°31’50”W Flauden, near Amersham, Hertfordshire Castor Bay 119112 520302 54°30’00”N 006°20’24”W Near Lurgan, Belfast

were around 1.5 °C below average in the south-east, whereas minima were slightly above average over the Midlands and the north. Rainfall was near average in the south-east, parts of Devon, and from Lancashire to East Yorkshire, but well below average in some areas such as the Midlands, Lincolnshire