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Updated: 0309 on Thu 4 Dec 2008
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No severe weather warnings have been issued for Orkney & Shetland

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Latest observations - 0200 on 4 Dec 08: Orkney & Shetland

Location
Weather
Temp
Wind
Vis
Pressure / trend
Dir
Speed
Gust
Baltasound Clear Sky 4.0 °C SSE  17 mph   30 km 986 hPa, Falling
Kirkwall Low-level Cloud 3.3 °C S  19 mph 31 mph 18 km 981 hPa, Falling
Lerwick Medium-level Cloud 3.8 °C S  22 mph 30 mph 45 km 984 hPa, Falling
Observations are subject to final quality control after publication on this web site.
More UK observations

24 hours ending 2100 on 3 Dec 08: Orkney & Shetland

Highest max 4.0  °C Fair Isle
Lowest max 2.6  °C Kirkwall
Lowest min 0.0  °C Kirkwall
Highest rainfall 5.4  mm Baltasound
Sunniest 2.9  hours Lerwick

Last updated: 2301 on Wed 3 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.

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