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After a mainly dry and mild start, Gravesend (Kent)
reached 17.8 °C on the 1st, a vigorous depression
crossed the north of the region on the 5th. There
was some heavy rain in Wales and Cumbria with local
flooding, thunder was also reported in places. Ennerdale
and Summergrove in the Lake District had between 90
and 100 mm of rain in 24 hours. At Shoreham Airport
in Sussex a gust of 64 kn was recorded during a severe
hail storm in the afternoon.
Pressure began to rise thereafter and by the 9th
an anticyclone became firmly established over Scotland.
Mainly dry weather prevailed apart from some occasional
light rain or drizzle in the north and north-east,
south-west parts had the best of any sunshine. Where
skies cleared overnight some fog and frost developed.
On the 15th a cold front crossed the region heralding
a period of cold weather with wintry showers (some
thundery) mainly in the north and east. Counties adjacent
to the North Sea were especially affected during the
18th and 19th with snow over the hills. There were
good sunny periods generally but there was a keen
N wind which later veered NE. A quiet interlude on
the 21st allowed temperatures to drop to -6.0 °C at
Redesdale in Northumberland.
The remainder of the month was mostly mild or very
mild, however it became increasingly disturbed with
gales at times as a number of deep depressions passed
to the north. A series of fronts gave some heavy rain
in places (mainly in the north and west) as they traversed
the region. Valley (Anglesey) recorded a gust of 67
kn on the 26th. On the 28th Capel Curig (Gwynedd)
had a gust of 70 kn, while Keswick (Cumbria) received
70 mm of rain in 24 hours ahead of a weakening cold
front which moved south-east. After some rain cleared
from the south-east during the 29th more wind and
rain spread in on the 30th.
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