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Storm Eleanor

2–3 January 2018 · 2017-18 season · named by Met Eireann · Northern Ireland, England, Scotland, Ireland, Wales

100 mphmax gust
298flood warnings & alerts
A powerful storm with gusts up to 100mph at Great Dun Fell that hit Northern Ireland and Ireland hardest, cutting power to over 150,000 and causing coastal flooding and damage along the Irish Sea coasts and south-west England.

Flood footprintstorm total

0severe warnings
87flood warnings
211flood alerts
187areas
64counties
80rivers & seas

Worst-hit areas

  • North Cornwall Coast from Lands End to Chapel Porth6
  • Somerset coast at Porlock Weir6
  • Isle of Wight coast5
  • Christchurch Harbour4
  • Coast at North Morecambe Bay4
  • Mersey Estuary at Warrington4

Counties

  • Cornwall30
  • Lancashire27
  • Somerset24
  • North Somerset21
  • Cumberland20
  • East Riding of Yorkshire19

Rivers & seas

  • Irish Sea36
  • Bristol Channel32
  • English Channel28
  • Mersey Estuary18
  • North Sea16
  • North Cornwall Coast14

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
Seathwaite Farm 114.8
Mickleden Middle Fell Farm 99.6
Honister 97.6
Ennerdale Black Sail 94.2
Brotherswater 91.3
White Barrow 80.4
Coniston Coppermines 79.0
Demings Moss 75.4
Thirlmere St Johns Beck 69.6
Wastwater Hotel 68.4
Tow Hill 67.4
Beckermonds 67.4

The riverspeak vs warning level

StationPeak% of warning
Wensor Bridge, Shelton · River Devon 5.54 m 325%
Hexham Tanners Row Downstream · Cockshaw Burn 0.09 m 290%
Ramshaw Mill · River Gaunless 1.17 m 290%
St Ives · River Great Ouse 0.98 m 277%
Farnham · River Alde 0.65 m 243%
Whitewater Bridge · River Maun 1.85 m 231%
Mountnessing · River Wid 0.98 m 227%
Hundred House Bridge · Royal Military Canal 1.04 m 226%
Brokenborough · Tetbury Avon 1.12 m 225%
Kielder Butteryhaugh · River North Tyne 1.22 m 217%
Colliters Brook · Colliters Brook 0.98 m 214%
Bitton · River Boyd 0.85 m 213%

Gauge records cover 1–4 January 2018 (the storm window ± a day). Frozen 3 Jul 2026.

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