Weather and climate news

Conditions turn colder and wetter this week, as more unsettled weather spreads across the UK following last week’s early taste of spring.

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.