This was a humdinger, got down to 951mb

On the 29th October 2000, a wave rapidly deepened and this brought weather chaos to much of England and Wales on the 30th. Across northern England as the exceptional low pressure of 950mb tracked across the region, the torrential rain turned to snow down to sea level.
Further south, torrential rain and severe gales were causing chaos with uprooted trees blocking roads and rail, thousands without electricity. Sadly 3 people lost their lives due to the adverse conditions. 2 people were injured when a tornado struck Selsey on the south coast.
Flooding became a serious problem across the UK during October 2000, with the storm compounding the problem giving many areas rainfall totals of 1"+. More than 20 rivers were on severe flood alert after the storm.

Forecasts from 29th and 30th October 2000







I remember the snow that Monday morning. It started off as rain and quickly turned to snow. The earliest season snowfall I have seen.

Rainfall totals (mm)

Larkhill 50.0
Bracknell 46.0
Liscombe 41.1
Bristol weather centre 39.1
Northolt 35.9
Heathrow 34.0
Leeming 34.0
Rhyl 29.0

Max wind gusts (mph)

Mumbles: 97.0
Isle of Portland: 93.2
Plymouth Mount Batten: 92.1
Culdrose: 88.5
Pembrey Sands: 86.3
Cranwell: 82.8
Holbeach: 81.6
Coventry: 75.9
Southend: 74.7
Luton: 62.1

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The most flooding I've ever seen locally and 3rd most destructive winds after 87&90. Quite a few trees re-planted after 87&90 got smashed.

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It turned to snow here later in the day, which did at least spread the flow of water pouring off the hills.
It was the highest river level I've seen locally with several bridges overtopped and a lot of damage to fencing and such. 
Things were already very waterlogged before this grand finale event. 

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That weather was incredible. I remember that so well.

That autumn was in a class of its own weatherwise. I've never known so much rain.

Then the day before Halloween was the moast amazing gale and yet more very heavy rain.

 

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Yes it was exceptionally wet and the theme extended into February 2001 before it finally eased

A very wet period from the 30th October to the 2nd November in this neck of the woods:

No surprise that by the 4th the Ouse in York was 5.3m above normal, and we were 2 inches away from the Ouse overtopping defences and causing widespread serious flooding.

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remember it very well i was living inland near uckfield then ( east sussex) this followed the exceptional rains of earlier in the monthn which resulted in severe flooding in uckfield and lewes and locally some 15 inches of rain for the month unprecedented in this county

I remember this one very well. It hit here around 7 in the morning. Earlier there had been rain and it was quite windy, coming from the south. Then an eerie quiet as presumably the low centre passed right over. Then I became aware of a rapidly increasing wind from the NW and all hell broke loose. The rain turned to snow and the wind must have been gusting to 70mph. I've lived here since 1992 and that morning was the nearest thing to a true blizzard I've known, and it was in October! About an inch of snow fell but by 8am it was all over and it was just a typical bright & breezy autumn morning. In short, one of the most remarkable single weather events I've ever experienced.

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I remember this event very clearly.

The wind steadily increased during the late afternoon on the Sunday and by 8pm there was a full on gale with gusts frequently in the 70-75mph range. The longevity of this storm was impressive as it continued to blow like this all night.

Between 7-8am on the Monday morning the sky darkened and the wind stepped up a notch..gusts were approaching 80mph and it looked something like the end of the world with rain and then hail blowing horizontally.

At just after 8am there was a flash of lightning, a burst of hail and then it was over.

The temperature dropped from 11c to 7c in literally 10 minutes and within half an hour the sun was shining as the storm smashed off into the North Sea.

This storm ranks as no. 3, behind Oct 1987 and Jan 1990.

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