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London’s City Hall has said it is “monitoring the weather” ahead of the city’s New Year’s Eve celebrations after some of Edinburgh’s Hogmanay festivities were cancelled due to bad weather.
Edinburgh's Hogmanay celebrations have been cancelled due to concerns over "extreme weather". Organisers said high winds would force all outdoor events taking place on Monday and Tuesday to be ...
A spokesperson for Edinburgh’s Hogmanay said: “Due to ongoing high winds and inclement weather in Edinburgh city centre, we regret to announce that outdoor events scheduled for Monday and 31 ...
29 December – Emergency services searching for keen wild swimmer Ian Napier, missing from the Scousburgh Bay area since 27 December, find a body in the sea near Shetland. [391] 30 December – Edinburgh's Hogmanay celebrations are cancelled amid weather warnings for heavy rain, high winds and snow over the New Year. [392]
Gusts of 102 mph (164 km/h) were recorded in Edinburgh. [28] In Scotland, wind storms can typically begin as early as September and last until as late as August, [29] but can sometimes be as late as November and end earlier such as in February, as was the case during the 2021–2022 storm season. [30]
Parts of northeast England and Cumbria had 6 cm (2.4 in) of snow, and Edinburgh had 9 cm (3.5 in). [32] Europe's largest private sector weather business, MeteoGroup, announced that the previous month was the coldest December on average since 1996. [33]
A spokesperson for Edinburgh’s Hogmanay said: “Due to ongoing high winds and inclement weather in Edinburgh city centre, we regret to announce that outdoor events scheduled for December 31 are ...
On 7 December, the Met Office issued a red weather warning—its highest warning—for the Central Belt of Scotland. [20] This was the first time the Met Office had ever issued a red alert for wind for the United Kingdom. [21] They informed the public to take action and urged them to listen to police warnings. [20]