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Arctic sea ice is a sensitive indicator of climate change and changes to the sea ice cover can have potential implications for the Arctic region and beyond.

point during the year. Sea ice overview on the composition and behaviour of sea ice is available. Importance of sea ice in the climate system The ocean is able to retain heat from the Sun more efficiently than the atmosphere (the ocean has a higher 'heat capacity'). This increased 'memory' of heat

The HadUK-Grid gridded and regional land surface climate observation datasets are provided under open government licence. Download the data Variables and periods available: Daily climate variables Climate Variable id Definition Start Year Maximum air temperature tasmax Maximum air temperature

The Extreme heat warning is in place until Sunday and covers much of the southern half of England as well as parts of eastern Wales, highlighting the potential impacts these levels of heat can have on health, transport and infrastructure.   Thanks to the influence of high pressure positioned over

challenging to predict exact solar radiation levels, particularly in longer range forecasts, because of the influence of clouds at local level. We all know how changeable Britain’s weather can be. Cloud cover can vary even over a distance of a few miles and on timescales of a few minutes. For example

, be used to understand how the drivers of risk perceptions (and action) influence the use of climate information within a user group, providing a knowledge base from which to a) design more context-relevant climate services, and b) design climate services that are more suited to motivating action

April 2023 Monthly Weather Report This document provides a summary of the UK’s weather and climate statistics for April 2023. Table of Contents 1. UK overview 2. Weather impacts 3. Monthly extremes 4. Monthly maps 5. Monthly climate statistics 6. Monthly time-series 7. Daily time-series 8. Daily

June 2024 Monthly Weather Report This document provides a summary of the UK’s weather and climate statistics for June 2024. Table of Contents 1. UK overview 2. Weather impacts 3. Monthly extremes 4. Monthly maps 5. Monthly climate statistics 6. Monthly time-series 7. Daily time-series 8. Daily

experienced throughout Scotland and Northern England. The UK in summer can experience blocking anticyclones which can bring long spells of warm weather and create heatwave conditions. The summer heatwave of 2022 was unprecedented and marked a milestone in UK climate history with 40°C being recorded

Sea ice is a critical component of the Earth's climate system and has a wide-reaching impact beyond the polar regions.

lead to amplification of warming in the Arctic. Once the sun rises sufficiently above the horizon to warm the surface in late spring, the ice starts to melt more intensely. Being less reflective than the sea ice floes, the leads absorb sunlight into the ocean which causes the sea ice to melt from

| Barometer | Feature Back to contents Q. What do you think is behind the rise? A. Greenhouse gases and aerosols explain much of the long-term increase in global mean temperature, but natural variations in climate also have an influence on the warming over shorter periods. For example, an event