The winter of 2015-16 brought serious floods , record rainfall and very mild temperatures across the UK . The Central England Temperature is a series of temperature data going back to 1659 , the winter of 2015-16 ranked as 2nd warmest , behind 1868-69 . The England and Wales Precipitation records go back to 1766 , and 2015-16 was the 9th wettest winter on record . It is thought that this was caused by the strong El Niño
serious floods
2015–16 Great Britain and Ireland floods
2014–16 El Niño event