Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
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.
2 October – Metropolitan Police Commissioner Sir Ian Blair announces his resignation with effect from 1 December 2008, citing a lack of support from new Mayor of London Boris Johnson. 3 October – Peter Mandelson returns to the Westminster cabinet as Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform as part of a reshuffle ...
Main page; Contents; Current events; Random article; About Wikipedia; Contact us; Help; Learn to edit; Community portal; Recent changes; Upload file
The annual energy price cap by October could reach up to $3,996 (£3,500) per UK household. By next year, households could pay as high as 500% more than before the pandemic.
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 .
For premium support please call: 800-290-4726 more ways to reach us
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 ...
By Monday, temperatures are forecast to reach up to 11C in Scotland and Northern Ireland. In Wales, temperatures will be closer to the seasonal average of 8C but it will be dry and bright.