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• 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

  temperature 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

• 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

• Wildlife banking on a warm spring

  for the red admiral 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

• 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

• 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

• Prof Richard Betts MBE

  Richard is Head of Climate Impacts Research in the Met Office Hadley Centre and a Professor at the University of Exeter. He is currently leading the writing of the Technical Report for the UK's 3rd Climate Change Risk Assessment.

  , alongside his Met Office role. In 2013 he became a Met Office Science Fellow. From 2013-2017 Richard led a major interational EU-funded research programme, HELIX (High-End cLimate Impacts and eXtremes) which quantified the impacts of climate change at 1.5°C, 2°C and 4°C global warming, both globally

• Reducing odds to limit warming to 1.5°C rise

  at the Met Office and University of Exeter. He said: “1.5 °C warming doesn’t represent a point where sudden changes will be initiated in the climate system. Staying below it is a target. But the greater the warming, the more severe the impacts of climate change will be. “If we could manage to lower

• Exeter climate scientist appointed MBE

  across a diverse range of areas. From 2013 to 2017, he led a major international research project, HELIX, which has produced more than 100 peer-reviewed scientific publications and made major contributions to the IPCC’s Special Report on global warming of 1.5°C. Professor Betts’ team at the Met