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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, whereas 2020

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 statistics

Provisional statistics from the Met Office show that summer 2025 will ‘almost certainly’ be the warmest summer on record for the UK.

previously unremarkable years into record-breaking ones, as baseline conditions steadily rise. This summer’s four heatwaves, which might once have passed as pleasant spells of warm weather, are made more prominent by the heightened backdrop that climate change creates. Below average, but variable rainfall

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previous date that any snow was recorded during October over this climate district was 29 October 1974, but in London it was 31 October 1934. There were also reports of snow lying at 0900 UTC (the time which climate stations take their daily observations) on 29 October 2008 from stations across SE

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was just 12.0°C on 24 June 1925, 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

The annual global temperature figures for 2019 confirm that the past decade was the warmest on record.

The data also show that the past five years were the warmest in the 170-year series. The balance of evidence using multiple data sets suggests that 2019, a year without a strong classical El Niño, is the second warmest year for annual global temperatures in records that begin in 1850. Only 2016 has