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Date Type Value Comment
25-Jul-2019 Temp 31c Heat wave
23-Jul-2019 Temp 30c Heat wave
21-Jun-2019 Clear Noctilucent Clouds Noctilucent Clouds visible from Telford 2019
28-Feb-2019 Temp 10.5c End of heat wave temps returning to normal and it's raining!
27-Feb-2019 Temp 16.8c  
26-Feb-2019 Temp 17.3c Peak tempearature (of heat wave)
25-Feb-2019 Temp 15.8c  
21-Feb-2019 February heat wave 21/02 to 27/02 15c A strong jet stream channelled very warm air from the Caribbean into the UK leading to record breaking February temperatures.
2018
07-Jul-2018 to 28-Jul-18 Heat wave part 2 Max Peaked Tuesday 26th
22-Jun-2018 to 15th Jul Heat wave Max 29c Peaked Tuesday 26th
??? May-2018 Light... Max 29c
18-Mar-2018 Heavy Snow 11cm In a slight re-run of the 3rd of March, the so called "Mini-Beast from the East" brought significant snow showers across the country albeit short lived compared to the previous event
03-Mar-2018 Heavy Snow 7cm Sudden Stratospheric Warming above the Arctic caused a switch from westerly winds to easterlies. This dragged in winds from Siberia & the Arctic helped on by a high-pressure system parked over Scandinavia. The media termed this "The Beast from the East" as temperatures plummeted to minus double figures across the country which facilitated extensive wind and snow. Around Shropshire there were drifts from very powdery dry snow in excess of 6ft which then caused havoc for country roads as the snow blew off fields into lanes
2017
10-Dec-2017 Heavy Snow 9/25cm 25cm total accumulation
08-Dec-2017 Heavy Snow 16cm The Wrekin covered in snow
16-Oct-2017 Hurricane Ophelia Orange Sky n/a Hurricane Ophelia as seen as a category 1 storm off the coast of Portugal HERE swept passed Ireland/UK on the 16th and dragged up Saharan dust turning the sky orange in Telford as shown HERE Category 1 Hurricane Ophelia
19-Sep-2017 Funnel Cloud n/a Funnel cloud spotted over Telford as described here looks to have been a Tornado over Wolverhampton
2016
19-Jul-2016 Heat 34c Mini heat wave (2/3 days) temperatures peaked at 34c in my Garden, Shawbury reported max of 32c
27-Apr-2016 Light Snow & Large hail    
16-Apr-2016 Snow 2cm  
2015
21-Dec-2015 Aurora Visible telford aurora borealis 2015
17-Nov-2015 Wind 66Mph+ Storm Barney recorded a wind speed of 66Mph at Shawbury (at 196ft) up here in Telford at 600ft I'm sure it was a lot stronger. I think Telford needs it own official met office weather station to account for the 400ft difference. Anyhow the storm caused a lot of local damage with plenty of fence panels down and a few tree's
2014
26-Dec-2014 Snow 2cm Almost a white Christmas
31-Oct-2014 Sunny & Warm 18c in Telford. It was the warmest Halloween on record with Kent recording 23.5c Unseasonably warm and sunny
25-Aug-2014 Wet n/a A wet bank holiday but a photogenic low pressure system
09-Mar-2014 Sunny & Warm 16.4c Unseasonably warm and sunny
12-Feb-2014 Wind 76Mph After the relentless low pressure after low pressure system Wednesday saw a major storm with hurricane force (>74 Mph) winds go through the UK. Shawbury recorded a gust of 76Mph and locally a number of tress have fallen down.
05-Jan-2014 General General Huge low pressure system sitting in the Atlantic, see satellite image
2013
27-Dec-2013 Wind Gust 59 Mph Another winter storm, see satellite image low-center is to the left of Scotland
06-July-2013 Heat Wave Peak 29c It's not often I can use the this particular category; Heat Wave temperature in the mid to high 20's between 6th July and 21st July with pretty much wall to wall sunshine. 22nd 30+ degrees c temperatures in the day and still 24c at 22:45 in the evening
24-Mar-2013 Snow 3cm 20 cm of accumulated snow and snow drifts up to 27cm
23-Mar-2013 Snow 7cm 17cm of accumulated snow and snow drifts up to 22cm
22-Mar-2013 Snow 10cm  
16-Mar-2013 Snow 2cm  
11-Mar-2013 Snow Showers n/a Snow Shower, then Sunshine; Snow Shower, then Sunshine...repeat
10-Mar-2013 Light Snow n/a  
10-Feb-2013 Snow 5cm Snow
20-Jan-2013 Snow 4cm Light Snow - All Day
18-Jan-2013 Snow 14cm Heavy Snow
2012
04-Apr-2012 Snow 3cm  
24-Mar-2012 Warm & Sunny 19c Unseasonably (being able to sit outside) warm weather
04-Feb-2012 Snow 3cm  
02-Feb-2012 Temp -10.1c  
03-Jan-2012 09:00 Wind Speed 40 Mph Gust 55 Mph
2011
08-Dec-2011 12:00 Wind Speed 40 Mph Gust 60 Mph local; storm over Scotland Cairngorn registered 165mph
28-Sep-2011 Indian Summer Hot Heat wave at the end of September which recorded the following temperatures at Shawbury:
  • Wed 28/9 =25.6c
  • Thu 29/9 =26.5c
  • Fri 30/9 =26.8c
  • Sat 1/10 =27.8c
  • Sun 2/10 =23.1c
Summer 2011 Dry No Rain Driest summer in the Midlands since 1976
07-Feb-2011 12:00 Wind Speed 40 Mph Gust 60 Mph
08-Jan-2011 Snow 2cm  
2010
22-Dec-2010 Snow 15cm Nationally the coldest December on record
19-Dec-2010 Temp -14.3c Shawbury recorded -19c
18-Dec-2010 Snow 10cm  
02-Dec-2010 Snow   6cm cumulative total of snow
28-Nov-2010 Temp -10.8c Shawbury recorded -12.5c the lowest November temperature since 1946
11-Nov-2010 Wind Speed 54 Mph  
20-Feb-2010 Snow 2cm  
13-Jan-2010 Snow 4cm 11cm cumulative total of snow since the 5th
10-Jan-2010 Snow 2cm  
08-Jan-2010 Temp -9.2c  
05-Jan-2010 Snow 4cm Declared longest cold snap for 29 years caused by a blocking high across Scotland bringing in winds from Arctic/Finland direction
2009
05-Feb-2009 Snow 10cm  
03-Feb-2009 Snow 10cm  
06-Jan-2009 08:30 Temp -10.9c  
2008
31-Dec-2008 Fog Inversion The Wrekin above the fog looking over to long mynd
17-Feb-2008 07:00 Temp -7.1c  
16-Feb-2008 10:00 High Pressure 1043mb  
28-Oct-2008 07:00 Snow 2cm bit early
2007
20-Jul-2007 Daily Rain 38.6mm Huge flood in Gloucester, Tewkesbury becomes an island and the summer is declared the wettest in 300 years
25-Jun-2007 Daily Rain 71.1mm 2.8 inches extensive flooding across England and Wales including Coalbrookdale
19-Jun-2007 Daily Rain 31.6mm Also lightning ~12 flashes
13-May-2007 Daily Rain 64.2mm 2.5 inches
08-Feb-2007 Heavy Snow 10cm  
2006
24-Sep-2006 Hourly Rain 12.4mm  
15-Sep-2006 Daily Rain 22.2mm  
17-Aug-2006 13:00 Lightning ~5 Flashes  
23-May-2006 05:09 Min Temp 1.3c Cold for May
09-May-2006 Daily Rain 20.2mm  
09-Apr-2006 13:00 Snow 0.2cm Snow shower
06-Apr-2006 Snow 0.5cm Light covering
12-Mar-2006 Snow 3cm  
03-Mar-2006 01:40 Min Temp -7.9c  
02-Mar-2006 Snow 3cm  
23-Feb-2006 Snow 1cm  
07-Jan-2006 Snow 1cm  
2005
29-Dec-2005 04:58 Min Temp -8.6c  
28-Dec-2005 04:18 Min Temp -7.2c  
28-Nov-2005 Snow 2cm  
19-Nov-2005 07:56 Min Temp -6.3c Last couple of nights have been around -5c
09-Nov-2005 Daily Rain 21.7mm  
04-Sep-2005 19:30 Lightning ~25 Flashes 7.7mm rain
29-Jun-2005 18:00 Lightning ~4 Flashes  
28-Jun-2005 19:00 Lightning ~20 Flashes Lasted for about 3 hours
24-Jun-2005 07:00 Lightning ~4 Flashes 7.8mm of rain
19-Jun-2005 18:00 Lightning ~2 Flashes 16mm of rain in the same hour caused flash floods around shropshire
21-May-2005 15:00 Lightning ~2 Flashes 8.2mm of rain in the same hour
01-May-2005 03:00 Lightning ~6 Flashes Also a few more around 04:20
30-Mar-2005 Daily Rain 40.9mm None stop rain for 27 hours from 1800 on 29th
22-Feb-2005 - 25-Feb-2005 Snow 1 cm 4 days of snow showers but only a brief 1cm covering of snow
21-Jan-2005 Aurora Visible telford aurora borealis 2005
09-Jan-2005 09:58 Wind Speed 25.1 Mph  
08-Jan-2005 10:35 Wind Speed 28.5 Mph Blew the fence panel out in the early hours of the morning
2004
25-Dec-2004 21:30 Snow 1cm White Christmas
19-Dec-2004 22:29 Min Temp -5.8c  
18-Nov-2004 18:30 Snow Light Covering  
23-Oct-2004 14:30 Lightning ~3 Flashes Daily Rain 23.3mm
11-Sep-2004 Daily Rain 24.8mm Hourly rain max 15mm
24-Aug-2004 12:55 Hourly Rain 12.4mm  
23-Aug-2004 Daily Rain 31mm Lightning around 14:45 also dumped 10.3mm of rain in the same hour
12-Aug-2004 16:00 Lightning ~12 Flashes  
5-Aug-2004 17:00 Lightning ~10 Flashes Sunny skies to black Cb clouds in a short space of time. Then thunder, torrential rain and then back to sunny skies within an hour
3-Aug-2004 07:30 Lightning ~6 Flashes Fairly short lived although did dump 9.3mm of rain in a hour
8-July-2004 Max Temp 11.1c Coldest day in July recorded, along with 20.2mm of rain overnight
4-July-2004 19:20 Funnel   Funnel cloud spotted over Oakengates
23-June-2004 Daily Rain 24.3 mm Deep depression in the summer
16-Apr-2004 01:13 Wind Speed 29.0 Mph Freak wind
20-Mar-2004 13:29 Wind Speed 24.8 Mph Broke a few fence panels
12-Mar-2004 00:00 Snow 1 cm  
01-Mar-2004 07:08 Temp -7.6  
27-Feb-2004 00:00 Snow 1 cm  
03-Feb-2004 10:14 Wind Speed 25.1 Mph  
28-Jan-2004 15:00 Snow 2 cm Clap of thunder heard before snow started

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