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Storm Caroline

7–8 December 2017 · 2017-18 season · named by Met Office · Scotland

93 mphmax gust
82flood warnings & alerts
1UK deaths
Gusts up to 93mph at Fair Isle affected Scotland most severely, followed by an outbreak of cold Arctic air bringing snow and ice to parts of England and Wales; predominantly wind and wintry weather.

Flood footprintstorm total

0severe warnings
20flood warnings
62flood alerts
52areas
23counties
21rivers & seas

Worst-hit areas

  • North Sea at Sandsend3
  • North Sea Coast at Bridlington3
  • North Sea Coast at Hornsea3
  • Somerset coast at Porlock Weir3
  • The Suffolk and Essex coast from Felixstowe to Clacton including Orwell and Stour estuaries3
  • The Suffolk coast at Southwold3

Counties

  • Suffolk16
  • East Riding of Yorkshire15
  • Cumberland10
  • Westmorland and Furness9
  • Norfolk8
  • North Yorkshire7

Rivers & seas

  • North Sea31
  • Irish Sea12
  • Bristol Channel5
  • River Deben, North Sea4
  • River Yare4
  • English Channel3

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
Honister 96.2
Ennerdale Black Sail 92.4
White Barrow 81.4
Seathwaite Farm 81.2
Brotherswater 74.7
Wet Sleddale 68.4
Thirlmere St Johns Beck 64.4
Mickleden Middle Fell Farm 61.2
Coniston Coppermines 59.6
Kinsford Gate 57.4
Burnbanks 57.0
West Dunkery 55.6

The riverspeak vs warning level

StationPeak% of warning
Wensor Bridge, Shelton · River Devon 4.66 m 273%
Mansfield The Dykes · River Maun 2.60 m 260%
Ashford in the Water · River Wye 1.92 m 257%
Whitewater Bridge · River Maun 1.87 m 233%
Calder Hall · River Calder 0.89 m 172%
Harwood · Harwood Beck 0.94 m 162%
Hynam Bridge · River Gelt 1.17 m 157%
Riseley · River Kym 1.10 m 157%
Low Houses · Snaizeholme Beck 0.94 m 157%
Kielder Butteryhaugh · River North Tyne 0.84 m 150%
Prestbury Road · Wymans Brook 0.07 m 136%
Brookhouse Farm · Ford Green Brook 1.25 m 132%

Gauge records cover 6–9 December 2017 (the storm window ± a day). Frozen 3 Jul 2026.

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