Weather and climate news

The Met Office and University of Plymouth have launched a multi-million-pound collaboration to co-design and co-deliver a new training programme for early career meteorologists.

The Met Office has released its provisional statistics for Winter 2025/26 and February 2026, revealing a season characterised by persistent wet weather and stark regional rainfall contrasts.

The world currently lacks an authoritative and up to date assessment of climate change risks say a group of experts writing in the journal Nature today [25 February 2026]..

The Met Office has launched its most significant scientific upgrade in more than three years, a major step forward for the UK’s weather and climate science capability.