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Carbon dioxide will continue to build up in the atmosphere in 2023 due to ongoing emissions from fossil fuel burning, land use change and cement production. However, this year's annual CO2 rise is once again predicted to be smaller than the average for 2011-2020 for the third year running, due

long-term average, making it provisionally the third warmest June in a series from 1910. Mean maximum temperatures were between 2 and 3 °C above average in most areas, and furthest above average in western areas, while mean minimum temperatures were mostly not much more than 1 °C above average

the long-term average, making it the equal third warmest April (alongside 1893) in a series from 1884, though not as warm as the Aprils of 2007 and 2011. Rainfall was 46% of average and sunshine was 140% of average, and it was the third sunniest April in a series from 1929, behind 2007 and 2015. 1st

and Kincardineshire were among a number of counties that recorded their wettest October on record as Storm Babet followed early month exceptional rainfall in a sodden period for many. A month of rain The UK had over a third more rain than average with 171.5mm (40% more than average) in what was provisionally

Heavy rain, strong winds and snow, New Year 2024-2025 The period from late December 2024 to early January 2025 brought some very wet and windy weather, with significant snowfalls across upland areas in the north. On 29 to 31 December, northern Scotland recorded its third-wettest 3-day period

and 26th, heavy rain returned to close out the month on the 27th. Strong winds were also a feature at various points, adding to the unsettled feel. Temperatures fluctuated throughout September, with the first and third weeks seeing above average values, while the second and fourth weeks were notably

for UK agriculture and food. For example, in collaboration with Defra, Fera Science, University of Exeter and University of Warwick, we have developed a web tool for estimating priority pest emergence. To support the Third National Adaptation Programme (NAP3) published earlier this year, Met Office

heavy rain moving into the southwest in the early hours which will move north eastwards through the morning. This is likely to bring some rain to London by around lunchtime as it spreads east and north across roughly the southern third of the UK. Further north in Scotland, northern England

of the warning is smaller. Then, during Sunday afternoon new showers, some heavy and thundery, are likely over the southern or so third of the UK. North of the warning area in Northern England and Scotland conditions will be much more settled. If you’re planning outside events for Sunday, please keep

that on average, around a third of grassroots pitches are already losing six weeks to two months of the year from flooding due to severe weather. A number of Met Office attribution studies have shown that some heavy rainfall events in the UK in recent years associated with flooding can be attributed