Ex Hurricane Iris Approaches: September 1995

[Weather-history]

The remains of hurricane Iris moved up the English Channel during early September 1995 taking a track similar to the remains of Floyd almost 2 years previous. A 962 mb low off the SW approaches is impressive for early September. Gave a wet spell to the south, useful rain as parts of the country was gripped in drought conditions.

Edited August 28, 2012 by Weather-history

[Weather-history]

7th September 1995: 967mb low in the Channel, impressive

8th September 1995: very wet for NE Scotland

[Zerouali lives]

Remember this month fairly well since it was kind of contrasting to August when on the 21st or 24th Aberdeen broke it's all time temperature record of nearly 31°C which was a day of hazy sunshine.

The September was incredibly wet, perhaps the wettest in NE Scotland since records began.

I think there was much flooding since the ground was so hard after a hot, dry summer that all the water couldn't seap into the soil and just lay on top.

[damianslaw]

Looking forward to seeing the footage for the rest of 1995 and well into 1996, a period I remember vividly. Winter 95/96 saw numerous snowy very cold periods with arctic blasts and proper easterlies, on the whole it was a very non westerly winter and very similiar to winter 09/10 in this respect but not as cold.

[Weather-history]

Incredible how much variation you can have in a short time. August 1995, driest August on record and one of the driest months ever recorded south of the Border then in a space of 11 days one or two places record their wettest month on record. We have a very anticyclonic August and by the end of the first week of September, there is a sub 970mb low moving up the Channel.