Winter weather, and its effects
by Chris, 20 February, 2014, 5 comments
In 2010, the blog reported on the exceptional winter weather. Back then, we had just ‘emerged’ from one of the coldest winters on record. Currently, we are experiencing one of the wettest winters ever.
In December, the East Coast faced storms and a tidal surge (affecting communities from Scotland down to Essex), and then Christmas Eve saw high winds and the cancellation of flights from Gatwick. January brought some 175 mm of rain in the South East. The closest comparable January was that of 1948. A summary of the winter so far can be found at the Met Office web site - here Read more...
