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England and Wales had their respective warmest Februarys on record according to provisional Met Office statistics in what was a mild and wet month for many.

.  Declining ground frosts in a changing climate  With a warmer than average season, a declining number of ground frosts was again evident for the UK, with significantly fewer ground frosts than average, though it doesn’t trouble any records. If you want to learn more about the reduction in frosts and why

record on the 25 August 1986. Saturday 3 October was the wettest day in the UK rainfall record stretching back to 1891. Dr Mark McCarthy is the head of the Met Office National Climate Information Centre. He said: “In climate statistics, 2019 will be remembered for possessing the UK’s hottest day

Provisional statistics from the Met Office show that summer 2025 will ‘almost certainly’ be the warmest summer on record for the UK.

previously unremarkable years into record-breaking ones, as baseline conditions steadily rise. This summer’s four heatwaves, which might once have passed as pleasant spells of warm weather, are made more prominent by the heightened backdrop that climate change creates. Below average, but variable rainfall

and cool January kicks off the new year Author: Press Office 3 February 2025 A look back on January 2025's provisional weather and climate statistics. January 2025 was the fifth sunniest on record for the UK, though temperatures were subdued compared to average, according to provisional Met Office

previous date that any snow was recorded during October over this climate district was 29 October 1974, but in London it was 31 October 1934. There were also reports of snow lying at 0900 UTC (the time which climate stations take their daily observations) on 29 October 2008 from stations across SE

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the tournament was just 12.0°C on 24 June 1925, a reminder that even summer in London can feel brisk. READ MORE: How weather and climate change are shaping the future of UK sport Rainfall records Rain has long been a part of Wimbledon’s lore, and the wettest single day on record occurred way back

The annual global temperature figures for 2019 confirm that the past decade was the warmest on record.

The data also show that the past five years were the warmest in the 170-year series. The balance of evidence using multiple data sets suggests that 2019, a year without a strong classical El Niño, is the second warmest year for annual global temperatures in records that begin in 1850. Only 2016 has

warmest June on record, while the UK as a whole experienced its second warmest, just behind June 2023. This follows a record-breaking spring and continues a trend of increasingly warm conditions linked to our changing climate. Minimum temperatures were particularly notable, with several tropical nights