This winter was the wettest on record for the counties of Cornwall, Leicestershire and the West Midlands, according to provisional figures from the Met Office.
Dorset and Warwickshire had their second wettest winter since comparable records began in 1836, while southern England experienced its fourth wettest.
In the past three months a string of low-pressure weather systems moved across the UK from the Atlantic, with repeated outbreaks of wet and windy conditions.
Three named storms in January – Goretti, Ingrid and Chandra – all brought downpours to many areas, leading to flooding and widespread travel disruption.
The rain persisted for much of February, although drier and sunnier conditions arrived towards the end of the month.
No records were broken at a national level, with the UK clocking up 390.1mm of rain during winter 2025/26, 13% above the long-term seasonal average but well below the all-time high of 539.9mm set in 2014.
There were also wide variations between areas of the country.
While England received 42% more rain than usual across the past three months, Scotland finished the winter 14% below its seasonal average.
There was a geographical divide in England, with rainfall in the north 17% above average, but 58% above in the south.
“The wet conditions were particularly pronounced across southern and central England, where saturated ground from early season rainfall left areas more sensitive to impacts from further wet weather,” the Met Office said.
Northern Ireland received 27% more rain than the long-term average, while Wales had 20% more rain.
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