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As the UK’s official weather service the Met Office works closely with the media to ensure that the country is aware of, and can cope during, times of extreme weather.

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Warming up for Easter

After what has been a rather cold April so far, it’s going to get warmer this week - just in time for the …

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Call for climate change evidence launches today

The Committee on Climate Change (CCC) has today launched a call for evidence to identify relevant publishe…

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Storm Gareth

A deep area of low-pressure, which will cross to the north of the UK late on Tuesday into Wednesday, has b…

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Wet and windy weather continues

National Severe Weather Warnings have been issued.

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Warnings for wind, snow and ice

Over the next few days we will see a period of wet and windy weather and a number of National Severe Weath…

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Update: Storm Freya brings snow

Met Office issues snow warning as Storm Freya brings wintry conditions to northern parts of the UK.

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Record breaking February, mild winter

No one could have missed that February was record breaking.

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Warming up this week

Despite some recent media reports warning of cold weather ahead for the UK, temperatures will climb into t…

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What does Storm Erik mean for the UK

A deep area of low-pressure will track northeast across Britain through Friday and Saturday, bringing stro…

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Forecast suggests Earth’s warmest period on record

The forecast for the global average surface temperature for the five-year period to 2023 is predicted to b…

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Dry January

January 2019 has been a very dry month for much of the UK with many places seeing less than half the expec…

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Near-term climate prediction ‘coming of age’

Bridging the gap between shorter-term seasonal forecasts and long-term climate projections has long been a…

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Faster CO₂ rise expected in 2019

With emissions already at a record high, the build-up of carbon-dioxide in the atmosphere will be larger t…

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2018 - the UK's second sunniest year on record

A warm year will probably be the second sunniest on record, as a mild December closes a drier than average…

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Storm names for 2018-19 announced

The Met Office and Met Éireann, today reveal the list of storm names for the coming season.

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