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This resource includes station, district and regional averages and contoured maps for a wide range of weather elements.
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PAST UK WEATHER
 

January 2006
Rainfall totals were well below average. England, Wales and Northern Ireland all had their driest January since 1997. Out of the last 15 months (since November 2004), 13 months have had below average rainfall across England SE & Central S. Mean temperatures close to average across the south of the UK, but well above average across the north of Scotland.

Aviemore recorded a temperature of -11.7 °C and Grantown-On-Spey recorded a temperature of -12.6 °C, both on 31 January. On the 9th/10th over Scotland, 69 mm of rain fell at Sloy, the wind gusted to 85 m.p.h. at Lerwick and the temperature reached 14 °C at Machrihanish.

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