UK Related
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The Burns’ Day Storm (1990)
On January 25, one of the most powerful windstorms ever recorded in Northwestern Europe struck, with gusts reaching 93 knots (107 mph) in Aberporth, West Wales, and at Gwennap Head in Cornwall. The storm’s central pressure dropped to 949 mbar (28.0 inHg) near Edinburgh. It caused 47 deaths in the UK, over £2 billion in damages, and widespread power outages.
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Storm Éowyn (2025)
This storm was the UK’s most powerful windstorm in over a decade.
Highest UK wind gust: 100 mph (87 knots) at Drumalbin in Lanarkshire, Scotland.
Many locations across Northern Ireland and Scotland’s Central Belt experienced gusts of over 80 mph.
Lowest pressure: A weather station on Tiree, Inner Hebrides, recorded the UK’s lowest pressure reading since storm naming was introduced in 2015. The central pressure of the storm fell by 50hPa in 24 hours (a process of “explosive cyclogenesis”), from 991hPa on Jan 23 to 941hPa.
Around one million homes were left without power across Ireland and the UK, and all rail services were halted in Scotland.
And if you want to see the weather we have experienced on January 25th in Crondall over the years then go here for weather on any particular day (select from drop down menus) or here to see how it compares to the records for that day.
Non UK Related
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South Africa – Mpumalanga Floods (2004)
Torrential rains on 25 January 2004 dropped over 200 mm in 12 hours in parts of Mpumalanga Province. Rivers Komati and Crocodile overflowed, damaging roads and irrigation systems, displacing over 2,000 people.
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Record-breaking European Warmth (2025)
While the UK was cool, much of southern and eastern Europe recorded exceptionally high temperatures. January 2025 was the second warmest January on record for the continent, with temperatures 2.51°C above the 1991-2020 average in many parts of Europe.
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U.S. Midwest – “Blizzard of ’79 (1979)
Centered on 25 January 1979, a powerful storm dumped up to 52 cm of snow on Chicago with 95 km/h gusts. Hundreds of vehicles were stranded; O’Hare Airport closed for nearly two days.
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