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The storm was the worst to affect Scotland in 10 years, [27] though a stronger storm occurred less than a month afterwards, on 3 January 2012. [28] In January 2012, a stronger storm, Cyclone Andrea, hit Scotland. The worst affected area was Southern Scotland where several weather stations reported their highest gust on record.
In September, Central England and Birmingham recorded a maximum temperature of 31.5 °C (88.7 °F), [3] [4] while Oxford recorded a maximum temperature of 33.1 °C (91.6 °F). [ 3 ] 2 September was the hottest day of the month, as temperatures reached 35.6 °C (96.1 °F) in Bawtry ; this remains the hottest September temperature of any day in ...
There are many locations on the Scottish mountains where snow lies regularly into July, August and even September, but the two main areas where snow virtually always lies longer than anywhere else are the Cairngorms and the Lochaber mountains. These areas contain all of Scotland's mountains in excess of 4,000 feet (1,219 m), including Ben Nevis.
Wales is also drier than Scotland in every month apart from May, June and December, and there are fewer days with rain than in Scotland. Sunshine totals throughout the year are more than that of Scotland and Northern Ireland, but less than that of neighbouring England. May is the sunniest month, averaging 186.8 hours. [27]
The Met Office has upgraded a weather warning for rain in eastern Scotland to amber, as some areas could see more than a month’s worth of rain in a few days. The warning is in place from 6am on ...
On 24 September 2020, Altnaharra reported −5.0 °C (23.0 °F) which was the lowest reported September temperature at this station, as well as being the coldest in the UK since 1997. [15] Altnaharra has an oceanic climate with short, mild summers and long, cool winters. Precipitation occurs regularly year round.
Haar rolls into the Firth of Forth, partially shrouding the Forth Bridge. Haar rolling in over the Forth Bridge. In meteorology, haar or sea fret is a cold sea fog.It occurs most often on the east coast of Scotland between April and September, when warm air passes over the cold North Sea.
Cambridge Botanic Garden Weather Station where a temperature of 38.7 °C (101.7 °F) was recorded in the 2019 European heat wave. The United Kingdom weather records show the most extreme weather ever recorded in the United Kingdom, such as temperature, wind speed, and rainfall records. Reliable temperature records for the whole of the United ...