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JANUARY
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FEBRUARY
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MARCH
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Dry, sunny and generally mild. Mostly rather
cold and frost for two weeks after mid month. Very mild
closing days with severe gales in the north.
This has been the sunniest January since
1994 in England and Wales.
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Mostly mild wet and windy, especially during
the first part of the month. There were some good sunny
periods and some snow mid month.
This has been the sunniest February since
1989 in England and Wales.
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Very dry, sunny and mild overall. A prolonged
mild spell mid month ensured that temperatures were well
above average. Unsettled later with some rain or showers,
rather cold finish to the month.
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APRIL
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MAY
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JUNE
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Very wet in most parts of the UK. Many local
rainfall records were broken in England, Wales and Scotland.
This has been the wettest April in England
and Wales, since series began in 1766.
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After a warm, dry start frequent outbreaks
of rain and thunderstorms in southern England caused some
local flooding. Very sunny in Scotland and N Ireland with
many local records broken.
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Mixed with spells of changeable weather and
more settled anticyclonic weather.
A record deep low near the Faeroes produced
record breaking gales (for June) in the north of Scotland,
with gusts at Lerwick reaching 80 mph.
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JULY
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AUGUST
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SEPTEMBER
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Mostly cool and often cloudy especially in
the east. Sunnier and warmer in the west. Heavy downpours
caused localised flooding in places.
At Tiree, Argyllshire, Scotland it was
the sunniest July since records began in 1927. In Armagh,
Northern Ireland it was the driest July since records
began in 1927.
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Changeable but mostly warm. Sunny periods
and showers dominated with a high incidence of thunder.
During the 21st heavy hail and thunderstorms
were active over North Wales, the Pennines/Yorkshire and
Humberside, with pronounced funnel clouds in attendance.
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Generally warm with frequent outbreaks of
rain, heavy at times. Short spells of fine weather.
Torrential rain caused localised flooding
in parts of southern England on the 15th.
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OCTOBER
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NOVEMBER
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DECEMBER
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Very unsettled. Heavy rainfall in the second
week brought flooding to Kent, Sussex and south-west Scotland.
A severe
storm in the last week brought more heavy rainfall
and strong winds to southern Britain causing widespread
flooding. There were snow showers in parts of northern
England.
A tornado swept through Bognor Regis (west
Sussex) on the 28th. In England and Wales it was the wettest
October since 1903 ( series began in 1766 ).
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Very unsettled with periods of persistent
rainfall, heavy at times. Mild end to the month, but continuing
wet and sometimes stormy.
In England and Wales this has been the
wettest
Autumn, since series began in 1766.
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First half mild and unsettled. Colder and
more wintry weather arrived during the last week. Some
heavy snow fell in the north, and clear skies led to some
severe overnight frosts. Returned to milder conditions
at the very end.
Snow showers brought a white Christmas
to parts of the UK, mainly in Scotland, northern England
and parts of Wales.
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