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: a colder, brighter start before wind, rain and hill snow return Author: Met Office 13 February 2026 After weeks of seemingly relentless rain, this weekend finally brings something a little different for the UK’s weather story. While it won’t mark the end of unsettled conditions, many of us will notice

Somerset. Further east the Mendip Hills have annual totals exceeding 1100 mm, while the Bath-Bristol area has totals around 800-900 mm. These figures can be compared to annual totals around 500 mm typical of the driest parts of Eastern England and over 4000 mm in the western Scottish mountains

Yesterday (26 July) saw the highest temperature recorded in the UK since July 1 2015 as the temperature reached 35.3 °C at Faversham, Kent and it’s another hot day in the east and southeast of England today (Friday). Will Lang, Chief Meteorologist at the Met Office, said: “The heatwave conditions

However, a series of low-pressure systems, from the Atlantic, are continuing to bring unsettled but less cold conditions for areas of the UK over the coming days. Paul Gundersen Met Office Chief Forecaster, said: “Much of the UK will remain wet and windy for New Year’s Eve with rain and hill snow

geographic features comprise the valleys and estuaries of the eastward-flowing Rivers Tweed, Forth, Tay and Dee and extensive upland areas including the Grampian Mountains in the northern part of the region and the Lammermuir Hills south of Edinburgh (rising to 500 metres above sea level). The highest

of low pressure will push north-eastwards, bringing rain to many parts of England and Wales. As a cold front invigorates the rain, heavier rainfall totals are expected, particularly across southern and southeastern Wales. With strong easterly winds, the highest rainfall is likely on east-southeast

an overview ⤵️ pic.twitter.com/3BnrNp7laS — Met Office (@metoffice) September 30, 2025 Overnight, it will remain very mild across Northern Ireland and Scotland, where cloud and further outbreaks of rain, heavy at times and persistent over the hills of western and north-western Scotland, are expected

for brighter conditions later on. Elsewhere, cloud and outbreaks of rain will begin to move into Scotland and Northern Ireland during the afternoon and evening. Some of this rain may fall as snow over the hills of Scotland at first, before turning to rain as temperatures rise slightly. Winds

of next week. What does the weather have in store for us over the next 10 days? Find out with Alex Deakin. pic.twitter.com/MlYLu28XB7 — Met Office (@metoffice) March 24, 2021 Many western hills will see some heavy rain through Sunday and Monday whereas parts of the east and southeast could stay

. Cloudy and wet on the 8th with rain and hill snow moving east, clearing the east coast by mid-a ernoon, followed by isolated showers across western areas. Dry and sunny on the 9th until cloud and heavy rain moved in over Cornwall around mid-morning and spread northeastwards across all areas. Bands