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Increasingly extreme weather is one of the most damaging and costly impacts from climate change.

New projections for rainfall and temperature extremes A new set of projections from the Met Office reveal that extremes of rainfall and high temperatures are expected to exceed the extreme conditions that we have already experienced in the UK, breaking records and placing increasing challenges

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with pre-existing health conditions. With climate change making heatwaves more frequent and intense, knowing how to stay cool and safe is more important than ever. UK temperature records: A changing climate The UK has experienced increasingly extreme temperatures in recent years. On 19 July 2022

is already evident in the observed record. This has widespread and significant impacts. Extreme heat events do occur within natural climate variation due to changes in global weather patterns. However, the increase in the frequency, duration, and intensity of these events over recent decades

are often asked if they ‘believe’ in climate change. For those at the Met Office Hadley Centre who have studied climate records, the evidence that human activity is changing our climate is overwhelming. ‘Climate change and CO 2 are clearly linked. And, as a major CO 2 producer, humankind

of heatwaves. For example, the summer of 2018 was the joint warmest on record for the UK as a whole and the hottest ever for England. The Met Office has shown that human-induced climate change made the 2018 record-breaking UK summer temperatures about 30 times more likely than it would have been

time; climate data from these stations also comes in straight after readings are taken. Climate observations from around 140 co-operating observers at manual climate stations are also received in slower time. All climate stations record daily maximum and minimum air temperature and rainfall amount

the worst of the weather, with generally below average rainfall during the month. This has helped prevent national figures from threatening any records.” Rainfall and climate change As the atmosphere warms due to human induced climate change it can hold more moisture, at a rate of around 7% more

to be crossed almost every year by the end of the century. The event in the present climate has a return time of 3.41 years (best estimate) and is estimated to be about 160 times more likely than in the NAT climate. The likelihood of exceeding the record seen in year 2014 is calculated next