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• Hot spell to bring heatwave – August 2020

  Heatwave criteria Met Office Chief Meteorologist, Dan Suri, said: “Although much of the UK can expect a spell of warm and sunny weather lasting into early next week, it’s going to turn very hot for parts of England and Wales with temperatures widely reaching above 30 Celsius on Friday, Saturday

• Statistics for April 2017

  Overall it has been a sunny and warm April for many, however the last weekend in the month saw heavy rainfall for parts of the country, bringing about a change to the end of month statistics.

  were in Edinburgh (Gogarbank at only 3.2 mm and Botanic Gardens with 4 mm – 7% and 10% of average respectively), closely followed by London (Hampton at  3.8 mm and St James park at 4.2mm, both 9% of average). It was a mild month overall with a notable warm spell early in the month, but some cold

• New report on the state of global climate in 2019

  The 30th edition of the Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society is a peer-reviewed report with contributions from climate scientists around the world, including from the Met Office. The latest BAMS report includes the following headlines: Each decade since 1980 has been successively warmer

• UK heatwave likely, with warm air boosted by weather conditions from Europe

  is a Met Office Chief Meteorologist. He said: “An area of high pressure over southern England will build across a larger part of the UK through midweek. Ahead of this, wet and windy weather will affect the far northwest later today and into Tuesday morning. It will remain very warm across parts

• Warnings updated as cold weather continues

  temperatures and the potential for snow and ice in places, there are a number of simple steps you can take to prepare your home, garden, or business for the winter weather. Our WeatherReady pages provide expert seasonal advice from carefully selected organisations to help keep you and your property

• Network of warnings for snow and ice remain in force

  slips, falls and the need for medical attention. "If heating your home is a challenge, try and stay warm in the room or place you will spend most of your time by wearing layered clothing, taking warm drinks and food with some regular movement to help with circulation and keeping your muscles active

• Amber warning issued as cold weather continues

  in places, there are a number of simple steps you can take to prepare your home, garden, or business for the winter weather. Our WeatherReady pages provide expert seasonal advice from carefully selected organisations to help keep you and your property safe, from steps to prevent sub-zero temperatures

• 2016: indicators of a changing climate

  and sea-levels in 2016. The report also highlights the fact that severe drought affected over 12 percent of the earth’s land surface in 2016, the longest such stretch of drought conditions on record. Professor Peter Stott is the acting head of the Met Office Hadley Centre. He said: “When viewed

• Compounding climate challenges for UK businesses

  Office projections indicate that days with ‘very high’ fire danger levels could double during summer in England and Wales with 2°C global warming and increase five-fold with 4°C warming (Perry et al., 2022). Most UK fires occur in urban and garden areas (54.4%), improved grasslands (14.4

• More settled weather on the way?

  The current regime of sunshine and showers will increasingly yield towards brighter and warmer conditions for many as an area of high pressure will build from the South West later next week.

  for much of the UK. Daniel Rudman is a Met Office Deputy Chief Forecaster. Commenting on the conditions, he said: “We anticipate that the  area of high pressure currently over the Azores will increasingly extend towards the South West of the UK. This will lead to leading to a good deal of warmer