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of Southern England reached above 32 °C (90 °F) for 15 consecutive days. The weather was settled and temperatures were above average, with many short and long periods of above 30 °C (86 °F) heat, between mid June to mid September. In 1976, the country suffered forest fires, grass fires and water shortages. Summer 1976 was followed by an extremely unsettled Autumn.
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of Scotland. In Glasgow alone, over 300 houses were destroyed and 70,000 homes were damaged. Electrical power also failed in Glasgow, leaving the whole city in darkness. In total, the storm felled 8,000 hectares of forest across Scotland (1.6 million cubic metres of timber). The storm, which affected
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Every month from November 1665 to September 1666 was dry. The climatological summer (June, July and August) of 1666 was amongst the top 10 or so of warm summers in the Central English Temperatures (CET) series (began 1659). CET also suggests that July 1666 had a mean value of 18 °C (64 °F),
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Considered by some (e.g. Brooks), as the driest pair of consecutive years known in the record. The summer (and possibly the spring in London/south) of 1252 was outstandingly dry/hot, with the ensuing drought ruining crops and many people died from the excessive heat. Spring/summer 1253 was also noted
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During the winter of 2013–14, the British Isles were in the path of several winter storms, which culminated in serious coastal damage and widespread persistent flooding. The storms brought the greatest January rainfall in Southern England since at least the year records began in 1910. The season saw
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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
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Summer 2018 was the fifth hottest in the CET records back to 1659, with the period May–July being the hottest such period on record. During this period there was very little rainfall, with particularly low totals in North West England and South East England. Some places had more than 54 consecutive
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During the autumn of 2017, Ireland and the United Kingdom were hit by Hurricane Ophelia, which had completed its transition into an extratropical cyclone shortly before its landfall in Ireland and subjected the island to hurricane-force winds. Three people were killed by fallen trees in Ireland and
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occurred. During the next week maximum temperatures of 27 °C (81 °F) were recorded each day across the country. The summer of 1976 experienced five days of temperatures exceeding 35 °C (95 °F) somewhere in the UK. Between 23 June to 7 July, temperatures in London and other parts
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famously forecast "very windy" weather mainly over France, an unusually strong storm occurred in October 1987, with wind speeds widely over 100 mph (160 km/h) along England's southern coastline, and which killed 18 people in England. The great storm caused substantial damage over much of
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More than 2,000 people may have died in the UK alone as a result of the hottest summer recorded in Europe since 1540. Temperatures remained above 30 °C (86 °F) for 10 days, between 3 and 13 August. The highest temperature known and accepted was recorded at
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The 1981 United Kingdom tornado outbreak is regarded as the largest tornado outbreak in European history. 104 confirmed tornadoes touched down across Wales and central, northern and eastern England. 8 injuries were recorded but there were no casualties.
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Britain and Ireland were struck by a cold wave which began on 22 February and would affect most of Europe. Officially named Anticyclone Hartmut, the cold wave brought unusually low temperatures and heavy snowfall to the UK and would later combine with
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bring the wettest April in 100 years, and flooding across Britain and Ireland. Continuing through May and leading to the wettest beginning to June in 150 years, with flooding and extreme events occurring periodically throughout Britain and parts of
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Torrential rain and winds of up to 100 mph (160 km/h) hit the south of England and Wales. 600,000 homes were left without power, and five people were killed. In Europe, another six people were killed by the same storm.
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The most severe hailstorm ever documented in the UK, travelling 25 km from Hitchin (Hertfordshire) to Potton (Oxfordshire). At least 1 person was killed. Hailstones as large as bowling balls caused severe damage to homes.
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The 1913 United Kingdom tornado outbreak was a series on tornados on 27 October, particularly in England and Wales. This day was the only known time in British history where two tornados exceed F3 on the
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suffered many road and rail closures, power cuts and evacuations, with 420,000 inhabitants left without drinking water requiring emergency assistance from the army. Other areas heavily affected included
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On 5 December 2013, a large depression that passed eastwards over Scotland brought strong northerly winds along the eastern coast of Britain. This coincided with the spring tide and caused a large
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Periods of heavy snow and rainstorms lasting from December 1990 to February 1991 throughout the United Kingdom, Ireland and Western Europe. About 42 people died, almost all in the UK and Ireland.
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and August was 17 °C (63 °F). The heat and long drought added to a heightened risk of fire in populated areas. Lack of rain and hot temperatures helped spark the
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Right after WWII, blizzards block roads and cause blackouts, resulting in industrial stagnation. Followed by heavy flooding in March, causing £250–375 million of damage.
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From June 2018, many destructive wildfires struck the United Kingdom; the most prolonged and severe of these were in England, with some fires burning for over a month.
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Winds of up to 100 mph (160 km/h) kill 47 people and cause £3.37 billion worth of damage, the most costly weather event for insurers in British history.
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Robine, Jean-Marie; Cheung, Siu Lan K.; Le Roy, Sophie; Van Oyen, Herman; Griffiths, Clare; Michel, Jean-Pierre; Herrmann, François Richard (February 2008).
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Beginning in November 2012, there were a total of 1,219 cases of measles across Wales. 88 people were hospitalised during the epidemic and one person died.
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on 10 August when it reached 38.5 °C (101.3 °F). The death toll across Europe as a result of the heatwave was eventually estimated at 70,000.
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Extended droughts with regularity: also through the period summers lasted half a year and were often warm or very warm – some notably extreme summers.
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Heavy rainfall on 12 July resulted in more than the average monthly rainfall total to be recorded in a 24-hour period across parts of the country.
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A storm surge which occurred over 11–12 January caused extensive coastal flooding and considerable damage on the east coast of England between the
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to affect large swathes of the east coast. Many settlements along the coast were severely flooded, with sea defences breached in many locations.
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1974-1975 was the mildest winter in England and Wales since 1869. However, during the first few days of June 1975, in and around London snow and
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which would make landfall over South West England and Southern Ireland on 2 March. The lowest temperature recorded was −14.7 degrees Celsius in
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resulted in hundreds of injuries and six deaths and is the deadliest-known tornado to occur in the UK. The damage caused was around £100,000.
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with people evacuated from two holiday parks. 150 people saved by lifeboats with 4–5 ft (1.2–1.5 m) of water. On 28 June, a large
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Dust from the Sahara desert causes extremely heavy rain and hail, causing widespread damage across Wales and western and northern England.
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Flooding in much of England in November. 2019 was the wettest year on record across parts of the Midlands, Central and Northern England.
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Three deaths, many injuries, as many as 1.4 million homes without power, widespread destruction and over £360 million in damage.
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At 6.1 on the Richter Scale, it was the largest earthquake in British history, but caused only minor damage as it was offshore.
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30 injuries caused by the tornado, which uprooted trees, destroyed roofs and picked up cars, causing £40 million in damage.
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55 cm (22 in) of snow in places, causing at least four deaths and an estimated £1.3 billion in damages.
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An extra 760 deaths were reported in the UK. In Ireland, the heatwave indirectly caused 30 deaths by drowning.
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Northern England, Scotland and Northern Ireland, received little attention from the BBC or the national press.
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and continued to rotate, with sleet and heavy bursts of rain in places. There was sleet and snow across the
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22,000 people were left without electricity. This also cut off internet for some households across the UK.
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bursts its banks causing damage to 995 properties costing £40 million. Flooding across the Midlands and
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Southern England, downing an estimated 15 million trees (including six of the seven eponymous oaks in
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Drought in summer (London/south). Possibly the start of 10 or so years of warm, often dry summers.
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A disastrous flood of the River Thames in London. 14 drowned and thousands were made homeless.
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Strong winds and heavy rain across the United Kingdom with the worst flooding concentrated in
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The gale of 2–5 January resulted in severe wind damage across western and central Europe and
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34 people were killed, with a further 420 made homeless. Over 100 buildings were destroyed.
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of Scotland, with winds exceeding 200mph (320 km/h), leading to the deaths of 2 people in
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brought heavy rain and large hail to many areas in England. One man died from the storm.
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Heatwave lasted from early July to mid-September. Newspapers ran deaths by heat columns.
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Not known by that name, the flood killed hundreds in England. This flood, along with the
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200 people immediately evacuated, and the water supply for 140,000 people was affected.
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Coldest winter for hundreds of years, temperatures as low as −16 °C (3 °F).
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Extremely cold winter, temperatures as low as −12 °C (10 °F) on 5 January.
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have been hypothesised to have killed every human not living in Africa at the time.
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more than 2500 calls, as sewers filled up and flooded. There was also flooding in
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At the start of Easter 1998 (9–10 April) a stationary band of heavy rain affected
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High winds affected much of the United Kingdom, causing particular devastation in
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embankment collapses, causing 81 deaths and a large amount of damage to property.
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suffocates more than 10,000 in Britain, followed by about 8,000 deaths in winter.
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Starvation events. Very few deaths, however 200,000 were said to have emigrated.
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Clark, C. (2001). "Great storms and floods over southern England, August 1770".
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In August throughout southern England. A flood was thought to have occurred in
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Occurring in the North Sea on 10 February 1871, it killed at least 50 people.
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in the last 2,000 years, likely caused crop failures and freezing for the
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Flooding in Cumbria, Yorkshire, southern Scotland and parts of Ireland.
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associated with a slow moving front of the low pressure system Mattea.
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The most violent winds ever successfully recorded unofficially hit the
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Reported to be the coldest weather since 1987. About 22 people died.
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Hurricane-force winds across British Isles, at least 11 people dead.
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Up to 15,000 deaths, ships lost, mass damage to buildings and trees.
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Severe flooding hit many parts of the UK. Among the worst hit were
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the storm, which lasted for two days, sank 133 ships killing 800.
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Laing, Aislinn; Stokes, Paul; Bunyan, Nigel (20 November 2009).
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killed an estimated 100,000 people, 20% of London's population.
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Long-lasting period of lower-than-normal average temperatures.
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coasts. At the time, this was the most severe storm over the
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List of disasters in Great Britain and Ireland by death toll
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Notes; disaster type, people killed, region affected, etc.
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307 were killed in the United Kingdom, in the counties of
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100 fishermen and 124 boats lost at sea during a storm in
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spread north, but was stalled by the famous quarantine of
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with 70-foot (21 m) wave after undersea landslip off
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Several people killed and 1,200 buildings destroyed in
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ever to hit the southern parts of the United Kingdom.
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A European windstorm on 28 December 1879 caused the
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75,000–70,000 BP
volcanic winter
Toba catastrophe
6100 BC
Storegga Slide
Scotland
Norway
Severe cooling
Northern Hemisphere
Anglo-Saxons
Anglo-Saxon Chronicle
London tornado
London Bridge
St Mary-le-Bow
St. Lucia's flood
South England flood of February 1287
Dunwich

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