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UK Climate Projections Project Newsletter - October 2017 With the summer break now behind us, the UKCP18 project is entering an exciting phase of development. In this newsletter, you can read about some of the ways in which users are getting more involved in the project. Small groups of users – our

JWCRP aims to further the interests of the Met Office and NERC in growing the UK's leading role in weather and climate research.

JWCRP facilitates the joint research between the Met Office and Natural Environment Research Council (NERC). Its overarching goal is to ensure that the UK maintains and strengthens its leading international position in weather and climate science. The JWCRP has two major elements. The first

for climate resilience with the UK water sector Author: Joe Osborne (Met Office Industry Consultancy Manager) 27 February 2023 2022 will be remembered for several meteorological events, including record-breaking heat and a prolonged drought. Eastern England was at the forefront of both events

An online Met Office climate science conference is set to address two of the biggest challenges facing society: net zero and climate resilience.

The two-day virtual conference, which begins today [Tuesday 11 May, 2021], will be uniting leading scientists and policy makers with climate science communicators and donor organisations. The conference aims to establish a vision for how climate science and services can create a more sustainable

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

global temperature dataset which runs from 1850. Dr Colin Morice is a Climate Monitoring and Research Scientist with the Met Office. He said: “2023 is now confirmed as the warmest year on average over the globe in 174-years of observation. 2023 also set a series of monthly records, monthly global

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

England has had its warmest June on record, while the UK has experienced its second warmest since the series began in 1884, according to provisional Met Office statistics.

events and where they happened  June 2025 has been warmer than June 1976, with June 1976 now sitting as the fourth warmest on record for the UK and third warmest for England.   Looking ahead   As the climate continues to change, the UK is likely to see more frequent and intense heatwaves. A new Met

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