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Updated: 1433 on Fri 5 Dec 2008
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No severe weather warnings have been issued for the UK

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Latest observations - 1400 on 5 Dec 08: UK

Location
Weather
Temp
Wind
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Belfast (Aldergrove) Sunny 6.4 °C NW  8 mph   17 km 992 hPa, Rising
Cardiff (St Athan) Sunny 8.2 °C 21 mph 32 mph 35 km 992 hPa, Rising
Edinburgh (Gogarbank) Low-level Cloud 5.2 °C 16 mph   50 km 987 hPa, Rising
London (Heathrow) Medium-level Cloud 7.8 °C 9 mph   30 km 989 hPa, Rising
Observations are subject to final quality control after publication on this web site.

24 hours ending 2100 on 4 Dec 08: UK

Highest max 11.0  °C Thorney Island
Lowest max 1.0  °C Dalwhinnie
Lowest min -6.8  °C Fyvie Castle
Highest rainfall 34.2  mm Capel Curig
Sunniest 4.5  hours Hurn

Last updated: 0249 on Fri 5 Dec 2008


UK last month

October 2008

Maximum, minimum and mean daily temperatures were all below average across the UK. Most areas, provisionally had their coldest October since 2003, but Northern Ireland had its coldest since 1993 with mean temperatures around 1 deg C below average. Rainfall was well above average across N Wales and NW England, with some areas having over double their average rainfall. Provisionally for Scotland, it was the 4th wettest October and wettest October since 1954. Sunshine was generally above or well above average.

Gravesend (Kent) recorded a maximum temperature of 22.9 °C on the 12th. Topcliffe (North Yorkshire) recorded a minimum temperature of -6.6 °C on the 29th. A torrential hailstorm in the Ottery St. Mary area of east Devon brought an estimated 100 mm of rain/hail in just a few hours early on the 30th, causing major flooding problems.

Monthly assessment | Contoured maps | Regional average

North East England West Midlands Grampian South West England Orkney & Shetland Central, Tayside & Fife Northern Ireland North West England East of England Highlands & Eilean Siar Strathclyde Wales East Midlands SW Scotland, Lothian Borders London & South East England Yorkshire & Humber