What was the most extreme weather event in the UK?

Storm of the century The great storm of 1953 was Britain’s worst peacetime disaster on record claiming the lives of 307 people. With no severe flood warnings in place and phone lines down, people were completely unaware of the devastation which was about to hit them.

What was the worst snow storm in UK?

On 29 and 30 December 1962 a blizzard swept across South West England and Wales. Snow drifted to more than 20 feet (6.1 m) deep in places, driven by gale force easterly winds, blocking roads and railways.

How many weather stations are in the UK?

The Met Office has a weather station network across the whole UK, with more than 200 automatic stations. These weather stations measure a large variety of different meteorological parameters, including air temperature; atmospheric pressure; rainfall; wind speed and direction, humidity; cloud height and visibility.

How do you calculate rainfall?

Find the average volume of rain = Depth x radius x radius x 3.14. Find the area at the top of the bucket (this is the area over which the rain is collected). Divide the rainfall volume by this area to get the rainfall.

Is humidity weather or climate?

Weather is the day-to-day state of the atmosphere, and its short-term variation in minutes to weeks. People generally think of weather as the combination of temperature, humidity, precipitation, cloudiness, visibility, and wind. Climate is the weather of a place averaged over a period of time, often 30 years.

Has it snowed in May UK?

How unusual is it to see snow in May? Falling snow isn’t common in May, but it does happen from time to time. In fact, Scotland will see around one day of May snowfall per year on average. According to the Met Office, we’d only expect to get 0.1 day of lying snow in Scotland in May on average.