This section deals with historical weather data going back in time, year by year. This includes recorded data & useful documents, as well as notable weather occurrences & severe, or very severe weather events for the U.K & Worldwide. (Please note that for many of the ‘named’ U.K. Storms, for more info. please refer to the ‘Meteorological Office Data Sheets, Articles & Photographs’ section!). Named Storms, Hurricanes, Cyclones & Typhoons are notated in block capitals to enable the ease of finding them!
2024:
MARCH 2024:
02nd March, 2024: Pakistan: Heavy rains.
02nd March, 2024: U.S.A.: Northern California: Sierra Nevada mountains Bad snowstorms.
27th & 28th March, 2024: Madagascar: Tropical Cyclone gave flooding.
28th March, 2024: U.K.: Storm ‘NELSON’
FEBRUARY 2024:
03rd, 04th & 05th February, 2024: U.S.A.: Northern California & Los Angeles: A storm caused flooding.
05th February, 2024: Chile: Vina Del Mar: Wildfires with many people dead and missing.
08th February, 2024: U.K.: Northern England& North Wales: Snow, especially over high ground (25CM).
20th February, 2024: China: Beijing: Snowstorm.
JANUARY 2024:
02nd January, 2024: U.K.: STORM ‘HENK’
02nd & 03rd, January, 2024: Southern Norway: Massive snowstorms 80CM snow depths (& sometimes more).
04th & 05th January, 2024: U.K.: England: Extensive flooding across many areas.
06th January, 2024: U.S.A.: Florida, Fort Lauderdale: tornado ripped off roof.
10th January, 2024: U.S.A.: Maine lighthouse damaged by STORM ‘FINN’. huge waves & strong winds dragged houses into the sea.
13th January, 2024: U.S.A.: Maine: More stormy weather.
16th & 17th January, 2024: Canada, Vancouver: Snowstorm with 22CM-27CM of snow.
21st January, 2024: U.K.: STORM ‘ISHA’.
23rd January, 2024: U.K.: STORM ‘JOCELYN’.
2023:
DECEMBER 2023:
02nd December, 2023: U.K.: Glasgow Airport closed due to snow – also Cumbria: Heavy snow with Ambleside especially badly affected.
02nd December, 2023: Germany & Eastern Europe: Heavy snowfalls.
07th December, 2023: U.K.: Cornwall: Some roads flooded.
10th December, 2023: Ireland: Leitrim : Storm ‘FERGUS’: Tornado – homes & cars damaged, roofs taken off of buildings & trees uprooted.
10th December, 2023: China: Beijing (& others): Snowstorms & blizzards.
12th December, 2023: Spain: Hottest December day ever recorded: 29.9C
17th December, 2023: N.E. Australia: Cyclone ‘JASPER’: Severe flooding.
17th December, 2023: U.S.A.: Charlestown, South Carolina: Flash flooding.
21st December, 2023: U.K.: Storm ‘PIA’.
21st December, 2023: Western Australia: Wildfires.
27th December, 2023: U.K.: Storm ‘GERRIT’: Scotland: A4 road closed by snow & power cuts. England & Ireland: Flooding & trees brought down. Greater Manchester: Tornado: Buildings, roofs & cars damaged.
28th December, 2023: U.S.A.: California: Storm surge flooding due to offshore low pressure area.
NOVEMBER 2023:
02nd-03rd November, 2023: U.K.: Storm ‘CIARAN’ Max Wind Gusts:
N.C.I St Ives: 95 m.p.h.
Jersey Airport: 93 m.p.h.
Lands End: 83 m.p.h.
N.C.I. St. Agnes Head: 81 m.p.h.
N.C.I. Nare Point: 79 m.p.h.
Langdon Bay, Nr. Dover: 78 m.p.h.
Guernsey Airport: 78 m.p.h.
N.C.I. Rame Head: 77 m.p.h.
St. Marys, Isles of Scilly: 77 m.p.h.
Berry Head: 76 m.p.h.
Newquay Airport: 74 m.p.h.
Isle of Portland: 73 m.p.h.
Needles, Isle of Wight: 70 m.p.h.
Cardinham: 67 m.p.h.
Culdrose: 66 m.p.h.
Newquay Weather: 63 m.p.h.
Ponsanooth: 43 m.p.h.
Carnkie Weather: 42 m.p.h.
Stithians Weather: 36 m.p.h.
Pool, Redruth: 19 m.p.h.
NOTES: Storm ‘CIARAN’
Cornwall: Rail not running (bus replacements) & schools closed. Trees felled across many roads.
Southern England: Thunderstorms & tornadoes. Yellow & Amber warnings issued.
Jersey: Red wind warning issued. Buildings extensively damaged. Unconfirmed reports of winds of up to 104 m.p.h.
05th November, 2023: Somalia: Flooding.
13th November, 2023: U.K.: Storm ‘DEBI’
29th November, 2023: U.S.A: New York, Ohio & Great Lakes areas: Snowstorms. More than 4ft of snow in 24hrs in places.
OCTOBER 2023:
02nd October, 2023: U.K: Near Oxford: Evening: Lightning struck a green gas tank causing a fire & an explosion.
04th October, 2023: N.E. India: Flash flooding
04th October, 2023: Taiwan: Typhoon with 212 M.P.H. winds – a new record for Taiwan
05th October, 2023: Tenerife: Wildfires
07th October, 2023: U.K: Scotland: 1 month’s rain in 1 day causing flooding & landslides
19th October, 2023: U.K: Storm ‘BABET’: Scotland: Red weather warning issued with severe flooding, especially eastern Scotland.
20th October, 2023: U.K: Scotland: Further flooding
25th October, 2023: : Mexico: Hurricane ‘OTIS’ hit the Pacific coast with sustained winds of up to 165 M.P.H.
27th October, 2023: Philippines: Roxas: Min Temp of 28.0C (2nd hottest October night on record)
29th October, 2023: U.K: Mevagissey, Looe & Seaton: Flooding caused by high tides.
SEPTEMBER 2023:
02nd-04th September, 2023: Taiwan: Super-Typhoon ‘HAIKUI’ (HANNA)
03rd September, 2023: U.S.: Las Vegas: ‘Burning Man’ pop festival: flooding
03rd September, 2023: Spain, Catalonia: Flooding (120 Litres per square metre) also Madrid: Flooding
04th September, 2023: Greece: Torrential rain & flooding caused by Storm ‘DANIEL’
04th September, 2023: Southern Brazil: Cyclone & flooding
07th September, 2023: Hong Kong: Heaviest rainfall in 140 years
07th September, 2023: China: Flooding
10th September, 2023: U.K.: Great North Run: Severe flooding
10th September, 2023: Eastern Libya: Flooding with 2 dams bursting due to Storm ‘DANIEL’
16th-17th September, 2023: Canada: Nova Scotia: Ex-Hurricane ‘LEE’
17th September, 2023: U.K.: Exeter: Flooding & Totnes: house struck by lightning
27th September, 2023: U.K.: STORM ‘AGNES’
27th-28th September, 2023: Central Greece: Flooding
29th September, 2023: U.S.: New York: Severe flooding
AUGUST 2023:
05th August, 2023: U.K.: STORM ‘ANTONI’
07th August, 2023: South Korea: Heatwave
09th August, 2023: Norway: Severe floods
09th August, 2023: Hawaii: Maui: Devastation caused by wildfires (with HURRICANE ‘DORA’ to the south)
15th August, 2023: France: Wildfires
15th August, 2023: India: Floods & landslides
17th August, 2023: Canada: Yellowknife: (N.W.) Wildfires
17th August, 2023: Canary Isles: Tenerife: Wildfires
18th August, 2023: U.K.: STORM ‘BETTY’
19th August, 2023: U.S.A.: Southern California: HURRICANE ‘HILARY’
28th August, 2023: Cuba: HURRICANE ‘IDALIA’
29th August, 2023: U.S.A.: Florida: HURRICANE ‘IDALIA’ worst hurricane to hit Florida in 125 years
JULY 2023:
10th July, 2023: Northern India: Flooding & landslides
10th July, 2023: Spain: Heatwave
10th July, 2023: U.S.A.: (South & West): Heatwave (Temps up to 43C)
10th July, 2023: New York: Flooding
12th July, 2023: Southern Europe: Heatwave
15th July, 2023: Canada: Montreal: Severe flooding
16th July, 2023: California: Heatwave & severe wildfires
16th July, 2023: China: SinChang: new record Max. Temp. of 52.2C
17th July, 2023: Greece: Athens: Wildfires
17th July, 2023: Spain & La Palma: Wildfires
17th July, 2023: South Korea: Flooding
17th July, 2023: California: Death Valley: new record Max. Temp of 53.3C
22nd July, 2023: Greece: Rhodes: Wildfires
26th July, 2023: Turkey, Syria, Croatia & Gran Canaria: Wildfires
JUNE 2023:
08th June, 2023: Canada: Severe wildfires continuing. Severe smoke pollution affecting New York, Washington & other areas.
10th June, 2023: : U.K.: Wales: Aberystwyth: Wildfires. Yorkshire: Marsden Moor: Wildfires.
18th June, 2023: India: Heatwave with deaths. Temperatures up to 43C.
21st June, 2023: U.S.A.:Colorado, Massive hail & flooding from large storm.
29th June, 2023: Canada: Wildfires continuing. Smoke pollution intense with New York, etc badly affected. Air quality very poor.
MAY 2023:
08th May, 2023: Western Canada: Wildfires & State of Emergency declared
10th May, 2023: D.R. Congo: Severe floods after a week of heavy rains.
14th May, 2023: Myanmar & Bangladesh: Cyclone ‘MOKKA’ – much flooding, as well as 130 M.P.H. winds.
16th May, 2023: Northern Italy: Heavy rains & flooding, some severe.
31st May, 2023: Scottish Highlands: Wildfires.
31st May, 2023: Canada: Further wildfires
31st May, 2023: Spain, Murcia (and other areas of Spain): Heavy rains & severe flooding, as well as hailstorms.
APRIL 2023:
17th April, 2023: S.W. France & N.E. Spain: Very early wildfires.
27th April, 2023: S. Spain: Temperatures up to 40C (14C above normal)
28th April, 2023: California: Higher parts of the State: still deep compacted winter snow. If & when the snow melts, severe flooding is expected to occur.
MARCH 2023:
08th March, 2023: Widespread disruptive snowfalls across much of the U.K.
09th March, 2023: More snowfalls in the north of the U.K., some heavy or very heavy & disruptive.
24th March 2023: Tornadoes hit Texas, Mississippi & Alabama with winds of 70-100 M.P.H. & golfball sized hail.
30th-31st March, 2023: Storm ‘MATHIS’ affected the U.K.
FEBRUARY 2023:
04th February, 2023: N.E. U.S.A.: Severe cold.
14th February, 2023: New Zealand: Cyclone ‘GABRIELLE” and a state of emergency declared.
17th February, 2023: Storm ‘OTTO’ affected Scotland & Northern England. Winds in excess of 80 m.p.h. with fallen trees and power cuts.
23rd February, 2023: Wyoming, U.S.A: Snow and ice.
26th February, 2023: California, U.S.A: Deep snowfalls.
27th February, 2023: Majorca, Spain: Snowfalls (up to 1ft deep)
JANUARY 2023:
09th January, 2023: Montecito, California: Heavy rains, roads flooded & people evacuated.
10th & 11th January, 2023: California: More storms
27th January, 2023: Northern China: New record low temperature of -53C.
2022:
14th December, 2022: Shetland Islands: Heavy accumulated snow & ice brought down power lines bringing blackouts across many areas.
13th December, 2022: Min. Temp of -17.3C recorded at Braemar, Aberdeenshire.
23 Sep-02 Oct, 2022: Hurricane ‘IAN’, a Category 4 hurricane which affected Florida, Georgia & South Carolina. This was the worst Hurricane to affect Florida for about a Century.
18th July, 2022: Max. Temp. of 38.1C recorded at Santon Downham, West Suffolk.
19th July, 2022: Max. Temp. of 40.3C recorded at Coningsby, Lincolnshire.
28/04/2022: U.K. Meteorological Station Index Numbers: stithiansweather.co.uk/u-k-meteorological-station-index-numbers/
19/04/2022: European/Meditteranean Maximum Temperatures: Page 1 (Originally supplied by British Weather Services in Approx. 1997). stithiansweather.co.uk/european-meditteranean-maximum-temperatures-page-1/
19/04/2022: European/Meditteranean Maximum Temperatures: Page 2 stithiansweather.co.uk/european-meditteranean-maximum-temperatures-page-2/ (Originally supplied by British Weather Services in Approx. 1997)
19/04/2022: ICAO Location Indicators: Met Office METFAX (Approx. 1997) stithiansweather.co.uk/icao-location-indicators-met-office-metfax-approx-1997/
27/03/2022: British Isles & Ireland Meteorological Reporting Station Index Numbers: stithiansweather.co.uk/british-isles-ireland-meteorological-reporting-station-index-numbers/
27/03/2022: Great Britain Shipping Forecast Sea Areas: stithiansweather.co.uk/great-britain-shipping-forecast-sea-areas/
27/03/2022: Present Weather Plotting Symbols: stithiansweather.co.uk/present-weather-plotting-symbols/
18th February, 2022: Storm ‘EUNICE’ – As It Happened! stithiansweather.co.uk/17-18-february-2022-storm-eunice-as-it-happened/
18th February, 2022: Storm ‘EUNICE’ – Culdrose, Carnkie & Camborne Meteorological Data. stithiansweather.co.uk/18-february-2022-storm-eunice-culdrose-carnkie-camborne-meteorological-data/
28th-30th January, 2022: U.K: Storm ‘MALIK’ (U.K. & much of Northwest Europe affected by this Storm)
22/01/2022: I.C.A.O. Location Indicators (U.K. & European). These are used by radio stations such as Shannon Aeradio/Shannon Volmet (in the correct order), West Drayton & London Volmet (South). Examples of these may be found on ‘Historical Synoptic Charts & Met Reports (3)’ stithiansweather.co.uk/i-c-a-o-airport-location-indicators-u-k-european/
2021: Storm ‘CHRISTOPH’ 18th-20th January, 2021. (U.K).
2020:
15th-17th February, 2020: Storm ‘DENNIS’. (U.K.)
31st July, 2020: Max. Temp. of 37.8C recorded at Heathrow, London.
August, 2020: Heat wave conditions.
02nd-04th October, 2020: Storm ‘ALEX’. (U.K.)
2019:
08th February, 2019: Storm ‘ERIC’. (U.K.)
03rd March, 2019: Storm ‘FREYA’. (U.K.)
March 2019: Cyclone ‘ADAI’: Malawi, Zimbabwe & Mozambique (S.E. Africa) 190Km/hr winds. Storm surge also. (Cyclone ‘KENNETH’ 6 weeks later)
11th-19th July, 2019: Hurricane ‘BARRY’ a Category 1 Hurricane that affected the Gulf coast of the U.S.A., Louisiana, Arkansas, Oklahoma, Eastern U.S. & Eastern Canada. This hurricane produced exceptional amounts of rainfall.
25th July, 2019: Max. Temp. of 38.7C recorded at Cambridge Botanic Gardens.
November, 2019: South Yorkshire – Severe flooding.
2018:
28th February, 2018-01st March, 2018: ‘The Beast From The East’.
11th-12th October, 2018: Storm ‘CALLUM’. (U.K.)
2017:
18 July, 2017: Coverack flash flooding (Cornwall).
17th Aug – 03rd Sep, 2017: Hurricane ‘HARVEY’ a Category 4 hurricane which affected Texas & Louisiana.
30th Aug – 13th Sep, 2017: Hurricane ‘IRMA’, a Category 5 hurricane which affected Saint Martin, Cuba, Puerto Rico, The Caribbean area in general, as well as Florida.
16th Sep – 02nd Oct, 2017: Hurricane ‘MARIA’, a Category 5 hurricane which affected the Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico & the Caribbean area in general, as well as parts of the U.S. 1 metre of rain in 24 hrs. 3057 people killed.
16th October, 2017: Ex-Hurricane ‘OPHELIA’. (U.K.)
2016:
12th-22nd August, 2016: Louisiana, U.S.A: Severe flooding.
28th Sep – 10th Oct, 2016: Hurricane ‘MATTHEW’, a Category 5 hurricane which affected Cuba, Haiti, Florida, North & South Carolina.
2015:
09th-15th January, 2015: U.K. Winter Storms.
01st July, 2015: Max. Temp. of 36.7C recorded at Heathrow, London.
20th-24th October, 2015: Hurricane ‘PATRICIA’. (This hurricane affected Central America, Mexico & Texas).
04th-06th December, 2015: Storm ‘DESMOND’. (U.K.)
05th December, 2015: A (then) U.K. 24 hour rainfall record was set when 341.4mm of rain occurred at Honister Pass, Cumbria. (during Storm ‘DESMOND’)
2014:
06th January, 2014: A Polar Vortex brought a temperature of -24C to Cleveland, Ohio.
14th February, 2014: The so called ‘ST. VALENTINE’S DAY’ Storm (U.K.)
10th-19th September, 2014: Hurricane ‘ODILE’ badly affected Baha California Peninsula. Lesser damage occurred on the Mexican mainland & Southwest U.S.A.
2013:
06th March – Early April, 2013: Spring 2013 United Kingdom ‘cold wave’ occurred with very low temperatures and significant snowfall. It was often cloudy or overcast as well.
28th October, 2013: Autumn Storm.
03rd-11th November, 2013: Typhoon ‘HAIYAN’ (A.K.A. Super Typhoon ‘YOLANDA’) killed in excess of 6000 people in the Phillipines.
24th December, 2013: Stornoway: 936.8mb recorded at 1300Z. This was the lowest pressure recorded anywhere in the U.K. since 1886.
26/27 December 2013: Boxing Day Storm (Storm ‘ERICH’). Preceding this, there had already been some severe weather around! Please now see: bbc.co.uk/news/uk-25502730
2012:
Hurricane ‘SANDY’ (Category 3) formed on 22nd October, 2012 & this hit the east coast of the U.S. on 29th October, 2012. There was considerable loss of life & extensive flooding as well as very high winds. It was the largest diameter Atlantic Hurricane ever recorded (at that time or previously). ‘SANDY’ affected Cuba, Haiti & New York and this resulted in a (known) 293 deaths.
2011:
01st October, 2011: Max. Temp. of 29.9C (85.8F) recorded at Gravesend, Kent.
2010:
Low Track: Sat 27th February to Mon 01st March, 2010: stithiansweather.co.uk/low-track-sat-27th-february-to-mon-01st-march-2010/
2009:
01st-03rd February, 2009: Widespread snowfalls firstly arrived into Southeast England, later spreading across much of the U.K. bringing widespread disruption.
16th-19th November, 2009: Seathwaite, Cumbria set new U.K. records for 4, 3, 2 & 1 day rainfall: 495.0mm, 456.4mm, 395.6mm & 316.4mm.
2008:
April/May 2008: Cyclone ‘NARGIS’: Myanmar with up to 215Km/hr winds, a storm surge & severe flooding left an estimated >140,000 dead.
2007:
January 2007: A very wet & windy month.
07th January, 2007: U.K.: Snowdonia, North Wales & The Lake District: 2 weeks worth of rain in one day. 5CM of rain in 12 hours.
18th January, 2007: U.K.: STORM ‘KIROL’: Winds of up to 99 M.P.H. with trees brought down. M.S. ‘Napoli’ drifting in the English Channel eventually came aground in Dorset. It’s cargo was washed up on the Dorset & Devon coastline & a lot of this was taken by locals and also people travelling to the area. This was the worst storm for 17 years.
April 2007: U.K.: Hottest April in 140 years.
15th June, 2007: U.K.: 1 month’s worth of rain in 24 hours bringing extensive flooding.
25th June, 2007: U.K.: Northern & Eastern England: Flooding brought by STORM ‘URIAH’. 1 month’s rain in 24 hours in Hull gave further flooding.
20th-24th July, 2007: U.K.: A low developed over Calais & this moved northwards into cooler air. This produced extensive flooding, especially in Gloucestershire. Flooding almost brought catastrophe to an electricity power station hub & an extensive outage right across the South-West was very narrowly averted by heroic action by emergency workers who quickly built a wall of flood defences around the perimeter of the station.
Summer 2007: U.K.: A very wet Summer with the Jet Stream directly over the U.K.
2006:
Summer 2006: Very hot Summer right across Europe.
19th July, 2006: Max. Temp. of 36.5C recorded at Wisley, Surrey.
2005:
23rd-31st August, 2005: Hurricane ‘KATRINA’. Category 5, later downgraded to Category 3. This was a devastating hurricane that especially affected New Orleans, Louisiana, Mississippi & Alabama. (Location: Gulf states of the U.S.) combined with it’s up to 280Km/hr winds left 1800 dead.
18th-26th September, 2005: Hurricane ‘RITA’. (Gulf of Mexico) This hurricane affected Cuba, Mississippi, Florida, Texas & Louisiana.
15th-27th October, 2005: Hurricane ‘WILMA’ affected many areas including Cuba, The Bahamas, Jamaica, Central America, Florida, Mexico & the Atlantic Ocean.
2004:
27 March, 2004: Category 1 Hurricane heading for Santa Catarina in Brazil
16 August, 2004: Boscastle flash flooding disaster. (Cornwall)
02nd-25th September, 2004: Category 5 Hurricane ‘IVAN’ affected many States including Granada, Jamaica, Grand Cayman, Cayman, Gulf of Mexico, Pensacola/Milton (Florida) & Alabama.
2003:
Summer 2003: Very hot Summer right across Europe.
01st August, 2003: First day of a severe heatwave in France.
05th August, 2003: France: Max. Temp. almost 38C.
10th August, 2003: Max. Temp. of 38.5C (101.3F) recorded at Faversham, Kent.
2002:
06th & 11th August, 2002: Prague, Czechoslovakia: Storms & severe flooding.
1998:
18th-23rd January, 1998 (Approx): Montreal, Canada: Severe ice storms, power lines down, widespread disruption & many deaths occurred.
28th October, 1998: Hurricane ‘MITCH’: (Category 5, later downgraded to Category 2) Honduras, Nicaragua & Mexico. 300Km/hr winds. 3 days of heavy rain with one station recording 2 metres of rain in 24 hours. A (known, but probably more) 137 lives lost.
26th-27th December 1998: Boxing Day Storm.
1995:
30th May, 1995: T.S. ‘Maria Assumpta’ wrecked whilst trying to enter Padstow harbour. She ran aground on Rump Point (50.35’40N/04.55’28W) and subsequently broke up. A rescue operation was launched, but still 3 people on board of the vessel died.
1995 was a very dry year with rainfall well below average.
1994:
(Around) 10th December, 1994, it rained continuously for over 72 hours at Loch Sloy, Argyll & Bute – a U.K. record.
1993:
1993: Laurieston, Dumfries & Galloway weather summary (faded fax) – Weather Watchers. (I had the pleasure of travelling up to Laurieston in 1990 to meet all of the lovely staff at this Weather Centre – and they made me very welcome!) stithiansweather.co.uk/1993-weather-summary-for-laurieston-dumfries-galloway/
1993: Somerset area – Rainfall: December 1993: (faded fax) stithiansweather.co.uk/1993-somerset-area-rainfall-december-1993/
Table To Work Out Dew Points From Air Temperature & Relative Humidity Values: The ‘Dew point’ refers to the temperature that a given parcel of air rises up to reach the level of ‘saturation’ (or condensation). There are 2 separate levels of ‘Saturation’ of a given air parcel. The first is the ‘DALR’ or ‘Dry Adiabatic Lapse Rate’ & the second is the ‘SALR’ or the ‘Saturated Adiabatic Lapse Rate’ (both of these are dependent upon the atmospheric pressure that is occurring at the time). The ‘DALR’ is about 1C per 1000ft in height & the ‘SALR’ is about 0.5C, (or less), per 1000ft. These values are very important in working out the cloud base of the lowest cloud in any observation (very important for ‘air operations’ at either a military aerodrome or a civil airport!). Please note that ‘Dry’ is more unstable resulting in a greater lapse rate and therefore more of a chance of ‘showers’ and ‘thunderstorms’. Saturated is ‘stable’ with a much lesser lapse rate and more of a chance of rain, drizzle, overcast skies &/or a stratocumulus or stratus overcast! Please refer also to an ‘Upper Air’ Tephigram, which, by a trace, shows the decrease of air temperature with height! (Our nearest ‘Upper Air’ station is at Kehelland, Camborne in Cornwall) stithiansweather.co.uk/table-to-work-out-dew-points-from-air-temperature-relative-humidity-values/
1992:
16th Aug – 28th Aug, 1992: Hurricane ‘ANDREW’, a Category 5 hurricane which affected the Bahamas, Southern Florida, The Gulf of Mexico & Louisiana. 280Km/hr winds. This hurricane also produced tornadoes in surrounding states.
December 1992: Selected European Stations Data: stithiansweather.co.uk/december-1992-selected-european-stations-data/
1991:
West Somerset Rainfall: April & May 1991 (Page 1): stithiansweather.co.uk/west-somerset-rainfall-april-may-1991-page-1-2/
West Somerset Rainfall: April & May 1991 (Page 2): stithiansweather.co.uk/west-somerset-rainfall-april-may-1991-page2/
1990:
25th January, 1990: Storm force winds brought widespread devastation to the British Isles.
02nd August, 1990: Max. Temp. of 36.6C recorded at Worcester, Worcestershire.
03rd August, 1990: Max. Temp. of 37.1C recorded at Cheltenham, Gloucestershire.
03rd August, 1990: A Min. Temp. of 23.9C (75F) was recorded at Brighton, East Sussex.
West Somerset Rainfall & Temperatures: November & December, 1990. stithiansweather.co.uk/west-somerset-rainfall-temperatures-november-december-1990/
1989:
13th February, 1989: A wind gust of 142mph was recorded at Fraserburgh, Aberdeenshire.
19th May, 1989: A record 193mm of rain fell in 2 hours near Halifax in West Yorkshire.
09 Sep – 25th Sep, 1989: Hurricane ‘HUGO’, a Category 5 hurricane which affected the Bahamas, Puerto Rico & North & South Carolina.
1988:
08th-19th September, 1988: Hurricane ‘GILBERT’. This was a huge hurricane which brought devastation to many areas. Areas affected by this hurricane included the Lesser Antilles, Puerto Rico, Venezuela, Haiti, the Dominican Republic, the Yucatan Peninsula, Jamaica, Central America, Mexico, Texas, Southern Central U.S., Mid-western U.S. & also Western Canada.
1987:
January, 1987: Severe wintry weather across the U.K. & most of Europe.
16th-17th October, 1987: Hurricane force winds brought devastation, especially to the south & southeast of England. 130Km/hr winds with 22 people dead.
1986:
20th March, 1986: A wind gust of 173mph occurred on the summit of Cairngorm.
1984:
16th-24th September, 1984: Hurricane ‘ODILE’ affected Mexico.
1982:
January 1982: Heavy snowfalls & very low temperatures right across Britain (followed by severe flooding once the thaw commenced)
10th January, 1982: Min. Temp. of -27.2C recorded at Braemar, Aberdeenshire.
1981:
19th December, 1981: Penlee Lifeboat disaster. The entire crew of the Penlee Lifeboat, the ‘Solomon Browne’ were lost when they went to the aid of a stricken coaster, called the ‘Union Star’ in hurricane force winds. All hands on both of the vessels were tragically lost.
1979:
13th-14th August, 1979: Fastnet Yacht Race Disaster.
1978:
Maximum Temperatures: 4 U.K. Meteorological Stations: September & October 1978: stithiansweather.co.uk/september-october-1978-maximum-temperatures-4-u-k-meteorological-stations/
1977:
28th Jan – 01st Feb, 1977: ‘The Blizzard of 1977’: Severe blizzard conditions in the U.S. with snow depths of 100″ (254 CM) in some areas. Blown snow resulted in drifts of 30-40ft (9-12M) and wind gusts of between 46-69 MPH in Buffalo, New York. 23 deaths in western New York & 5 deaths in northern New York. Many other areas of the U.S. were also affected.
stithiansweather.co.uk/19-23-november-1977-india-typhoons/ Indian Typhoons between 19th & 23rd November, 1977.
1976:
1976 saw a very hot summer and prolonged drought conditions (U.K.)
1975:
1975 had a very warm summer and also drought conditions.
1975: Typhoon ‘NINA’ : China: 180Km/hr winds and 1 metre of rain in 24 hours. Floods, together with 62 collapsed dams caused 240,000 deaths.
1974:
February 9th, 1974: Trawler ‘Gaul’ lost without trace. The last radio message was received at 11.09 A.M. between Bear Island and the Soviet coast.
April 3rd, 1974: 4 P.M. Xenia, Ohio a town of 27,000 people hit by a devastating tornado which lasted two and a half minutes. Wright Patterson Air Force Base, 11 miles to north reported rapidly moving tornadic activity mid-afternoon.
September 14th-17th, 1974: Hurricane ‘FIFI’ formed S.E. of Puerto Rico on September 14th. September 16th: named ‘FIFI’. September 17th: 80 M.P.H. winds in the centre & 250 miles circumference moves westwards bringing heavy rainfall & loss of life in the Gulf of Mexico.
1973:
04th May, 1973: A gust of 96 M.P.H. was recorded at Gwennap Head in Cornwall.
1972:
stithiansweather.co.uk/03-15-january-1972-indian-ocean-cyclone-australia-cyclones-bronwyn-althea-etc/ Indian Ocean & Australian Cyclones between 03rd & 15th January, 1972.
stithiansweather.co.uk/17-19-february-1972-rodrigues-cyclone-fabienne-mauritius-cyclone-dolly/ Rodrigues Cyclone ‘FABIENNE’ & Mauritius Cyclone ‘DOLLY’ between 17th & 19th February, 1972.
stithiansweather.co.uk/12-13-march-1972-lima-peru-flooding/ Lima, Peru Flooding between 12th & 13th March, 1972.
stithiansweather.co.uk/05-14-april-1972-australia-cyclones-emily-faith-gail/ Australia: Cyclones ‘EMILY’, ‘FAITH’ & ‘GAIL’ between 05th & 14th April, 1972.
stithiansweather.co.uk/06-april-1972-illinois-u-s-a-tornadoes-windstorms/ Illinois, U.S.A. Tornadoes & Windstorms on 06th April, 1972.
13th-14th November, 1972: A Storm affecting Lower Saxony.
1971:
stithiansweather.co.uk/13-march-1971-peru-floods-landslides/ Peru: Floods & Landslides on 13th March, 1971.
stithiansweather.co.uk/31-march-1971-brisbane-typhoon-emily/ Brisbane, Australia: Typhoon ‘EMILY’ on 31st March, 1971.
stithiansweather.co.uk/01-april-1971-tokyo–japan-storms/ Tokyo, Japan: Storms on 01st April, 1971.
stithiansweather.co.uk/22-26-july-1971-manila-hong-kong-tokyo-typhoon-lucy/ Manila, Hong Kong & Tokyo: Typhoon ‘LUCY’ between 22nd & 26th July, 1971.
stithiansweather.co.uk/22-23-july-1971-hong-kong-typhoons-lucy-nadine/ Hong Kong: Typhoons ‘LUCY’ & ‘NADINE’ between 22nd & 23rd July, 1971.
stithiansweather.co.uk/23-26-july-1971-typhoon-nadine/ Typhoon ‘NADINE’ between 23rd & 26th July, 1971.
stithiansweather.co.uk/27-july-1971-seoul-south-korea-floods-thunderstorms/ Seoul, South Korea: Floods & Thunderstorms on 27th July, 1971.
stithiansweather.co.uk/30-31-july-1971-afghanistan-ethiopia-iran-floods-storms/ Afghanistan, Ethiopia & Iran: Floods & Storms between 30th & 31st July, 1971.
stithiansweather.co.uk/02-04-august-1971-pakistan-typhoon-olive-north-india-floods-france-thunderstorms/ Pakistan: Typhoon ‘OLIVE’, North India: Floods & France: Thunderstorms between 02nd & 04th August, 1971.
stithiansweather.co.uk/07-08-september-1971-india-floods-hong-kong-typhoon-rose-tokyo-typhoon-virginia/ India: Floods, Hong Kong: Typhoon ‘ROSE’ & Tokyo: Typhoon ‘VIRGINIA’ between 07th & 08th September, 1971.
stithiansweather.co.uk/23-25-september-1971-ceylon-colombo-barcelona-floods/ Ceylon, Colombo & Barcelona: Floods between 23rd & 25th September, 1971.
stithiansweather.co.uk/23-27-september-1971-miami-florida-hurricane-ginger/ Miami, Florida: Hurricane ‘GINGER’ between 23rd & 27th September, 1971.
stithiansweather.co.uk/24-september-1971-tropical-depression/ Tropical Depression on 24th September, 1971.
stithiansweather.co.uk/26-september-1971-tokyo-japan-typhoon-carmen/ Tokyo, Japan: Typhoon ‘CARMEN’ on 26th September, 1971.
stithiansweather.co.uk/01-22-october-1971-various-typhoons-miscellaneous/ Various Typhoons & Miscellaneous between 01st & 22nd October, 1971.
stithiansweather.co.uk/02-08-november-1971-norway-orkney-stormy-weather/ Norway & Orkney: Stormy Weather between 02nd & 08th November, 1971.
stithiansweather.co.uk/16-november-1971-typhoon-irma/ Typhoon ‘IRMA’ on 16th November, 1971.
stithiansweather.co.uk/16-18-november-1971-hurricane-laura/ Hurricane ‘LAURA’ between 16th & 18th November, 1971.
stithiansweather.co.uk/17-18-december-1971-madagascar-cyclone-agnes-virginia-north-carolina-hurricane-force-winds/ Madagascar: Cyclone ‘AGNES’, Virginia & North Carolina: Hurricane Force Winds between 17th & 18th December, 1971.
1970:
1970: Cyclone ‘BHOLA’ Bangladesh (originally East Pakistan) 200Km/hr winds. Storm surge & diseases left up to 500,000 dead.
stithiansweather.co.uk/1970-sussex-sunshine-hours-2/ 1970: Sussex Sunshine (Hours) NOTES: First Station: (non-standard) Jordan sunshine recorder & the 3 remaining stations: (standard) Campbell Stokes sunshine recorders. This is a transcription from an original very old document!
1969:
stithiansweather.co.uk/17-august-1969-u-s-a-hurricane-camille/ 14th Aug – 22nd Aug, 1969: Hurricane ‘CAMILLE’, a Category 5 hurricane which affected Cuba, Mississippi, Louisiana, Alabama & the Eastern coast of the U.S.
1967:
18th March, 1967: ‘Torrey Canyon’ (Liberian registered) oil tanker, with 119,000 tons of oil on board, became stuck on the Pollard Rock (between Lands End & the Isles of Scilly) Then, 10 days later, military aircraft including R.N.A.S. Blackburn Buccaneers (from R.N.A.S. Lossiemouth & R.N.A.S. Brawdy) & De Havilland Sea Vixens (from R.N.A.S. Yeovilton) as well as R.A.F. Hawker Hunters (from R.A.F. Chivenor & R.A.F. West Raynham) began attacking the wreck using 42x 1000lb bombs, rockets, napalm & aviation kerosene to try to break it’s back, sink it & to burn off the oil. This was the biggest ecological & environmental disaster to ever affect the British Isles.
1966:
31st July, 1966: M.V. Darlwyne sank off of Dodman Point (Deadman’s Point), Cornwall with the loss of all 31 persons on board. She had set off from Mylor early in the day and then, later, on the return journey she foundered and sank in strong winds and probable 6ft high waves.
1965:
18th December, 1965: Devon: After several days of persistent rain previously, on 18th December, the River Exe at Tiverton burst it’s banks and flooded the area, including many homes that were not insured.
1962:
14th-18th February, 1962: The ‘Great Sheffield Gale’, Yorkshire, U.K.
1962/63 Winter: The worst of the winter occurred between 6th January & 11th March, 1963. (The equivalent of 7 (Feb/Mar 2018) ‘beasts from the east’. 120 people were killed and half of all wild birds in the U.K. died. The winter lasted about 10 weeks and had temperatures down to -22C. It was the coldest recorded winter since 1739. In the South West there were 20ft high snowdrifts & Princetown on Dartmoor was cut off for 2 days. Cornwall & Scotland were effectively cut off. Fylingdales early warning station in North Yorkshire was also cut off. At times there were 90 M.P.H. winds. 24th December, 1962: Northerly winds gave Glasgow it’s first white Christmas since 1938. 26th December, 1962: The whole Country was blanketed in snow. 28th-30th December, 1962: Worst blizzards for 15 years.
1955:
17th May, 1955: Southern Counties of England had up to 2″ of snow.
19th July, 1955: A (then) record of 279mm of rain fell in 24 hours at Martinstown, Dorset.
1953:
31st January, 1953: East Coast Floods: Gale to severe gale force winds and a storm surge brings disastrous flooding and loss of life to the east coast of England and then, on the following day, to the Low Countries as well.
26th June, 1953: A record 80mm of rain fell in half an hour at Eskdalemuir, Dumfries & Galloway.
1952:
16th-17th August, 1952: Lynmouth Flood Disaster. This occurred during the night of 16th-17th August. 34 people were killed & 100 buildings were destroyed.
04th December, 1952: London’s Killer Fog (caused by a massive anticyclone sitting over the U.K.)
1951: Falmouth Meteorological Notes – Extreme Readings Recorded at Falmouth Observatory since 1871. stithiansweather.co.uk/1951-falmouth-meteorological-notes/
1947: Cold winter followed by floods. February: Coldest in the CET series, wettest March in the EWR series. A very warm summer.
1946: 04th April: 27C at Greenwich, 26C at Mildenhall & Woodthorpe (Nottinghamshire). May: First ever issue of ‘Weather’ magazine. 02nd July: Thunderstorm of tropical intensity over south & southeast England with floods & hail damage. 04th November: Very warm, 22C in Wales & 20C in Edinburgh.
1945: Severe frost in January. 30″ of snow (75CM) of snow in Cardiff on 26th January. -16C in Cardiff on 26th January. 16th April: 27C in London, 28C at Rickmansworth.
1944: 29th May: 33C in London, Horsham & Tunbridge Wells. 04-06th June: Gales & D-Day landings. 19th June: Worst Storm to hit Normandy in 40 years causing much destruction. 27th August: -3C at Dalwhinnie.
1943-1949: A run of warm Aprils. Four of the warmest Aprils in CET occurred during these years.
1940: A storm blew down and destroyed the Tahomea Bridge in the U.S.A
1939:
23rd January, 1939: St. Ives lifeboat lost in a fierce N.W. gale and in mountainous seas. Almost all hands lost. Also a 3,000 ton coaster lost.
02nd September, 1935: The Great Labor Day Hurricane, a Category 5 hurricane which affected the Florida Keys.
1935:
17th May, 1935: With late snowfall, Devon & Cornwall “looked like Christmas”
1929:
November 1929: Cardiff Roath Park & Treherbert Rainfall Totals: stithiansweather.co.uk/november-1929-cardiff-roath-park-treherbert-rainfall-totals/ (1993 Fax copy from Cardiff Weather)
06th September, 1928: The San Felipe-Okeechobee Hurricane, a Category 4 hurricane which affected Guadeloupe, The Bahamas & Puerto Rico to Florida.
1921:
11th July, 1921: From the Lancashire Daily Post: stithiansweather.co.uk/11-july-1921-from-the-lancashire-daily-post/
29th May, 1920 (Saturday): 4.5″ of rain fell in 24 hours over the catchment affecting Louth in Lincolnshire. A 14ft high wall of floodwater destroyed 50 houses, with over 150 other houses being badly affected.
Falmouth Observatory Photograph (Western Terrace). (Courtesy of and with many thanks to Sheila Bird, taken from her book ‘Bygone Falmouth’): stithiansweather.co.uk/falmouth-observatory-photograph/
1911:
09th August, 1911: Max. Temp. of 36.7C recorded at Raunds, Northamptonshire & Canterbury, Kent.
1903:
13th-15th June, 1903: London saw rain fall continuously for 58.5hrs.
1901:
12th July, 1901: 92mm of rain fell in 1 hour at Maidenhead, Berkshire.
1900:
08th September, 1900: The Galveston, Texas Hurricane, a Category 4 hurricane which affected Texas, Louisiana & The Gulf Coast of the U.S.
1897: 24th June: Around London: Hail damage to crops, glass & the Diamond Jubilee celebrations.
1895: First wireless message. A severe winter: notably February which was the 2nd coldest in the CET series. lack of snow, but with damage to water pipes. September: remarkably late heatwave, maxima near to 30C.
1894: Major Thames flood.
25th Sep, – 05th October, 1893: The Cheniere Caminada Hurricane, a Category 4 hurricane which affected Louisiana, Mississippi, the Yucatan Peninsula & South-Eastern parts of the U.S.
1891: 09th-13th March: Major blizzard in Southwest England. (The whole of this was covered in a good book ‘The Blizzard of ’91’ written by Clive Carter & published in 1971 by David & Charles, Newton Abbot) (Please see also the reference to this incident (& 2 photographs) in the ‘Newspaper Clippings’ section under the year 1891)
1890: Prague, Czechoslovakia: Catastophic flooding.
1886:
08th December, 1886: The ship ‘Mexico’ ran aground in a storm at Southport, Lancashire. The crew of 12 were saved. The RNLI Lifeboats from Southport & St. Annes were launched and the 27 & 29 crews of both capsized lifeboats were drowned.
1884:
26th January, 1884: A record low pressure of 925.6mb occurred.
1875: 08th April: Church pinnacle brought down in Hebden Bridge, Yorkshire. (Possibly also the storm which took the roof off another church in the same village?)
1858: ‘The Great Thames Stink’ in London. A heat wave in July 1858 resulted in the Thames basically turning into an open sewer. Human & animal waste, meat & carcasses, tannery and other waste products were being emptied into the filthy river. Maximum temperatures at the time were around 27-33C.
1846/47: Coldest winter for 100 years
1846: 01st August: Hail damage in Regent Street, London.
1845-52: Potato blight famine in Ireland. 1 Million Irish people died & 2 Million of them emigrated.
1822: 27th September: Pawley Island, South Carolina: Hurricane with over 100 deaths recorded.
1786: 06th January: The Halsewell (owned by the the East India Company & Captained by the experienced Captain Pearce) was blown onto rocks in a snowstorm at Worth Matravers, on the South Dorset coast. The Captain perished, but 71 of the sailors onboard were gallantly rescued by local people. King George 111 visited the scene of the wreck and the painter Turner also did an artwork of the incident.
1794-95: Severe winter: coldest January in the CET series.
1703: 07th-08th December, 1703: ‘The Great Storm’ (U.K.)
1694-95: Severe winter
1607: First ever ‘Frost Fair’ to be held on the River Thames.
