The 2026/27 UK storm season so far: Austen, Boelo, and why Chloe isn't here yet
By UK Storms
•Checked 10 November 2026, Europe/London.
No named storm is affecting the UK right now. Storm Austen and Storm Boelo, the first two named storms of the 2026/27 season, have both passed. Chloe is the next name on the official list, but it has not been named, and it would not be accurate to say Storm Chloe is on the way.
Storm Austen, 20–23 October
The Met Office named Austen on 20 October, the first storm of the season. It came ashore in the south-west overnight on 22–23 October, moved east during Friday and had cleared into the North Sea by Friday evening.
An amber wind warning was brought forward to start at 01:00 on 23 October. The strongest gusts recorded by the Met Office were 76 mph at St Mary's Airport on the Isles of Scilly, 74 mph at Aberporth in Wales and 71 mph at Culdrose in Cornwall. The BBC also reported gusts of up to 84 mph in Jersey and 76 mph in Guernsey.
On 23 October more than 10,000 homes were without power, and National Grid said it had reconnected more than 60,000 properties since the storm began. Fallen trees blocked roads and railway lines, part of Brighton's derelict West Pier fell into the sea, all schools on Jersey and Guernsey closed, and families were evacuated from a holiday park in Perranporth. Some UK–France ferries were cancelled, Jersey Airport stopped flights for part of the day, and Exeter Airport had several cancellations. Hundreds of homes in south-west England were still without power on 25 October.
The full warning list and sources are on the Storm Austen page.
Storm Boelo, 24–25 October
Boelo was named on 22 October, a separate low from Austen, and affected the UK on 24–25 October. An amber wind warning covered mainland Scotland, parts of Northern Ireland and the far north of England, with wider yellow warnings elsewhere.
The highest gust on our records is 84 mph at Machrihanish in Argyll and Bute, with 83 mph in Snowdonia, 82 mph on Tiree and 81 mph at Port Ellen on Islay, according to Met Office figures reported in the press. Boelo's lowest pressure was 948.1 hPa, the lowest of the season so far, and close to Storm Amy's 948 hPa last season.
On the morning of 25 October the Energy Networks Association said about 82,600 properties were still without power and 344,900 had been reconnected, with more than 30,000 of those still cut off in Scotland. Largs was badly flooded, fallen trees closed the A83 at Inveraray and the A78 at Largs, parts of Scotland's railway were shut, and the Preston–Blackpool North line was blocked by flooding. Hundreds of flights were delayed or cancelled, Edinburgh Castle closed, and some events in Liverpool and London were cancelled.
See the Storm Boelo page for the figures and warnings.
Where the season stands
The UK storm season runs from 1 September to 31 August. So far, two storms have been named in 2026/27. The strongest gust is Boelo's 84 mph, and the lowest pressure is Boelo's 948.1 hPa. Last season, 2025/26, saw eight named storms, with a strongest gust of 99 mph in Storm Goretti. The 2024/25 season had six, led by Storm Éowyn at 100 mph and 942 hPa.
The next names after Chloe are Dano, Evelyn, Finn and Gwendolyn. The full list is on the 2026/27 season page and the storm names page.
Is Storm Chloe coming?
No. Chloe is simply the next unused name. Storms are only named by the Met Office, Met Éireann and KNMI when they are expected to bring medium or high impacts, typically when an amber or red warning is likely. A name on the list is not a forecast. There is more on how storms are named, and which storm is coming is updated when the picture changes.
This week is not a named-storm week. The Met Office's week-ahead outlook, published on 9 November, is for a cold spell with fog, frost and wintry showers, especially in northern and north-eastern Scotland, rather than a storm with amber or red warnings.
Further ahead, the official long-range forecast still points to a change. High pressure is expected to dominate at first from 14 November, with a turn to more unsettled, wet and windy weather later that weekend as Atlantic lows arrive. From 24 November into early December, changeable or unsettled conditions are likely, with spells of rain and strong winds. That is a possible return to stormy weather, not a naming. If a storm is named, it will appear first on the Met Office UK Storm Centre.
You can sign up for email alerts for the next named storm, and check live warnings for your region.
Sources: Met Office UK Storm Centre; Met Office, Week ahead, 9 November 2026; Met Office, long-range forecast; UK Storms pages for Austen, Boelo and the 2026/27 season, which cite the Met Office, BBC News and The Guardian.