Has England ever had a hurricane?

Answer 1

It does not appear that true hurricanes can hit England. The cold water would cause any hurricane to weaken and lose its tropical characteristics. However, England can get hit by powerful post-tropical cyclones, storms that were formerly hurricanes.

Answer 2

England can be affected by the remnants of hurricanes which have weakened as they move across the Atlantic Ocean. These storms can bring heavy rain and strong winds, but they are not typically as powerful as hurricanes in their early stages.

Answer 3

In theory, sure. A hurricane can hit anywhere there is a large enough body of water. In 'real life', I wouldn't bet on it. A hurricane grows on/in warm water. England is at a northern end of a global circular heat exchange. Warm water flows north then flows back south first as cooler water (go swimming there, you'll feel it). Since cooler water, way less chance of hurricane.

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Answer 4

Actually hurricane Irene is heading for the UK but the forecast is it will stop before it get's to the UK. The UK does occasionally get hurricane remnants, but these storms have long since lost hurricane status in nearly all cases. It is possible, though for a hurricane to strike as a few storms have made it near the British Isles whiles still maintaining hurricane status. One even hit Ireland and Great Britain with hurricane force winds, but by that point it had become extratropical, technically disqualifying it as a hurricane.

Answer 5

yes the worst one was in 1987 the great storm but it wasent a storm it was a hurricane. hurricanes are common in the uk like hurricane bill 2009 - hurricane karl 1998 - hurricane lili 1996 - or hurrican katia 2011 and there are many more some people call them tropicul storms but that depends how storng they are anyway hopted that helpted.

Answer 6

Meteorologists predict that the Hurricane Katia(the name of the hurricane) is heading/blowing towards the UK.It is currently crossing the Atlantic and lines up to strike Britain this weekend.

Though it failed to make landfall in the United States, forecasters are warning Katia may cause trees to fall, along with structural damage and travel delays, in the UK. The first high winds could arrive tomorrow night and severe weather warnings have been issued along the entire western and south western coasts.

However, the Met Office admitted that it may be hard to predict where and when the deep, slow-moving depression will strike and advised people to keep up to date with the changing forecast if they were planning to travel.

Answer 7

It is not uncommon for the remnants of hurricanes to strike England and storms with hurricane force winds have struck as well, but no storm since reliable records began has struck England as a true hurricane.

Answer 8

Yes, there has been a hurricane in England

Answer 9

It is highly unlikely that London would ever experience a hurricane as its location is well away from the world's hurricane zones.

Answer 10

It hasn't happened in the latest thousand years, so it probably won't happen in the closest future. There are no areas around England with high risks for earthquakes.