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Many people in England will remember Autumn 2019 as a very wet season, but this hasn’t been the case across the whole of the UK.

Autumn  Many people in England will remember Autumn 2019 as a very wet season, with significant flooding in parts of the Midlands and days of prolonged rainfall. But this hasn’t been the case across the whole of the UK, as the map below indicates. There has been a marked difference in rainfall

Stormy and very wet spell March 2019 The UK experienced a turbulent week of weather from 10 to 16 March 2019 as a succession of Atlantic low pressure systems brought strong winds and heavy rain, driven by a powerful jet stream. This spell included storm Gareth on 12 to 13 March, the seventh named

The early May Bank Holiday will be very warm and sunny for many before a change to fresher conditions and the chance of showers arrives for the rest of the week.

Bank Holiday Monday will see a continuation of the very warm and sunny weather that much of the UK has experienced during the bank holiday weekend. The exceptions to the sunny story being around some Irish Sea coasts where a chilly mist may come in off the sea at times, and cloudy skies over

in the east could always give a few spots of drizzle. Otherwise, it’s almost entirely dry. The same goes for Sunday. We’ve still got that wind coming from the North Sea. Then, as we go into the start of next week, very little change at first. High pressure still dominating things towards the north

build-ups of snow of up to 5 to 10 cms while others nearby could see very little. Parts of Scotland could see well in excess of 20 cm of lying snow. Further snow is expected on Thursday and Friday, as Storm Emma (named by our partners the Portuguese Met Service) pushes into southern England from

July 2019. In rank order, the graph below shows the record highest UK-wide average maximum daily temperatures since 1960. Mike added: “The high temperature values were obviously exceptional but the widespread nature is also very significant and makes this recent heatwave stand above the crowd when

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

, with two periods of very rapid ice loss separated by a period of very slow ice loss. Predictions of September sea ice extent tended to be on the high side, although some came close to the eventual extent. Antarctic sea ice has likely recorded its seasonal maximum of 18.95 million square km on 27th

the period. There were major flooding problems, with the Environment Agency reporting at least 6000 properties flooded. The Somerset Levels were very badly affected, with large areas remaining under water from late December through the winter period, and severe flooding also affected much of the River

is provided but it raises one or more unacceptable concerns in relation to the quality of the Bid and/or the Bidder’s ability successfully to deliver the Requirement and/or represents a serious risk to the Met Office 1 Point Major Concerns Overall, the Met Office has very low confidence