England and Wales
Scotland
Northern Ireland
Summary: Very unsettled wet and mild, record rainfall with flooding in some south and southwest areas.
1st to 2nd
A mild but very wet and windy start to the month as fronts moved northeast across the region. The rain was heavy at times with hill and coastal fog in the southwest.
3rd to 4th
Mainly mild and dry after some scattered showers at first, a number were accompanied by thunder.
5th to 10th
Atlantic depressions passing by brought wet and windy weather but it was mild or very mild, 17.2°C being recorded at Saunton Sands/Devon on the 5th.
There were periods of rain and showers, heavy at times, with thunder.
Later a small low moved eastwards over northern parts bringing more wind and rain.
The 9th gave a dry interlude before rain spread in during the evening, preceding another mild day with rain at times on the 10th.
11th to 14th
A north Atlantic low brought bands of rain and secondary depressions to the region. There was widespread heavy rain often thundery especially in southern and western areas.
During the 13th/14th one such secondary migrated northwards from Biscay touching 965 hPa. There was 80mm overnight in Penzance with severe flooding there and in st Ives, where cars were washed away.
Much of Devon and Cornwall had heavy thundery rain with many roads impassable due to flooding. A gust of 64kts was recorded at Portland.
15th to 20th
Rather unsettled with rain at times.
A low centre to the south on the 15/16th brought rain and thundery showers to many places especially to southern areas.
A quieter interlude from the 17th to the 18th allowed fog and overnight frost to develop, with Redesdale in Northumberland falling to minus 3.1°C. The fog was slow to clear from the Midlands and East Anglia.
Rain edged slowly into the west on the 19th and 20th.
21st to 24th
With low pressure west of Ireland, more bands of rain and showers affected the region, some were heavy and thundery especially in the south during the 23rd and 24th.
Mostly mild, flooding again affected the southwest.
25th to 26th
A mainly dry, quiet interlude but with fairly extensive mist and fog slow to clear in places.
Some scattered showers broke out from time to time in extreme southern and western areas.
27th to 30th
Unsettled and mostly wet again.
Atlantic fronts brought yet more rain to south and southwest areas during the 27th and 28th with showers turning thundery in many places later. Cornwall saw widespread flooding with some main roads closed.
After a brief foggy respite on the 29th more wet weather spread in from the southwest on the 30th.
Central London had its wettest November since 1940, while Milford Haven [southwest Wales ] received 372mm a record for November from 1964. Birmingham had its first air frost free November since 1946.
Statistical details
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| England and Wales Mean Temperature Series (series began in 1961). |
The mean value for the month was 8.2°C |
2.1°C above the 1961-90 average, which is in the exceptionally above average category. Joint 2nd warmest in the series so far, warmest 9.5°C in 1994. |
| England and Wales Rainfall Series (series begins in 1961). |
The total for the month was 150.2mm |
167% of the 1961-90 average, which is in the well above average category. 4th wettest in the series so far, wettest 174.8mm in 2000. |
| England and Wales Sunshine Series (series begins in 1961). |
The total for the month was 1.91 hours per day |
92% of the 1961-90 average, which is in the close to average category. |
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