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With September 2023 breaking global records, where does the UK sit? Author: Press Office 5 October 2023 September 2023 was the world’s warmest September on record for global average temperature according to the Copernicus Climate Change Service. The September average temperature was 16.38°C which is 0.93°C

dataset ERA-Interim (www.ecmwf.int/en/forecasts/datasets/archive-datasets/reanalysis-datasets/era-interim). It provides a comprehensive synthetic historical record of climate and is produced using observations and numerical models. www.metoffice.gov.uk Pg 4 of 5 Source: Met Office © Crown Copyright

frequency and high vulnerability (Fig. 1). Over the past two decades the incidence of recorded weather disasters has risen by more than half, translating into rising costs on households, businesses, and the state. REGIONAL COMPARISON GLOBAL CLIMATE RISK INDEX DISASTER INCREASE RATE South Africa has

This April, the UK experienced a range of weather conditions and while no new records were set, we take a look at how this April compares to years gone by

As we head towards the end of the month, we can use Met Office data to compare how the weather experienced in April 2025 so far compares to years gone by, and which years hold the records for certain extremes. Temperature Extremes In April 2025 so far, the highest daily maximum temperature

Northern Ireland has recorded its third wettest Autumn since the series began in 1836, and Wales its tenth. Autumn 2025 now stands as the only season of the year to report above average rainfall, with winter, spring and summer all below their respective long-term averages.   A very wet season

.  Monitoring global mean surface temperature is useful because it is linked to many important climate impacts and it has a long and reliable historical record.  However, Earth’s surface temperature, even its global average, is strongly affected by internal climate variability, and is not necessarily

websites (seasonal outlooks for precipitation and temperature, longer-term historical precipitation records) • Climate Change Knowledge Portal of WB – projection data © Crown copyright 2022, Met Office Page 17 of 24 • Longer-term climate information for adaptation to climate change impacts (flooding

use. 1 We use a reanalysis dataset ERA-Interim (www.ecmwf.int/en/forecasts/datasets/archive-datasets/reanalysis-datasets/era-interim). It provides a comprehensive synthetic historical record of climate and is produced using observations and numerical models. www.metoffice.gov.uk Pg 4 of 5 Source: Met