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A series of extratropical cyclones brought the wettest April to many parts of the United Kingdom. Beginning with the storm Gritt (2–11 April 995 hPa) a low system tracking south over the UK and Ireland bringing storm force winds and heavy snowfall just a week after many areas of the UK experienced temperatures above 20 °C (68 °F). 50,000 people were left without power in Northern England ...
Closely following Cyclone Ulli, Andrea, the first named storm of 2012 formed southwest of Iceland on 3 January, moving down into the North Sea, and affecting the United Kingdom, Netherlands, Denmark, and Germany. [1] The storm impacted Western Europe through 9 January before dissipating.
The winter of 2010–2011 brought heavy snowfalls, record low temperatures, travel chaos and school disruption to Great Britain and Ireland. It included the UK's coldest December since Met Office records began in 1910, with a mean temperature of −1 °C (30 °F), breaking the previous record of 0.1 °C (32.2 °F) in December 1981. 2012
Land surface temperature anomaly of Europe between January 25 and February 1, 2012 A map of the land temperature anomaly in Europe between January 29 and February 4, 2012. The northern half of Europe was affected primarily by greater cold and – except for a period of early snow – low precipitation.
This storm was described as the worst in Scotland since the Boxing Day Storm of 1998 by the UK Met Office. [141] Storm Andrea: 3–9 January 2012: 966 hPa (28.5 inHg) [142] Closely following Cyclone Ulli, the first named storm of 2012 formed southwest of Iceland, moving down into the North Sea affecting UK, Netherlands, Denmark and Germany ...
[6] [7] Ulli was the costliest disaster in January 2012 globally. [8] The damage from the storm in Glasgow was also compared to a storm in 1968. [9] Ulli was one of many storms to affect Europe during the winter of 2011–2012. The storm clustering began in late-November when Xaver and Yoda hit the United Kingdom and Norway
Overall, the storm was the worst to affect Scotland in 10 years, [2] though a stronger storm occurred less than a month afterwards, on 3 January 2012. [3] Although the follow-up storm was more intense, the winter of 2011–12 is usually remembered for Bawbag among Scots.
The two storms collectively killed 40 people in Mozambique. [32] January 20–24 – A weak tropical disturbance in the South Pacific produced heavy rainfall over Fiji, causing flooding and landslides that killed eight people. [33] [34] [35] January 21 – Tropical Storm Ethel killed one person while passing near Rodrigues in the south-west ...