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Saint Snow
26 January 2026 16:38:24

Definitely colder than forecast here.

1.0c and damp 

1C at Leeds/Bradford

0.9c at Bingley and Emley. 0.4c at Pateley Bridge. 

Sure it will rise to 2-3c as forecast when the rain arrives though!

Originally Posted by: Tim A 

So, so close to a decent snow event across a large swathe of the UK

Martin

Home: St Helens (26m asl) Work: Manchester (75m asl)

A TWO addict since 14/12/01

"How can wealth persuade poverty to use its political freedom to keep wealth in power? Here lies the whole art of Conservative politics."

Aneurin Bevan

Roger Parsons
26 January 2026 16:40:35
Just under 3°C at 16.00 hrs when I locked the church. A dull, grey, somewhat-misty day, with a variable light wind that barely stirred the flags on the village green. A disappointing sunset - no bright rays through the west windows of the church.  Tomorrow is expected to be wet with maybe 1cm or rain.

RogerP

West Lindsey district of Lincolnshire

Everything taken together, here in Lincolnshire are more good things than man could have had the conscience to ask.

William Cobbett, in his Rural Rides - c.1830

Tim A
26 January 2026 17:02:06

So, so close to a decent snow event across a large swathe of the UK

Originally Posted by: Saint Snow 

Yeah with a bit of luck we would have heavy snow moving in, SE winds,  warnings galore, amber warnings for the Pennines, probably a rain shadow for Manchester but heavier snow again towards your area!  We can dream. 

Tim

NW Leeds

187m asl

 My PWS 

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NMA
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27 January 2026 07:06:17
After quite a wet night it's cloudy with fresh southerly at 9C.
Vale of the Great Dairies

South Dorset

Elevation 60m 197ft

Tim A
27 January 2026 07:07:54
2.5c with heavy rain which is planned to last much of the day. Awful. 
Tim

NW Leeds

187m asl

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johncs2016
27 January 2026 07:52:44
I can confirm that Storm Chandry has now arrived here in Edinburgh as light rain has now started along with a stiff easterly wind.

Last night's minimum temperature at Edinburgh Gogarbank was 3.4°C without even as much as a ground frost and so, our frost free horror show goes on for yet another day.

Currently around 4°C here in Edinburgh and not even the least bit cold.😡

The north of Edinburgh, usually always missing out on snow events which occur not just within the rest of Scotland or the UK, but also within the rest of Edinburgh.

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27 January 2026 08:03:06
7C light drizzly rain after heavy rain overnight (several major roads closed or at least obstructed by flooding) EDIT 0845 - now raining heavily again

Some very mild air not far away around the Channel Islands (12C); most of western Europe not that cold (close to freezing); for anything really cold (-12C), there's nothing nearer than Norway

https://www.weatherobs.com/ 

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Chichester 12m asl

Roger Parsons
27 January 2026 08:50:24
Started raining about 8am - rattling on the windows. Moderately heavy but with quite a wind behind it. Variable S-SE judging by local flags. Still like that at 8.35am.

RogerP

West Lindsey district of Lincolnshire

Everything taken together, here in Lincolnshire are more good things than man could have had the conscience to ask.

William Cobbett, in his Rural Rides - c.1830

Crepuscular Ray
27 January 2026 08:51:59
Up here, the effects of Storm Chandra have just arrived. Light rain on a fresh Easterly and feeling chilly at 4 C

This is day 8 of hideous gloom

Jerry

Edinburgh, in the frost hollow below Blackford Hill

jhall
27 January 2026 09:48:27
The weather here this morning can be summed up in one word: "foul". But surprisingly, we still seem to need the rain. There's a small spring not far from where I live that normally starts running at some point during the autumn before drying up again during the spring, but this winter it hasn't started yet, even though the surface soil is by now thoroughly sodden.
Cranleigh, Surrey
fairweather
27 January 2026 09:53:49

The weather here this morning can be summed up in one word: "foul". But surprisingly, we still seem to need the rain. There's a small spring not far from where I live that normally starts running at some point during the autumn before drying up again during the spring, but this winter it hasn't started yet, even though the surface soil is by now thoroughly sodden.

Originally Posted by: jhall 

Same here. A handy 9mm overnight but seems  to have more or less fizzled out now. Hoping to make 100mm this month but only 90mm so far. The ground is now nicely wet and penetrating to a decent depth. Need some more if we are going to get another dry Spring as the first half of winter was only about average.

S.Essex, 42m ASL
marco 79
27 January 2026 09:57:42
Light rain after overnight heavier rain, fresh occasionally strong SE wind 5.1c
Home : Mid Leicestershire ...135m ASL
fullybhoy
27 January 2026 10:40:08
An utterly mingin day here in Glasgow.....heavy rain / sleet , 3c , feels like -9c and a freezing east wind gusting to 45mph 
Alan

Glasgow 165m/asl

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Saint Snow
27 January 2026 10:54:13
Yep. Utterly foul day - strong and cold easterly wind, with frequent showers of sideways rain.

Martin

Home: St Helens (26m asl) Work: Manchester (75m asl)

A TWO addict since 14/12/01

"How can wealth persuade poverty to use its political freedom to keep wealth in power? Here lies the whole art of Conservative politics."

Aneurin Bevan

idj20
27 January 2026 12:06:28
Moderate persistent rain has given me 22 mm so far today. The 6.4 C felt bleak in brisk SE breeze when I popped out to get papers just now.
Home location: Folkestone Harbour.
Crepuscular Ray
27 January 2026 12:42:26
We've had lashing rain with 40mph easterly gusts and 3 C at this location......it's hard work out there!

I see the Pentlands are turning white above about 400m

https://thisiseastside.com/pentland-hills-webcam 

Jerry

Edinburgh, in the frost hollow below Blackford Hill

noodle doodle
27 January 2026 13:22:43

We've had lashing rain with 40mph easterly gusts and 3 C at this location......it's hard work out there!

I see the Pentlands are turning white above about 400m

https://thisiseastside.com/pentland-hills-webcam 

Originally Posted by: Crepuscular Ray 

I was trying to tell from Morrisons up at Swanston - thought I saw a glimpse, but the clouds moving across are giving them a lace like effect anyways so it wasn't easy to differentiate!

Chunky Pea
27 January 2026 16:05:35
Baro reading 962.7 hPa currently and bottoming out. 7c with mod/heavy rain on and off. 
Patrick,

East Galway, Ireland.

Roger Parsons
27 January 2026 16:19:24

Started raining about 8am - rattling on the windows. Moderately heavy but with quite a wind behind it. Variable S-SE judging by local flags. Still like that at 8.35am.

Originally Posted by: Roger Parsons 

5mm of rain here today.

RogerP

West Lindsey district of Lincolnshire

Everything taken together, here in Lincolnshire are more good things than man could have had the conscience to ask.

William Cobbett, in his Rural Rides - c.1830

johncs2016
27 January 2026 16:38:05
Highest wind gusts at Edinburgh Gogarbank, are now up to around 45mph from the ESE.

In addition to that, a total of 10.8 mm of rain has now been recorded from this particular event at Edinburgh Gogarbank and it's still raining here even as I write. 9.6 mm of that has fallen since the start of the current official observation day at 9am GMT (09:00 UTC) this morning and so, that already makes today our wettest day of this year so far.

To sum everything up, today has been a complete write-off of a day here with the the temperature also still stuck at around 4°C here in Edinburgh.

The north of Edinburgh, usually always missing out on snow events which occur not just within the rest of Scotland or the UK, but also within the rest of Edinburgh.

NMA
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27 January 2026 18:48:38
A deluge with hail that was enough to set off a car alarm. 
Vale of the Great Dairies

South Dorset

Elevation 60m 197ft

roadrunnerajn
27 January 2026 19:11:07
Very windy again this morning with more large branches torn down. Heavy showers and longer spells of rain with hail.. just had a loud rumble of thunder. Temperature currently 6.8c. Lots of flooded lanes.
Germoe, part of the breakaway Celtic Republic. 80m asl
johncs2016
27 January 2026 22:53:38
The rain has now finally cleared away from here after total of 12.8 mm of rain (11.6 mm of that falling since 9am GMT (09:00 UTC) this morning) had been recorded from this particular event at Edinburgh Gogarbank which makes today our wettest day of this year so far.

However, it's still overcast and windy and although an official Met Office yellow warning for ice is due to come into effect at midnight, the temperatures are still refusing to drop, and have actually gone up a bit over the last hour or so.

The official maximum temperature at Edinburgh Gogarbank according to the 21z raw BUFR/SYNOP data is confirmed as 4.4°C but that is clearly not going to end up being the actual maximum temperature as the temperature since then, has actually risen above that to around 5°C here in Edinburgh.

The north of Edinburgh, usually always missing out on snow events which occur not just within the rest of Scotland or the UK, but also within the rest of Edinburgh.

johncs2016
28 January 2026 05:35:55
Despite the ice warning, there is not a single location here in Scotland according to weatherobs.com where the temperature has dropped even close to freezing, let alone below freezing.

Here in Edinburgh, the temperature went up even further during the night to around 6°C and has never really dropped below that since then which means that our frost free horror show goes on for yet another day.

The wind has died down but although I was at least hoping for a much brighter start to today later on (which is what the forecasts have been suggesting), it continues to remain overcast and there has even been the odd further shower around during the night.

In my books, that has to go down as a massive fail by the Met Office and a complete waste of a yellow ice warning.😕

The north of Edinburgh, usually always missing out on snow events which occur not just within the rest of Scotland or the UK, but also within the rest of Edinburgh.

NMA
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28 January 2026 07:46:47
5.3C and cloudy after overnight sometimes heavy rain and hail showers. More or less calm.
Vale of the Great Dairies

South Dorset

Elevation 60m 197ft

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