2013-14 UK winter floods

5 December 2013 – 25 February 2014 · named by historic · England, Wales

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4,892flood warnings & alerts (England)

7UK deaths

The wettest winter in UK records, with a relentless 'conveyor belt' of Atlantic storms causing prolonged flooding: the Somerset Levels were inundated for weeks and the Thames Valley flooded, with the Dawlish railway sea wall washed away on 5 February; around 7 died and over 7,000 properties flooded.

Flood footprintEnvironment Agency warning history, England · storm total

147severe warnings

2050flood warnings

2695flood alerts

1296areas

135counties

505rivers & seas

Counted from the Environment Agency's warning record for England (4 December 2013 – 25 February 2014). Welsh warnings are held in a separate record and are not counted here, and FloodRadar only began recording Scottish warnings on 16 September 2026 because SEPA publishes no archive. So this is England's share of the storm, not its total.

Worst-hit areas

North Sea Coast at Bridlington48
Christchurch Harbour32
Langbridge and Alverstone on the Eastern Yar26
East Coast of Dorset22
West Bay Harbour22
West Coast of Dorset22

Counties

Hampshire552
Devon435
Dorset Council366
Somerset286
West Sussex236
Surrey218

Rivers & seas

English Channel287
North Sea234
River Thames182
Groundwater126
River Severn124
Irish Sea122

Flood mapthe storm's flood footprint

Red/amber rings mark rivers that reached or came close to their own high level during the storm — the most direct evidence of likely flooding (the gauge measures the river, not any one property). Solid dots mark each flood area's reference point, coloured by the most severe warning raised there — a warning means flooding was expected. Shaded shapes are the Environment Agency's recorded flood outlines: land actually observed flooded, published retrospectively (updated quarterly). England data only. An unshaded area means no flood was mapped here, which is not evidence none happened: the Environment Agency mapped only some floods, mapping effort rose sharply after about 2000, and surface-water flooding is largely absent from this record.

The rainstorm-total by gauge

Gauge	Total mm
Bellever Dartmoor	1,995.6
Seathwaite Farm	1,961.4
Brotherswater	1,782.4
Honister	1,662.0
Mickleden Middle Fell Farm	1,629.2
Dale Head	1,559.0
Ennerdale Black Sail	1,491.8
White Barrow	1,456.0
High Row	1,438.0
Thirlmere St Johns Beck	1,419.6
Burnbanks	1,383.2
Seathwaite Tarn	1,362.6

The riverspeak vs warning level

Station	Peak	% of warning
Market Harborough · River Welland	3.71 m	386%
Chetnole · River Wriggle	4.03 m	366%
Bradley Bridge · Bradley Brook	1.96 m	361%
Prestbury Road · Wymans Brook	0.18 m	360%
Leigh Court · Leigh Brook	4.65 m	358%
Ferrybridge Fishergate · Wash Dike	0.74 m	349%
Crayford · River Cray	3.11 m	346%
Shalford · River Tillingbourne	1.79 m	340%
Crabb Mill · Woodbridge Brook	2.28 m	337%
Sheepbridge · River Whitting	4.53 m	333%
Copley · River Gaunless	1.95 m	325%
Haslingfield Burnt Mill · River Rhee	1.29 m	323%

Gauge records cover 4 December 2013 – 26 February 2014 (the storm window ± a day). Frozen 3 Jul 2026.

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