Storm waves crashing against a harbour wall

UK storm season 2015/16

A summary of all the named storms from the 2015/16 storm season in the UK.

September 2015 saw the launch of a collaboration between the Met Office and Met Éireann to name wind storms forecast to impact the UK and the Republic or Ireland.

The first named storm was Storm Abigail which moved across the UK on the 12 -13 November.  11 storms were named in total over the 15/16 season and you can find summaries of the storms in the links below.

A-Z of named UK storm names 2015/16

Name

Date named

Date of impact on UK and/or Ireland

Storm Abigail

10 November 2015

12- 13 November 2015

Storm Barney

16 November 2015

17 - 18 November 2015

Storm Clodagh

28 November 2015

29 November 2015

Storm Desmond

4 December 2015

5 - 6 December 2015

Storm Eva 22 December 2015 24 December 2015
Strom Frank 28 December 2015 29 - 30 December 2015
Storm Gertrude 28 January 2016 29 January  2016
Storm Henry 30 January 2016 1 - 2 February 2016
Storm Imogen 7 February 2016 8 February 2016
Storm Jake 1 March 2016 2 March 2016
Storm Katie 25 March 2016 27 - 28 March 2016

 

Unused storm names 2015/16

Name

Storm Lawrence

Storm Mary

Storm Nigel
Storm Orla
Storm Phil
Storm Rhonda
Storm Steve
Storm Tegan
Storm Vernon
Storm Wendy