Hello and welcome to a look back at our weather in October 2021 – We cover the Western Isles and take a look at the rest of the UK’s weather further down in the blog.
October was another very wet month for the Western Isles. It was a fairly mild month and we also saw a dull month.
Stornoway airport and South Uist Met Office site stats.
Stornoway Airport recorded 44.3 hours of sunshine. The dullest October since 2012 which had 41 hours of sunshine. Stornoway Airport record 214.8 mm of rain.
South Uist recorded 194 mm of rain
SEPA rainfall Gauges in the Western Isles for October
All sites recorded their wettest month of the year so far.
Creed Bridge – 248 mm
Birkie Hue – 247 mm
Laxdale Harris – 300 mm
Mill Croft – 263 mm
Daily records
We had one daily record during October Harris Qudinish was the wettest place in the UK on the 9th of October
Weather Warnings year to date
We had one yellow weather warning during October for Rainfall on the 31st October
The total number of weather warnings to date for the year for the Western Isles stands at 20.
Yellow – 20
Amber – 0
Red – 0
A further break down of the warnings.
Wind – 7
Snow and Ice – 9
Rain – 1
Thunderstorms – 1
Wind and snow – 0
Ice – 2
The highest and low temps of the month
Stornoway 15.6C and South Uist 15.9C
Stornoway 2.4C and South Uist 5.1C
Temperature graphs for the month for Stornoway and South Uist
UK Weather
Sats from the Met Office show it was a mild month
This highlights how dull a month it was
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