10 January 2022 by Mark Boardman

Welcome to the StormHour Photo of the Month competition.

The competition is run in conjunction with The Royal Meteorological Society who are kindly offering their Welcome Pack including Tote bag plus 12 months free membership to The Royal Meteorological Society (*although it is possible to win the competition multiple times each year, unfortunately, we can only offer the prize once in any 12 month period)

As always the final decision is very subjective and a difficult choice has to be made from so many great entries.

Thank you to Mark @StormHourMark and @RMetS for judging and we hope you enjoy their choice and the best of the rest beneath.

Thank you for all your entries as ever 🙂

1st Place: Sun rising at Laytown beach, Meath, Ireland by David Lyons @Davey_Lyons

Sun rising at Laytown beach, Meath, Ireland by David Lyons @Davey_Lyons

2nd Place: Fallen tree in the weir Richard Maude @Silverginger

Fallen tree in the weir Richard Maude @Silverginger

3rd Place: Rooftop image of the city of London using a puddle for reflection by Nick Dunbar @NickDunbar77

Rooftop image of the city of London using a puddle for reflection by Nick Dunbar @NickDunbar77

The Best of the Rest:

Sunrise over a frosty Dunstanbrugh Castle by Steven White @imagesbysw

Rivington Pike with a complete cloud layer and star around the sun. By Will Phoenix @whiskeyomegapic

Morning Mist in Grasmere Vale by Rick Martin @faerymere

Stafford castle at sunrise after surprise first snow by Jemma Southall @mariannejemma

Ha'penny pier, Harwich, Essex on a damp and misty Saturday afternoon, the multi-coloured fishing tackle standing out with Felixstowe port in the background. By Geoff Taylor @biomed32uk

Wind-shredded cloud and snowy peaks captured in Eyjafjarðarsveit, northeast Iceland. By Mo Warden @SilverRainbow

Washington Puget Sound Famous Rainstorms by Justin Goodwin @IslandDroneGuy

Snowy forest in Rosenheim, Bavaria by Vroni Holzmann @Vroniholzmann

The beautiful Glen Sannox on Arran is a fantastic local walk that takes you to the base of a horseshoe of mountains. — The beautiful Glen Sannox on Arran is a fantastic local walk that takes you to the base of a horseshoe of mountains. By Gary Chittick @gbc123

Winter sunset and moonrise at the island of Islay by Heather Harvey @hhbruichladdich

Swan at sunrise in Bushy Park by Lesley Marshall @LesleyAM13

A Fallstreak Hole above Edinburgh Castle. By Ian Barnes @Ian_barnes

A rare glorious sunrise from tower bridge looking east over the River Thames in London by Paul Galletly @CMemories73

Gormley figure with the sun behind by John Ward @johnwxxiv

Sunrise in Richmond Park in Richmond upon Thames by Mark Fuller @MarkFullerPhot1

Westboro Sunset (The Nation's Capital…. Ottawa Ontario Canada) by Colin Larmour @whereiwalkphoto

A pano shot of a Winter scene in Warwickshire UK by Josie Welller @Jos_photos1

Tide out at Westward Ho! Beach, North Devon by Liz Maynard @lizmphoto

Sunrise over the sea by Mick Hains @littlemick_bike

Misty December morning at the village church by Liam James @Liam_Jcx

A flock of sheep sheltering from a biting wind and spindrift snow beneath High Cap, in the North Pennines of Cumbria by Stephan Brzozowski @stephanbrz

Drone photo of ice patterns at sunset by Cameron Wilcox @buckycalloway

Wastwater, Wasdale, Cumbria, UK by Natasha Roberts @Natz82712984

Sunrise seen from a bridge over Riviere des Prairies, near Montreal Canada by Pauline Brock @paulinebrock

Sunrise at Selsey West Sussex by Meryn Woodland @fraggle1971

Purple Calm at Sunset by Elanor Samwise @SingingLehrerin

Trees silhouetted against a mostly dark cloudy sky with some orange light by Melanie Tipper @missis_teapot

Sunset beach reflections by Simon Treasure @simon_treasure

From the pebble beach of Nice in Côte d'Azur France view of the Angels Bay with lenticular clouds by Silvio Catalano @skata2013

An explosion of colors just before dawn. Taken from the pier at Tanner Park, Copiague, Long Island NY by Michael Gaffney @photographysapo

Setting Sun over The Ribble Estuary by John Lloyd @AB4MuMu

In the winter of 2009-10 the Brayford Pool in Lincoln froze over, followed by a falling of snow, bemusing the local swans and seagulls by Chris McKee by @Cloudwatcher32

An airplane and a cloud during a winter sunset in Bollate, Milan, Italy by Emiliano Verga @EmilianoVerga

Still water and a layer of clouds over the Yorkshire Dales by Sally Margerison @rosetintedlass

Predawn has ALL the colours! By Marc Diamond @MarcD_Weegem

Minus 3.5 C and not a breath of wind as the sun starts to come up with some fantastic colours reflected in the river below. By Will Hulbert @WLH1972

Four country by Mohammad alkhateeb @mo_hekmat

The remnants of Hurricane Ida leaving Cape Cod, MA by Robert Ward

Majestic sunrise over the Mediterranean in Aguadulce, Almería (southeast Spain) by Lax Dixit @DixitLax

Bright, calm sea- Tarragona, Northeast Spain by M.Josep Joncosa @Karme00

Sunrise at Furzton Lake, Milton Keynes by Bharat Shah @Bharat_LearnAca

Winter sun pouring through the trees by Alan Ferrol @alanferrol

Beautiful tree in Lake Seminole, GA with the sun setting by Samantha Kennedy @photossamantha

Selsey Bill the most southerly point in Sussex by Jean Wort @CoastalJJuk

Taken near Alton village, Stoke-on-Trent. By Jack Powditch @jpvp_1

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