Summary of UK Weather for Thursday 03 January 2008 by Tomasz Schafernaker
Summary of UK Weather for Thursday 03 January 2008.
Largely cloudy, very cold and quite windy across the UK. The best of
any clearer or sunnier spells were in the northwest in the first part
of the day. Snow showers affected the northeast of England from
Lincolnshire northwards overnight and through the morning, and also
east Scotland from about midday, these driven by a strong, cold
easterly wind with gusts near 40mph. These wintry showers spread
westwards to affect all but northwest Scotland by evening and also
into N Ireland. Several centimetres of snow were reported in the
snowier parts. Further south it was also very cold over Wales and the
rest of England with occasional wintry flurries, especially over
higher ground, but tending to turn to rain or drizzle later, and it
became generally misty in the evening with local fog as the winds
died down. Temperatures generally struggled to get above about 3 or
4C generally(ie Central London reached 4.0C which is over four
degrees below normal for early January) but many places had maxima
nearer 1C. Some higher, snow covered places in the north didn't rise
above freezing(ie Eskdalemiur -0.2C).
Extremes of Temperature, Rainfall and Sunshine for the 24 hours ending 03/01/2008
Highest Day Max : ISLES OF SCILLY : 9.2C
Lowest Day Max : LAKE VYRNWY : -1.2C
Lowest Night Min : EMLEY MOOR : -2.9C
Highest Rainfall : ESKDALEMUIR : 77.0mm
Highest Sunshine : VALLEY : 5.7Hours
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