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• Wimbledon extremes: How weather has shaped the championships

  , a reminder that even summer in London can feel brisk. READ MORE: How weather and climate change are shaping the future of UK sport Rainfall records Rain has long been a part of Wimbledon’s lore, and the wettest single day on record occurred way back on 28 June 1906, when 62.7mm of rain fell at Kew

• Met Office Deep Dive: Thunderstorms, festivals and Spanish Plumes

  highs reaching the upper 20s Celsius, with London and East Anglia likely to see the warmest conditions. Nights are also becoming warmer, with temperatures remaining in the mid-teens, marking a shift from the cooler nights experienced earlier in the spring. Humidity levels are expected to increase

• A wet and dull April

  0.0 4.6 0.8 8.3 0.4 111.4 155 122.9 79 England 13.1 0.0 5.4 1.2 9.3 0.6 85.5 152 127.0 78 Wales 11.9 -0.2 5.2 1.1 8.5 0.4 135.8 154 113.3 72 Scotland 10.3 0.0 2.9 0.2 6.6 0.0 148.9 160 119.2 84 Northern Ireland 12.1 0.2 4.5 0.6 8.3 0.3 104.6 141 118.4 80   More by Press Office London Climate Action

• ‘Rain bomb’ or ‘heatwave’? Met Office weather headline review

  the weekend. “Temperatures set to hit 30C in parts of UK this week,” says another headline. What our forecast says: Temperatures could indeed reach 30C in parts of London on Friday in what will also feel like a humid day for many in the south. However, it’s later on Friday and into Saturday that the chances

• Satellite image of the month - 2020

  of land uses to be seen. Grey colours highlight the urban areas - London and Birmingham are most clearly visible. Upland areas in the West such as Dartmoor, Exmoor, Bodmin moor, the Brecon Beacons and Cambrian Mountains appear as a light yellow/brown, and the southern-most Snowdonia mountains appear

• Food, Farming and Natural Environment Climate Service

  and infrastructure systems. A recent partnership activity looking at impacts of weather and climate extremes on the UK food chain has brought together the Met Office Academic Partnership (MOAP) Universities of Exeter, Leeds, Reading, Bristol, Oxford and University College London, Defra, the Food Standards Agency

• Met Office weekend weather: Heatwave to continue across much of the UK

  hitting 32 or 33°C. The north and west of Wales and the southwest of England will also see unusually high temperatures, with values exceeding 30°C in places that do not typically reach such levels as frequently as London and the southeast. Saturday night: warm and uncomfortable The heat will persist

• Pollen forecast: Low levels across much of the UK

  and Monday. Further south, there is more variation. Northwest England, the East Midlands and Wales are forecast to remain mostly low, but with a moderate risk on Sunday. The West Midlands is expected to see moderate levels on Friday and again on Sunday. The highest pollen risk is expected in London

• Blood moon: Will clouds spoil Friday’s lunar eclipse?

  surface. Maximum eclipse will occur at 5.12am, when around 93% of the Moon will be immersed in the Earth’s darkest shadow. Although the partial phase continues until approximately 6.51am, the Moon will already have set across the UK by then. In London, moonset is expected at around 6.15am, with timings

• Ambitious new phase of scientific collaboration

  , the Transatlantic Data Science Programme and CCRA4.  Our partner universities have been selected as preferential suppliers of research services for various capabilities as outlined in the following table:  We acknowledge the valuable contribution of University College London to MOAP over the last