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• July 2019: a month in UK climate statistics

  just over one half (53%) of the summer’s average rainfall. The Cambridge University Botanic Garden recorded an all-time high temperature of 38.7 °C on Thursday 25 July. Across the UK, the average temperature for July has been 1.2 °C above the long-term average for 1981-2010. However, parts of Eastern

• Met Office Weather Deep Dive: A change is on the way

  a welcome change for gardeners and farmers who have been hoping for rain. So what does the immediate weather picture look like? Showers are expected across Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland, with some potentially heavy and thundery. As we move into midweek, a band of rain is set to sweep

• Warmest spring on record for England and Wales – third warmest for UK

  Spring 2026 was warm, dry and sunny for the UK.

   Dr Emily Carlisle said: “This spring highlights both the natural variability of the UK’s weather and the longer-term warming we are observing. While conditions varied through the season, all three months of meteorological spring recorded mean temperatures within the UK’s top ten warmest on record

• 2023: The warmest year on record globally

  2023 is the tenth year in succession that has equalled or exceeded 1.0 °C above the pre-industrial period (1850-1900). The global average temperature for 2023 was 1.46 °C above the pre-industrial baseline; 0.17 °C warmer than the value for 2016, the previous warmest year on record in the HadCRUT5

• uk_monthly_climate_summary_201810pdf

  October 2018 The averaging period used for the following assessment was 1981-2010. October began with high pressure over the south, but a westerly flow affected central and northern areas, bringing relatively changeable weather to much of Scotland. The second week was unseasonably warm due

• The bleakest assessment yet of climate change risk

  Climate change risks worse than previous assessments while the world continues to warm.

  across the entire world. Professor Richard Betts MBE, of the Met Office and the University of Exeter, is one of the report’s Lead Authors. He said: “This Sixth Assessment Report shows that climate change is already having widespread impacts, and further impacts are in the pipeline even if emissions

• Will UK thunderstorms become more extreme as our climate changes?

  As the UK heads into the warmer months, the likelihood of thunderstorms increases. While these dramatic weather events can be incredible to watch, they also bring a range of hazards, such as lightning strikes, flash flooding, power outages, and travel disruption. In this article, we'll look at what

• A look back at November's historical weather records

  1938. Scotland’s record stands at 20.6°C, set at Edinburgh Botanic Gardens and Liberton (Midlothian) on 4 November 1946. Northern Ireland’s highest November daily maximum was 18.5°C at Murlough (County Down) on 3 November 1979. November minimum temperature records Warm nights in November are also

• cloud-spotting-diy-activity.pdf

  water vapour, this is called evaporation. The higher up you get in the sky, the cooler the temperature, so as water vapour rises it cools. Eventually it becomes cool enough to turn back into water and a cloud forms, which we can see in the sky. Clouds are warmer than the surrounding air, meaning

• cloud_spotting_diy_activity.pdf

  water vapour, this is called evaporation. The higher up you get in the sky, the cooler the temperature, so as water vapour rises it cools. Eventually it becomes cool enough to turn back into water and a cloud forms, which we can see in the sky. Clouds are warmer than the surrounding air, meaning