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Undulatus Asperatus - crowd sourcing a new type of cloud?
23 September 2012
Have we discovered a new type of cloud? Sky watcher Gavin Pretor-Pinney, tells Channel 4 News that we have and it is all thanks to modern technology and the internet.
Summer of 2012: interactive weather map
10 September 2012
After the wettest summer in 100 years, our interactive map pulls together the highlights of what has been a summer to remember - even if for the wrong reasons. Click on the map for more information.
Coldest spring for more than 50 years
30 May 2013
Provisional figures released by the Met Office on Thursday show that this spring is likely to be the coldest in more than 50 years for the UK.
Sandstorm in northern Scotland blocks roads
17 April 2013
Northern Scotland was hit by a sandstorm on Tuesday, with snowploughs deployed in Moray to clear the roads of drifting sand.
Snow falls during 'unusual' May weather
15 May 2013
Unusually stormy weather for May brought heavy rain, damaging gusts of wind and even snow to the mountains and moors of England and Wales.
2012 second wettest year on record
03 January 2013
The Met Office has confirmed that 2012 was the second wettest year in the UK, in records that stretch back to 1910.
UK weather: Long clean up after freak flash floods
29 June 2012
Widespread disruption blighted major transport routes for a second day after fierce storms and torrential downpours caused flash floods across parts of the UK.
Hosepipe ban could be lifted sooner rather than later
07 June 2012
Britain's biggest water company, Thames Water, expects to be able to lift hosepipe bans for its customers sooner than expected it was announced today.
Wintry weather brings disruption to Britain
04 April 2012
Around 40,000 homes in England are without power as gale-force winds, snow, sleet and rain affect much of Britain.
Warmest day of the year so far in the UK
23 February 2012
A large part of England and north east Wales basked in sunshine on Thursday, lifting temperatures to around 10C above normal for this time of year.
