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• Amber warning for snow – January 2021

  of the UK such as the South Downs could also see notable accumulations. Upcoming forecast Steven Ramsdale is a Chief Meteorologist. He said: “A milder air mass will move eastwards across the UK early tomorrow. But when this warmer, more moist air encounters the cold air situated over eastern parts

• Key climate change indicators break records in 2021

  a temporary cooling effect but 2021 was warmer than any year prior to 2015. The average global temperature in 2021 was about 1.11 (± 0.13) °C above the pre-industrial level [1850-1900]. The WMO State of the Global Climate report complements the IPCC Sixth Assessment report, which includes data up

• A hot weekend in prospect for some

  Mike Silverstone is a Deputy Chief Meteorologist at the Met Office. He said: “Higher temperatures building over the weekend and into early next week will bring particularly warm, hot or even very hot conditions for some, especially in the southeast and East Anglia and more locally elsewhere

• 2023: a year of new climate records

  was the highest on record for the twelfth successive year. Antarctic sea ice reached an all-time record low during 2023. Dr Robert Dunn, of the Met Office, is one of the report’s authors and editors. Commenting on the latest report, he said: “2023 will linger long in the memory of the climate record. Heat from

• New global temperature records on the horizon

  one of the next five years (2023-2027) will temporarily exceed 1.5°C above pre-industrial levels. Dr Leon Hermanson is one of the Met Office scientists behind the report. He said: “Today’s report shows that the next five years are expected to bring new temperature records. “These new highs

• mwr_2024_07_for_print_v1.pdf

  more than the average July rainfall by midmonth. Temperatures increased in the third week of July, with temperatures in the upper 20s across southeast England, reaching the 30s in some areas. Heathrow and Kew Gardens (Greater London) both saw 32.0°C on the 30th, the highest temperature of the year so

• What are the top ten highest temperatures recorded in July?

  such extremes more frequent. The top ten hottest July days on record Coningsby, Lincolnshire recorded 40.3°C on July 19, 2022 Cambridge Botanical Garden, Cambridge recorded 38.7°C on July 25, 2019 Pitsford, Northamptonshire recorded 38.2°C on July 18, 2022 Heathrow, London recorded 37.8°C on July 31

• Deep Dive: What could UK summers feel like in the future?

  , there was a marked regional contrast, with the greatest temperature anomalies in southern England while northwest Scotland was wetter than average. This raises an important question: was summer 2026 an exceptional event, or could similar conditions become increasingly familiar as the climate warms? Putting

• ukcp18-fact-sheet-derived-projections.pdf

  Report (CMIP5-13); • Projections at global mean warming of 2°C and 4°C - a set of climate futures for the UK at 60km grid resolution for global warming levels of 2°C and 4°C. These have also been derived from the global projections using statistical techniques. Key messages • Over land the projected

• Cold and dry conditions continue

  . He said: “There is the potential for some disruptive snow through themiddle to latter part of next week as warmer Atlantic air attempts to push in from the southwest. As this occurs, some substantial snow could fall in some places, but the details of that are uncertain at the moment.” The weather's