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• Community Resilience

  : Environment Agency Northern Ireland: NI Direct Scotland: Scottish Environment Protection Agency Wales: Natural Resources Wales Prepare a flood kit of essential items such as your insurance documents, a torch, a wind-up or battery radio, warm clothing and blankets, a first aid kit and any prescription

• NCIC Monthly Summary

  impacts in the south-west of England on the 1st and 2nd. The M48 between junctions 1 and 2 was closed temporarily and the Sandbanks Ferry, the St Mawes Ferry and the Tamar Ferry were suspended due to strong winds. On the 11th there was flooding on roads in south-east Wales and in Swansea. Further

• Adapting for tomorrow, now

  warming we have seen so far. In fact, the world now is the coolest it is going to be, at least for many decades.  “The report underscores the need for urgent action – today’s decisions have implications for future generations. Without immediate and equitable mitigation and adaptation, climate change

• Food, Farming and Natural Environment Climate Service

  UK agriculture, food and climate adaptation  The UK Climate Projections (UKCP) show us that the UK is likely to experience ‘hotter, drier summers and warmer, wetter winters’, as well as an increase in extreme weather events such as heavy rainfall, periods of drought and heatwaves. These changing

• Staying on track in summer heat and winter chills

  : Press Office Wed 18 Jan 2023 The weather impacting travel plans isn’t anything new. But for the UK’s railways, our varied and changing climate introduces additional challenges. A changing climate increases the frequency of severe weather events. Warmer air can hold more water, so rainfall

• How accurate was the Met Office forecast during a record-laden spring?

  -laden spring? Author: Met Office Tue 7 Jul 2026 A late-May heatwave may have stolen the weather headlines for Spring 2026, but just how did the weather forecast develop through the season? May saw daily temperature records set, with 35.1C the new highest figure for the month, set at Kew Gardens

• 2022_03_july_heatwave_v1

  with falling air in the atmosphere trapping warm air at the surface. By the 19th a cold front tracking from the west resulted in some thundery rain and somewhat fresher air to parts of the country. The figure below shows the Met Office red extreme heat area extending from London to Manchester and Leeds

• Reflecting on an historic spell for weather and climate

  The record-breaking conditions the UK experienced were carried from south west Europe where an intense period of hot weather is raging. For the moment our weather will now be dominated by the influence of the Atlantic. Dan Suri is a Met Office chief forecaster. He said: “Now that the extreme heat

• UK prepares for historic hot spell

  of the current record. “Nights are also likely to be exceptionally warm, especially in urban areas. This is likely to lead to widespread impacts on people and infrastructure. Therefore, it is important people plan for the heat and consider changing their routines. This level of heat can have adverse

• New official highest temperature in UK confirmed

  A recording of 38.7°C at Cambridge Botanic Garden on Thursday 25 July has become the highest temperature officially recorded in the UK.

  high temperatures gripped large parts of central and western Europe last week, the UK joins Belgium, Germany and the Netherlands in breaking national temperature records.   The recording was taken at the University of Cambridge Botanic Garden - which houses a Met Office climate observation site