Weather

The Met Office provides a wide range of forecasts and warnings to help you make informed decisions about your day to day activities.

UK forecast

What are the National Severe Weather Warning Service Impact tables?

Make sure you know what to do when severe weather is forecast
Flood warnings

Get detailed flood warning and alerts for areas at risk of flooding across the UK.
Meteoalarm

Marine forecasts

Shipping forecast and gale warnings, inshore waters forecast and strong wind warnings, high seas forecast and storm warnings.
Will it rain today?

The latest rainfall forecast from the Met Office, providing you with hourly updates and a rainfall map showing you where it will rain today.
Mountain weather forecast

Stay safe on the mountains
National Parks forecast

View forecasts for National Parks and Mourne Mountains
UK Storm Centre

Find out the latest information about storms in the UK as we name them as part of our Name our Storms project.
Tide times

Tide Times are available for around 500 UK beaches
Event forecasts

Forecasts for key lifestyle and sporting events
General Aviation services

A comprehensive range of weather products for those who fly recreationally.
Cloud cover

How cloudy will it be in your area? Check our UK cloud cover forecast map to find out.
Wind map

How windy will it be today? Check our UK wind map to find out.

Climate summaries

Overview of weather across the UK for previous months, seasons and years
UK climate averages

Long-term averages, based on standard 30-year periods, which describe the UK climate
Past weather events

Case studies of past severe weather events
Extremes

National weather records for temperature, rainfall, sunshine and wind
Historic station data

Long running monthly records for a selection of stations
Station networks

Recent maps of the observing network of weather stations
Regional climates

Summaries of the climate characteristics of 11 regions of the UK
Climate anomaly maps

Maps of UK temperature and rainfall anomalies from 1910 to present day

Europe

Browse our Europe holiday weather map to discover climate and tourist information for popular holiday destinations across Europe.
Asia

Browse our Asia holiday weather map to discover climate and tourist information for popular holiday destinations across Asia.
Africa

Browse our Africa holiday weather map to discover climate and tourist information for popular holiday destinations across Africa.
Americas

Browse our Americas holiday weather map to discover climate and tourist information for popular holiday destinations across the Americas.
Australasia

Browse our Australasia holiday weather map to discover climate and tourist information for popular holiday destinations across Australasia.
Where's hot when?

Find out where around the globe is warm at different times of the year with our monthly guides to find warm and sunny holiday destinations throughout the year.

Mobile and digital services

As the UK's national meteorological service, the Met Office provides accurate and reliable weather forecasts on TV, radio and online.
Public Weather Media Service

A package of UK weather services, delivered to Broadcasters by media-specialist Met Office forecasters
Talk to a forecaster

Forecasters on hand, on the end of a phoneline, 24/7, to give you additional reassurance.

Last updated: 26 March 2014

Factsheets

If you are interested in clouds or thunderstorms, UK climate or weather extremes, this series of factsheets clearly describes and illustrates the processes involved.
How accurate are our public forecasts?

How accurate are we and what measures do we use to check the accuracy of forecasts.
About us

An overview of the Met Office, including who we are and where we're based, the work we do around the world and how to get in touch.
Contact us