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Highest monthly total (UK national average) [11] 266 hours UK (national average) May 2020 Highest monthly total (England) [2] 383.9 hours Eastbourne, Sussex: July 1911 Highest monthly total (Northern Ireland) [2] 298 hours Mount Stewart, County Down: June 1940 Highest monthly total (Scotland) [2] 329.1 hours Tiree, Argyll & Bute: May 1975
The January 1987 snowfall (also known as the Big Freeze of 1987) was a very heavy lake-effect type snow event that affected the United Kingdom, mainly the areas of East Anglia, South-East England and London between 11 and 14 January [2] and was the heaviest snowfall to fall in that part of the United Kingdom since the winter of 1981/82.
The February 2009 Great Britain and Ireland snowfall was a prolonged period of snowfall that began on 1 February 2009. Some areas experienced their largest snowfall levels in 18 years. [3] Snow fell over much of Western Europe. [4] The United Kingdom's Met Office and Ireland's Met Éireann issued
The snow stranded villages and brought down power lines. [8] The near-freezing temperatures meant that the snow cover lasted for more than two months in some areas. Snow was 6 inches (0.15 m) deep in Manchester city centre, 9 inches (0.23 m) in Wythenshawe, and about 18 inches (0.46 m) at Keele University in Staffordshire.
Most in a 24-hour period: 230 centimetres (90.6 in) of snow on Mount Ibuki, Japan on 14 February 1927. [308] Most in one calendar month: 9.91 meters (390 inches) of snow fell in Tamarack, California, in January 1911, leading to a snow depth in March of 11.46 meters (451 inches) (greatest measured in North America). [309] [310]
A maximum snow depth of 76 cm (30 in) was recorded on 1 December in the Peak District, Sheffield, Doncaster, the Cotswold Hills and the Forest of Dean. [citation needed] In this event Scotland, Yorkshire and Northern England at large were most severely affected. On 9 December temperatures recovered across much of the UK, causing a partial thaw.
The Blizzard of January 1881 (17–20 January 1881) was one of the most severe blizzards ever to hit the southern parts of the United Kingdom.. On 17 January 1881, [5] a low pressure system rapidly developed in the English Channel.
Belts of rain sweeping west to east across the UK turned to snow on the leading edge over parts of Scotland and Northern England, particularly the Scottish Highlands on the 2nd. The snow caused some travel disruption with some roads being forced to close. The snow was accompanied by gale-force winds, peaking at 70 mph (110 km/h) during the ...