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• uk_monthly_climate_summary_202001.pdf

  ) was recorded at South Uist (Western Isles) on the 13th. A snow depth of 15 cm was recorded at Tulloch Bridge (Invernessshire) on the 28th. Weather impacts Strong winds affected some northern areas of the UK on the 7th. In Scotland, the A1 between Haddington Junction and Thistly Cross was pre-emptively closed

• Amber warning in force as Storm Floris impacts UK

  pic.twitter.com/p2i7hDgT0C — Met Office (@metoffice) August 4, 2025 Dan Suri is a Met Office Chief Meteorologist. He said: “Much of Scotland is likely to see gusts of 50-70mph with more than 80mph on some exposed coasts, hills and bridges. Western coastal areas will see the highest gusts late morning

• Extreme heat warning issued

  about keeping cool in hot weather with WeatherReady from the Met Office.  Will we get record-breaking heat?   The record high temperature in the UK is 38.7°C, which was reached at Cambridge Botanic Garden on 25 July 2019.   The Met Office’s Rebekah Sherwin added: “Weather forecast models are run

• Heat to peak early next week

  or in the garden you can have a big impact on our water consumption. Our Water’s Worth Saving campaign has a host of helpful top-tips showing the simple things we can all do to save this precious resource, so it remains readily available now and in the future.”  RAC Breakdown spokesman Rod Dennis said: “An amber

• Exceptional heat possible early next week

  weather. We can all help ensure there’s enough to go around by being mindful of the amount of water we use while ensuring we stay hydrated and safe.  “By making just small changes indoors or in the garden you can have a big impact on our water consumption. Our Water’s Worth Saving campaign has

• Factsheets

  meteorologist. In 1803 Howard, wrote a book entitled The modifications of clouds and named the various cloud structures he had studied. Clouds (Factsheet 1) 2. Thunderstorms Most thunderstorms are associated with towering clouds known as cumulonimbus. These clouds usually form on warm sunny days

• Adding local insight: How public observations could enhance weather station data

  Programme-funded project. He said: “Crowd-Grid is designed as a complementary dataset for the Met Office, including public observations of temperature to better capture those local details that may not be well represented solely by the HadUK-Grid. “For example, we all remember the day the UK reached

• May 2020 becomes the sunniest calendar month on record

  for May. Dr Mark McCarthy is the head of the Met Office’s National Climate Information Centre. He said: “The most remarkable aspect is just how much some of the May and Spring records for these climate statistics have been exceeded. Exceeding the UK sunshine record is one thing, but exceeding

• Beyond fruit and timber: the many other benefits of trees in today’s climate

  time, the green cloak of oak and ash has been eroded to create space for communities and agriculture. Chris praises the recent modest increase in tree cover but he feels that targets for woodland recovery could be more ambitious with some areas in the UK having the potential to even reach 30

• remember_world-war-one-and-two_2023pdf

  of the meteorological advice his staff could provide, the director of the Meteorological Office, W Napier Shaw, acted quickly. In just over a month he had completed initial negotiations with the war office and arranged for the establishment of the Meteorological Field Service as a section of the Royal