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• One of the hottest summers in Scotland and N. Ireland

  been duller and wetter than average. Northern Ireland experienced its third warmest summer on record (15.06°C) and also recorded its highest temperature on record with 31.3°C recorded on 21 July at Castlederg in Tyrone. Some regions of Scotland*, including the City of Glasgow, where COP 26

• Memo

  Met Office Board Summary 5 November 2021 Meeting held at Glasgow Caledonian University • Rob Woodward (Chair) thanked Glasgow Caledonian University for their hospitality at the dinner the previous evening and for making their excellent facilities available. • Apologies from Clare Wasteney (BEIS

• winter-storms-early-january-2012---met-office.pdf

  and rail lines and damaged power lines. Rail services from Edinburgh to Glasgow and Inverness to Aberdeen were suspended. The Forth, Tay and Kingston road bridges were closed, with restrictions elsewhere. Ferry services were delayed and flights from Glasgow and Edinburgh airports were cancelled. More than

• Future extreme rainfall more extreme than first thought

  floods seen across the world in the last year and what could be expected in the future. In a stark example, new calculations using a high emissions scenario with around 3°C of warming by 2070 show that in Glasgow, where COP26 is being hosted, the number of days where 30mm of rain or more is recorded

• Space weather experts convene for landmark conference

  .  This year’s European Space Weather Week will address these concerns, centring around the theme of ‘Building Resilience to Impact’.  This is the first time the event has been delivered as a hybrid conference, with experts joining virtually from around the world, as well as in-person in Glasgow. It’s run

• Disc Log 185

  of Scotland (Glasgow across Stirling to Edinburgh) per year for the last 5 years. Information released: The Met Office holds this information and is provided in the table below: Yellow Amber Red Total Aug-Dec 2013 120 6 0 127 2013 (all) 310 17 0 327 2014 239 3 0 242 2015 260 19 2 281 2016 192 15 0 207

• Historical weather

  August 1979 Severe gales across the United Kingdom 2 January 1976 The Hampstead storm 14 August 1975 Widespread June snowfall 2 June 1975 Great Glasgow storm 15 January 1968 Sheffield gale 16 February 1962 Heavy rainfall across Cornwall and South Wales 8 June 1957 Record 24 hour rainfall 18 July 1955

• Microsoft Word - 2025_05_storm_amy_2.docx

  out of Glasgow. Scotland’s west coast ferry services and ferry crossings to Northern Ireland were also disrupted or cancelled, while the Forth Road Bridge was closed to all vehicles. Several flights were also cancelled, and Northern Ireland’s rail services were suspended. Over 40,000 properties

• climate_adaptation_webinar_summarypdf

  Met Office COP27 webinar Background The Glasgow to Sharm el-Sheikh work programme on the Global Goal on Adaptation was one of the significant outcomes of COP26 and represents a turning point in the shared journey to make and measure progress towards this. It aims to reduce vulnerability, strengthen

• Climate change drives Europe's record 2021 summer

  that the faster we reduce our emissions of greenhouse gasses, the more we can avoid the most severe impacts of climate change.” The new analysis comes as leaders and policy makers from across the world come together for negotiations at COP26 in Glasgow. All Met Office events at the COP26 Science Pavilion will be streamed through our Science and Services YouTube channel. You can subscribe and sign up for notifications from the channel so you don’t miss a thing.