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• Staying on track in summer heat and winter chills

  and winter chills Author: Press Office 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

• Adapting for tomorrow, now

  modest 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

• 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

• community-resilience-leaflet.pdf

  Agency http://floodline.sepa.org.uk/floodupdates/ Wales: Natural Resources Wales http://naturalresources.wales/flooding 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

• 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

• Met Office daily weather: Cooler with patchy rain

  during the afternoon. Northern areas will enjoy sunny intervals, although the far northeast may see scattered showers. Temperatures will be noticeably cooler across much of the country, except for the southwest, where warm conditions will persist. Locations such as Plymouth could see highs of 22–23

• 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

• 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

• New Year Plant Hunt reveals influence of rising temperatures on British and Irish flora

  This initiative, which has been gathering data for ten years, offers a unique snapshot of how our flora is responding to changing weather and climate. Recent analyses of the survey data by Met Office scientists demonstrate a significant relationship between warmer temperatures and increased plant