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Contact the Press Office

You can contact our Press Office for:

  • Detailed weather and climate information
  • Interviews with our weather and climate experts
  • Filming and photo opportunities
  • Live and pre-recorded broadcast interviews from our Exeter office. 

For the latest national and regional forecast information, please visit our UK weather hub

Accessing Met Office information

Weather forecasts

Winter weather

For content relevant to the winter take a look at our winter resources for journalists.

Past weather and climate data

Historical weather and climate information is publicly accessible on our website, including:

Press releases and blogs

Access the latest weather and climate press releases from the Met Office. You can also find our latest corporate news. You can sign up to be notified of news releases as they're published

For additional insight and background on weather and climate news, view the Met Office News Blog

Contact details

Members of the media can email: [email protected], during normal office hours, or call us on 0330 135 0005*. Out-of-hours an operator will contact the on-duty press officer.

  • We will only respond to emails from journalists*
  • We will not respond to abusive contacts.

*If your call is not a media enquiry you should contact our Customer Centre on 0370 900 0100.

Jo McLellan, Head of Media & Campaigns

Nicky Maxey, Senior Press Officer

Grahame Madge, Senior Press Officer

Oli Claydon, Senior Press Officer

Stephen Dixon, Senior Press Officer

Andrea Bishop, Press Officer

Met Office on the web

View our latest weather and climate press releases on the website. You can also find our latest corporate news

You can find the latest videos about the Met Office on YouTube.

Follow the Met Office on Twitter, Facebook, InstagramSnapchat and TikTok.

For additional insight and background information on weather and climate news, view the Met Office News blog.