UK Winter Floods Report
3rd January 2017
The Centre for Ecology and Hydrology, in collaboration with the British Hydrological Society in the United Kingdom have released their report for the winter floods of 2015/16.
The review highlights:
- That December was the wettest and, on average, the warmest on record in the UK, in records going back to 1910.
- The highest ever recorded rainfall in the UK was measured when 341.4mm of rain fell at Honister Pass in the Lake District in the 24 hours on the 5th/6th December.
- Record peak flows occurred at the rivers Eden, Tyne and Lune in England of around 1,700 cumecs.
- Other record peak flows also took place on the rivers Nith, Tweed, Clyde, Forth and Tay in Scotland and the Mourne in Northern Ireland.
For more information, and to download a PDF of the report, visit http://nrfa.ceh.ac.uk/news-and-media/news/uk-winter-20152016-floods-report-published.
