Six years of extreme weather in UK

2015




















Hottest July day

since records began: 36.7°C at Heathrow airport on 1 July





Hottest November day

since records began: 22.4°C at Trawsgoed, Wales on 1 November





Hottest November night

since 2005: 16.1C in Murlough, Co. Down





Coldest July day



in 21 years: parts of Scotland reached 1°C on the 19th July





Shaping up to be:

the UK's windiest year. 2015 is on track to surpass 1995's record of 22 calm days













2014













Wettest winter

since records began in 1766, with 435mm of precipitation





Stormiest winter

in more than 20 years, with at least 12 major winter storms





Hottest year ever

at a mean temperature of 9.9°C, although 2015 may beat this














2013





Coldest March

ever recorded in the UK - a temperature of 2.2°C








2012










Wettest summer in more than a century
Second-wettest year on record 1,330.7mm of average rainfall puts this year just 6.6mm below the record set in 2000
Warmest March in more than 50 years


2011

Hottest October day in 100 years, as Gravesend experiences a balmy 29.9°C
Hottest April since records began - at 10.7°C


2010



















Coldest December since 1890. Average UK temperature of -0.7°C, although parts of Scotland were far colder at -21.3°C
Second-warmest year ever recorded (2014 is so far the warmest)


2009

Rainiest day ever recorded, in Seathwaite, Cumbria. The same early-November storm also holds records for the highest two-day, three-day and four-day rainfall!