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Updated: 1155 on Tue 2 Dec 2008
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Latest observations - 1100 on 2 Dec 08: UK

Location
Weather
Temp
Wind
Vis
Pressure / trend
Dir
Speed
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Belfast (Aldergrove) Sunny intervals 3.0 °C WSW  11 mph   19 km 1003 hPa, Falling
Cardiff (St Athan) Medium-level Cloud 5.1 °C NW  8 mph    km 1007 hPa, Falling
Edinburgh (Gogarbank) Low-level Cloud 2.1 °C 6 mph   28 km 998 hPa, Falling
London (Heathrow) Medium-level Cloud 4.8 °C SW  10 mph   27 km 1005 hPa, Falling
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24 hours ending 2100 on 1 Dec 08: UK

Highest max 8.3  °C Isles Of Scilly
Lowest max 0.7  °C Leek
Lowest min -11.3  °C Shap
Highest rainfall 8.8  mm Fyvie Castle
Sunniest 7.4  hours Liscombe

Last updated: 2301 on Mon 1 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 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