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The October 2008 United Kingdom cold wave was a spell of unseasonable weather that affected the United Kingdom during the final week of October 2008. The event set new low October temperature records across areas in England, Scotland, and Wales and brought the first recorded October snowfall to some areas of the country in more than 70 years.
Weather of 2008 profiles the major worldwide storms, including blizzards, ice storms, and other winter events, from January 1, 2008, to December 31, 2008. A winter storm is an event in which the dominant varieties of precipitation are forms that only occur at cold temperatures, such as snow or sleet , or a rainstorm where ground temperatures ...
A wind gust of 194 mph (312 km/h) was recorded at Cairn Gorm on 19 December 2008 but was discovered too late to be verified by the Met Office. [14] The highest wind speed in England was a wind gust of 125.4 mph recorded at The Needles, Isle of Wight, on 18 February 2022 during Storm Eunice. [15]
More snow is forecast across Northern Ireland, Scotland, Wales and northern England overnight
It will feel ‘bitterly cold’ as the strong easterly winds from Ukraine and the Black Sea area spill across the UK on Sunday. UK braced for ‘significant disruptive snowfall’ Skip to main ...
Snowfall is declining globally as temperatures warm because of human-caused climate change, a new analysis and maps from a NOAA climate scientist show.. But less snow falling from the sky isn’t ...
Scotland's most durable snow patch, Garbh Choire Mòr, Braeriach, 8 August 2008. As well as containing five of the highest mountains in the United Kingdom, [6] the Cairngorms is the range where snow persists longest, and in more locations, than anywhere else in the UK.
The most severe snowy weather began on 5 January in North West England and west Scotland with temperatures hitting a low of −17.6 °C (0.3 °F) in Greater Manchester, England. [3] The snow spread to Southern England on 6 January and by 7 January the United Kingdom was blanketed in snow, [2] which was captured by NASA's Terra satellite. [4]