A selection of Interesting Weather Events that occured on this day in history.
UK Related Dense Fog (1848) A thick, persistent fog settled over London on December 27, 1848. Visibility dropped below 30 metres, causing carriage collisions and halting river traffic on the Thames. Newspaper reports described [...]
UK Related North Sea Coast: Boxing Day Storm Surge (1813) On December 26, 1813, a powerful North Sea gale produced storm surges that flooded parts of eastern England, including Norfolk and Lincolnshire. Coastal villages [...]
UK Related The “Great Christmas Snowstorm” (1836) On December 25, 1836, heavy snow blanketed London and the southeast, bringing urban travel to a standstill. Reports from The Times described drifts exceeding a foot deep, [...]
UK Related Christmas Eve Blizzard (1836) Snow started falling heavily across southern England on Christmas Eve and kept going through Christmas Day. At first, the calm weather made it feel like a peaceful, [...]
UK Related "Big Freeze" Onset (1962) One of the coldest winters in UK history began on December 22, 1962, when snow first fell across Scotland before spreading southward. Snow and bitterly cold, dry [...]
UK Related "Big Freeze" Onset (1962) One of the coldest winters in UK history began on December 22, 1962, when snow first fell across Scotland before spreading southward. The Arctic conditions persisted until March, [...]
UK Related "Big Freeze" Onset (1962) December 21–22, 1962 — One of the harshest winters ever recorded in the UK began as snow swept across Scotland before advancing southwards.The country was soon locked under [...]
UK Related Severe East Coast Gale and Snow (1657) A violent easterly gale struck Scotland’s eastern seaboard with the Firth of Forth estuary bearing the brunt of the storm. For hours, heavy snow and [...]
UK Related Penlee Lifeboat Disaster Storm (1981) Today marks the tragic anniversary of the Penlee lifeboat disaster off Cornwall’s coast, which happened during a fierce storm with extreme weather. It remains one of the [...]
UK Related Eurostar Chaos (2009) On December 18th and the day after, heavy snowfall and freezing temperatures led to five Eurostar trains breaking down inside the Channel Tunnel, leaving over 2,000 passengers stranded for [...]
UK Related Eurostar Breakdown Amidst Snow (2009) During a bitterly cold and snowy spell in 2009, heavy snow on December 17th brought chaos to Kent. In the days that followed, major disruptions hit [...]
UK Related Storm Deidre (2018) On December 15–16, 2018, Storm Deirdre swept across the UK, causing major disruption. Winds gusted up to 79 mph, but the most hazardous impacts came from widespread freezing rain [...]
UK Related Storm Deidre (2018) On December 15–16, 2018, Storm Deirdre swept across the UK with strong winds and heavy rain, but its most hazardous impact came from snow and widespread freezing rain. Northern [...]
UK Related Heavy Snowfall Sweeps Scotland (2023) On December 14, 2023, a strong Arctic cold front blanketed northern Scotland in over 20 cm of snow. Flights were canceled at Inverness, and rural communities faced [...]
UK Related Record cold (1981) A temperature of -25.2°C (-13.4°F) was recorded at RAF Shawbury in Shropshire on December 13th. Wales also experienced its lowest ever December temperature of -22.7°C (-8.9°F) at Corwen, Denbighshire. [...]
