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Weather Events

This section shows the  various extreme weather events that have affected Benfleet over the years.

  • Canvey Flood of 1953

    Canvey Flood of 1953

    A documentary by the Kents Hill Junior School Radio Club
  • Essex Way Water

    Essex Way Water

    Strange weather events
  • Extreme weather in Benfleet

    Extreme weather in Benfleet

    A summary of incidents first displayed at the Archive's annual show
  • Frozen Benfleet 1947

    Frozen Benfleet 1947

    Ice floes in the Creek in what was then the coldest winter on record.
  • Local Councillor Alf Partridge Rows Across the Playing Fields

    Local Councillor Alf Partridge Rows Across the Playing Fields

    Flash Flooding in Brook Road Sept 1968
  • Report from 'The Southend Standard'

    Report from 'The Southend Standard'

    Benfleet Floods September 19th 1968
  • Residents of Brook Road talk about the '68 Flood

    Residents of Brook Road talk about the '68 Flood

    Everything had to be thrown away.
  • Severe Winter Weather

    Severe Winter Weather

    The Big Freeze in 1987
  • Snowdrifts In Benfleet Recreational Park

    Snowdrifts In Benfleet Recreational Park

    March 2013
  • Snowy Benfleet 2010

    Snowy Benfleet 2010

    It was the coldest December in over 100 years.
  • Summer heatwaves in South Benfleet

    Summer heatwaves in South Benfleet

    In August of 1932 a late summer heatwave swept across south Essex and one woman took her quest to be cool a bit too far.
  • Tornado hits Benfleet

    Tornado hits Benfleet

    And causes local damage
  • Views of Canvey Floods from Benfleet 1953

    Views of Canvey Floods from Benfleet 1953

    The morning after
  • When the Sea Froze - January 1947

    When the Sea Froze - January 1947

    Benfleet Creek
  • Winter 2009

    Winter 2009

    Winter bites back
  • Winter in Benfleet

    Winter in Benfleet

    From Benfleet Community Archive
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