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• 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

• 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

• 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

• eastern-england_-climate-met-office.pdf

  records are held by stations in Eastern England. The highest known temperature recorded in the area was 37.3 °C at Cavendish on 10 August 2003 and 36.9 °C was recorded that day at Cambridge Botanic Garden and 36.5 °C there on 3 August 1990. The highest UK temperature stands at 38.5 °C at Faversham

• eastern-england_-climate-met-officepdf

  records are held by stations in Eastern England. The highest known temperature recorded in the area was 37.3 °C at Cavendish on 10 August 2003 and 36.9 °C was recorded that day at Cambridge Botanic Garden and 36.5 °C there on 3 August 1990. The highest UK temperature stands at 38.5 °C at Faversham

• Contextualising February’s warm spell: A notably mild end to winter

  on record remains 21.2°C, measured at Kew Gardens in 2019. These events fit within a wider pattern: winter warm spells have become increasingly common, often occurring when persistent southerly or south-westerly winds feed mild air across the UK for several days at a time. You can explore

• community-resilience-leaflet_oct21.pdf

  documents, a torch, a wind-up or battery radio, warm clothing and blankets, a first aid kit and any prescription medicine, bottled water and nonperishable foods. Snow and ice Snow and ice often affect us at some point over winter. Not only can it severely disrupt your travel plans - it can also affect

• 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

• Wet and warm June comes to a close

  on record for the UK as a whole in a series from 1910. Many parts of southern and eastern Scotland have received over twice the normal June rainfall.   A number of Scottish counties have had their wettest June on record. Stations at both Edinburgh Botanic Gardens and RAF Leuchars, among others, have had

• Wildlife banking on a warm spring

  The striking red admiral butterfly has always been a familiar visitor to parks and gardens the length and breadth of the UK. It used to be an exclusively migratory butterfly arriving on our shores after crossing the English Channel. But warmer winters are now altering this insect’s behaviour. Our