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• Mixed bag of weather for the Easter weekend

  in from the south on Monday morning, which could bring further snow to northern hills as it heads north during the day. With such a variety of weather over the next few days Guy Barter, Chief Horticulturist at the RHS, provides some advice on how to keep your garden in the best shape: "Gardeners dread

• 2019 record temperatures conclude a decade of records

  Climate Information Centre, said: “It is notable how many of these extreme records have been set in the most recent decade and how many more of them are reflecting high- rather than low-temperature extremes: a consequence of our warming climate.” Variability in our weather and climate mean that even

• 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

• A selection box of Easter weather

  on how to keep gardens in the best shape. Guy Barter, Chief Horticulturist at the RHS, said: “Gardeners dread spring frosts as these can nip the new flowers of fruit and other plants such as magnolias, but in many cases vulnerable flowers in the north will still be in bud, the growing season

• 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

• Summer 2019 climate statistics: largely warm and wet

  Summer 2019 in the UK was record-breaking with a maximum temperature of 38.7 C at Cambridge University Botanic Garden logged on 25 July. That was the highest temperature ever recorded in the UK.

  However, one temperature record can’t tell the full story of a season overall. So how did Summer 2019 compare with previous summers? Tim Legg, of the Met Office’s National Climate Information Centre, provides more detail. He said: “Overall Summer 2019 was the twelfth warmest on record since 1910

• Professor Peter Stott

  Peter is a Science Fellow in Climate Attribution. He is an expert in the attribution of climate change to anthropogenic and natural causes.

  Areas of expertise Climate modelling of past and future climate. Attribution of past changes to their natural and anthropogenic contributions. Climate monitoring. My Publications - Stott, P Current activities Peter is Science Fellow for Attribution. The research group he leads is investigating new

• Why frost can still occur in late Spring

  in the year. This is consistent with a warming climate. However, this does not remove the risk of late frosts altogether. In fact, they can become more problematic for gardeners and growers. Warmer springs can encourage plants and blossoms to develop earlier, leaving them more vulnerable if a late cold snap

• hot-dry-spell-july-2013---met-office.pdf

  to 24 July 2013 Date Daily max temperature (°C) Station 6 July 28.1 Heathrow and Kew Gardens, Greater London 7 July 29.7 Hurn, Dorset 8 July 29.9 Edenfel, Tyrone 9 July 29.3 Grangemouth Refinery, Stirling 10 July 28.5 Betws-y-Coed, Gwynedd 11 July 28.8 Castlederg, Tyrone 12 July 29.4 Auchtermuchty

• Warming up for Easter

  After what has been a rather cold April so far, it’s getting warmer this week - just in time for the Easter Bank Holiday weekend.

  ) in Kew Gardens, London. Temperatures will continue to rise day by day and with the sun getting stronger at this time of year, it’s going to feel warm or very warm across much of the country this Easter weekend. “Temperatures will reach into the low 20s Celsius quite widely and there’s a good chance