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January 2018 - Global temperature data from centres around the world show that 2017 was either the second or third warmest year on record.

Summary 2015, 2016 and 2017 are the three warmest years on record in a range of surface temperature data sets. Evidence from these surface temperature data sets is consistent with 2017 being either the second or third warmest year on record 2017 was the warmest year without the influence of El Niño

-cyclonic gloom. Northern Ireland and parts of west Wales saw between 30 and 50% of their usual sunshine, making it the second dullest October on record for Wales and Northern Ireland. For the UK as a whole, only 1960 and 1968 have been duller, making this the third dullest October since records began. Who

for the time of year. The second and third most likely patterns also show high pressure sitting just to the south or west of the UK. If this comes off, the UK can expect drier, much more settled, and calmer weather, with the possibility of misty mornings and plenty of sunny spells. Of particular

of PWS price by theme, to help inform impacts work ahead of the spending review. 4. The Secretariat will deliver in-depth reviews in the agreed areas of National Capability during the following year. The PAG agreed to hold its third meeting in September 2015. Areas to be reviewed at the next meeting will include Technology, HPC and the WMO.

to sweep through the UK as Storm Amy arrives, with persistent bands of rain affecting the northern two-thirds of the country. Further south, rain will be less intense but still present. Another band of rain is forecast to follow overnight into Saturday, bringing further wet weather to the Western

forms of life. But we’re adding more and more greenhouse gases to the atmosphere – particularly carbon-dioxide and methane. • The third key ingredient for our climate system is the land surface and what is happening on it. Discuss that trees take in carbon-dioxide and release oxygen and water vapour

, users' access the SADIS FTP via a third party ‘Workstation’ specifically designed and capable of processing WAFS and OPMET data delivered via the service. A list of third party vendors that provide SADIS FTP capable workstations is available from https://www.metoffice.gov.uk/services/transport

of extreme precipitation changes in the realizations and probability distributions. The third and fourth developments improve the representation of natural climate variability in the realizations, and remove minor biases in the centring of projected climate anomalies relative to the historical baseline

problems. Rainfall totals for the 24 hours to 0900 UTC on 24th included 66.8 mm at Fontmell Magna (Dorset), 66.7 mm at Boscombe Down (Wiltshire), 61.0 mm at Mickleham (Surrey) and 63.2 mm at Wych Cross (East Sussex) - these totals being typically around two-thirds or more of the December average

ice extent measured since 2007 has been lower than the pre-2007 range Antarctic sea ice extent for September 2025 was the third lowest on record at 18.07 million sq km according to the OSI SAF Sea Ice Index, with the September extents of 2023 and 2024 being first- and second-lowest The spatial