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Storm Aiden

31 October – 1 November 2020 · 2020-21 season · named by Met Eireann · Ireland, Northern Ireland

81 mphmax gust
87flood warnings & alerts
First storm of the season; gusts to ~81mph at Malin Head left over 8,000 Irish homes without power, mainly a wind event with limited flooding.

Flood footprintstorm total

0severe warnings
18flood warnings
69flood alerts
79areas
46counties
58rivers & seas

Worst-hit areas

  • Christchurch Harbour2
  • Humber estuary from Spurn Point to Winestead Outfall2
  • Lower River Ure2
  • River Dee catchment in England from Whitchurch to Chester2
  • River Ribble at Samlesbury, around Brockholes Reserve and Lower Brockholes Quarry2
  • Rivers Duddon, Crake and Mill Beck2

Counties

  • Lancashire21
  • North Yorkshire20
  • Westmorland and Furness12
  • Devon10
  • Cumberland9
  • Leeds5

Rivers & seas

  • English Channel7
  • River Ribble6
  • North Cornwall Coast3
  • River Eden3
  • River Wyre3
  • Burrow Beck2

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.

The rainstorm-total by gauge

GaugeTotal mm
White Barrow 198.8
Honister 156.8
Dale Head 145.0
Seathwaite Farm 141.6
Ennerdale Black Sail 140.6
Beckermonds 137.8
Tow Hill 128.6
Mickleden Middle Fell Farm 126.0
Footholme 123.2
Thirlmere St Johns Beck 122.8
Wet Sleddale 120.0
Littondale 119.6

The riverspeak vs warning level

StationPeak% of warning
Hunsingore · River Nidd 2.53 m 362%
Todmorden Millwood · River Calder 2.12 m 281%
Roe Bridge · River Brock 4.15 m 277%
Cononley · River Aire 2.81 m 264%
Mansfield The Dykes · River Maun 2.61 m 261%
Kelbrook · Kelbrook Beck 0.87 m 255%
Saintbridge · River Twyver 0.11 m 252%
Middlesbrough Albert Park Footbridge · Marton West Beck 0.36 m 237%
Brigflats · River Rawthey 3.58 m 230%
Shipley · Bradford Beck 0.89 m 224%
Low Houses · Snaizeholme Beck 1.33 m 221%
Stoney Lane · Whitley Beck 1.09 m 218%

Gauge records cover 30 October – 2 November 2020 (the storm window ± a day). Frozen 3 Jul 2026.

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