Wettest winter on record for storm-hit Cornwall

THIS winter was the wettest on record for Cornwall, according to provisional figures from the Met Office.

- IAN JONES

It was also the wettest for Leicestershire and the West Midlands, while Dorset and Warwickshire had their second wettest winter since comparable records began in 1836, and southern England experienced its fourth wettest.

In the past three months a string of low-pressure weather systems moved across the UK from the Atlantic, with repeated outbreaks of wet and windy conditions.

Three named storms in January - Goretti, Ingrid and Chandra - all brought downpours to many areas, leading to flooding and widespread travel disruption.

The rain persisted for much of February, although drier and sunnier conditions arrived towards the end of the month.

No records were broken at a national level, with the UK clocking up 390.1mm of rain during winter 2025/26, 13% above the long-term seasonal average but well below the all-time high of 539.9mm set in 2014.