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of climate change Prof Lizzie Kendon is a Climate Scientist at the Met Office. She said: “The climate my children will experience will be very different to the climate I experienced as a child. The science is clear, our climate is changing, with impacts around the globe due to human influence. Climate

October warm spell since 2011. However, overall this was an unsettled and very wet month. The UK recorded its 6th wettest October in the series from 1836 and Eastern Scotland recorded its wettest October by a wide margin. Much of eastern Scotland, eastern England, south-east England and the east

. Impacts The lack of rainfall meant that flows in many rivers across England and Wales became very low. The dry conditions had an adverse effect on wildlife and caused concerns for water companies, farmers and growers. Eastern counties of England were the worst affected, with the yield from arable

when we go out of the door to the playground or out of our home. The weather changes every day in the UK, where we live. Knowing what the weather is going to be like when we go outside is very important when planning activities. We need to make sure we wear the right clothes and keep safe. Time

was due to an ‘atmospheric river’ – a narrow stream of moisture laden air capable of causing very high rainfall totals. This was the wettest 2-day period on record for Scotland in a series from 1891. The front causing the rainfall marked the contrast between cold air to the north and much warmer

. England recorded its second sunniest spring on record, with only 2020 sunnier. Now, seven of the UK's ten sunniest springs having occurred since 2000.   Very low rainfall  This combination of heat and sunshine, coupled with very low rainfall, has created challenging conditions across much

classes (based on OSMM data) Included: • Greenspace • Water • Domestic building • Non-domestic building • Domestic gardens • Paths • Roads • Etc. https://data.gov.uk/dataset/land_use_statistics_generalised_land_use_database • Raw data is very detailed – but huge (c. 1 GB for 10kmx10km area) GLUD

amount very widely.   The Met Office’s Mike Kendon continued: “The UK’s observations clearly show winters are getting warmer, and they are also getting wetter since as the atmosphere heats up, it has an increased capacity to hold moisture. The top-ten warmest winters on record for the UK include 2024

is particularly striking in this image, as is the very straight cloud edge to the East of Scotland. Polar Orbiting satellites, such as Aqua, provide images with a high level of cloud detail. Credits: NASA (data), Met Office (image). November 2018: Interesting cloud phenomena over South-East Pacific

colour) and mountainous plateaus of Pakistan to the West. Credits:  Image: © Crown copyright, Met Office, Data: EUMETSAT November 2019 - Australian wildfires & very cold cloud tops 30 November 2019 Shortly before reaching the Philippines, Typhoon Kammuri produced some incredibly low cloud-top