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It was the sunniest April on record for the UK, according to a provisional analysis of the month’s climate statistics by the Met Office. England, Scotland and Northern Ireland record sunniest April All UK countries made it in the top five sunniest since records in a series from 1929. England
A recording of 38.7°C at Cambridge Botanic Garden on Thursday 25 July has become the highest temperature officially recorded in the UK.
high temperatures gripped large parts of central and western Europe last week, the UK joins Belgium, Germany and the Netherlands in breaking national temperature records. The recording was taken at the University of Cambridge Botanic Garden - which houses a Met Office climate observation site
An updated analysis of the annual UK temperature records from the Met Office shows that since 1884 all of the UK’s ten warmest years have occurred since 2002; whereas none of the ten coldest years have occurred since 1963.
historic weather records. Dr Mark McCarthy is the head of the Met Office’s National Climate Information Centre. Commenting on the extension of the temperature series, he said: “Looking back further into the UK’s weather reveals a very interesting timeline with the top ten warmest years at the most recent
, the UK’s coldest December on record in a series from 1884, was an exceptional 5.1°C colder than the 1991-2020 average. Mike Kendon is a climate information scientist working for the National Climate Information Centre in the Met Office. He said: “December’s weather will principally be remembered
A new multi-agency global report is highlighting the changes seen throughout the climate system at the end of the warmest decade on record.
A new multi-agency global report – published today - is highlighting the changes seen throughout the climate system at the end of the warmest decade on record. The Met Office is one of a network of centres contributing to the World Meteorological Organization’s Statement of the State of the Global
Heatwave, September 2023 In early September the UK experienced a significant heatwave with daily maximum temperatures exceeding 30°C somewhere in the UK for seven consecutive days from 4th to 10th and reaching 31 to 32°C across south-east England. On 10th, Faversham (Kent) recorded 33.5°C, making
). Further mixing of warm waters cannot be ruled out as an additional cause of the very low extent of 2023. The precise contribution of anthropogenic (human-caused) global warming to the record low sea ice of 2023 is not yet known. While climate models predict that Antarctic sea ice extent will decrease
temperatures and how they’re recorded Author: Press Office 18 July 2022 Here at the Met Office we have been collecting weather observations since we were founded, and the earliest daily temperature data we have in our digital climate database is from 1853. However, there are a number of elements
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record of extreme El Niño events? Do we know the real effects on CSSP countries of the next event? How do we improve our modelling and prediction capability? Are we ready for the next extreme El Niño? What will happen to future El Niños under climate change?
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