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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

below). For comparison, 2015 was 0.76±0.1 °C above the long-term (1961-1990) average. Peter Stott is Acting Director of the Met Office Hadley Centre. He said: “The final figures confirm that 2016 was yet another extremely warm year. In the HadCRUT4 dataset the temperature for last year was very close

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

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

With just a few days left to go, 2020 looks likely to be the 3rd or 4th warmest on record depending on how cold the rest of the year turns out to be (full years statistics published 4th January 2021). This makes it clear that the general trend of warming as a consequence of climate change is being

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

this week and it is important people plan for the heat. Temperatures are expected to peak at 35C on Friday and possibly 36C over the weekend. “We will also see increasingly warm nights, with temperatures expected not to drop below the low 20s Celsius for some places in the south.”  “Temperatures

a difference. Take a look at our everyday actions webpage for some suggestions of ‘quick wins’ – many of these come at no or very little cost. Adaptation remains important Even if greenhouse gas emissions are reduced, we’re already committed to a level of global warming and associated impacts from

Adam who joined the Met Office in September 2022 as a Specialist Apprentice in Digital Accessibility, officially completed the apprenticeship programme this month, achieving a Distinction. He now continues his career at the Met Office, applying his specialist skills to ensure digital services

it was not as warm as the March 2012 or 2017. Both mean maximum and mean minimum temperatures were between 0.5 and 2.0 °C above average with the largest positive anomalies generally in the east and southeast. It was the 5th wettest March in a series from 1910 with 140% of average rainfall