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2021 has been less of a record-breaker than 2020, but there has still been plenty of notable weather.

, thanks to unusually warm summer and autumn seasons, including its highest temperature on record, set during July. North-western parts of the UK have seen sunshine statistics well above average, and rainfall well below average. Regional variation Mike Kendon is from the Met Office National Climate

September 2020 - New study published on the likelihood in upcoming years of the UK experiencing temperatures even higher than the record heat of summer 2018.

of simulated summers is used to quantify the chance of seeing unprecedented high temperatures, while also enabling us to estimate how hot high-end extremes could be in today’s climate. Estimating the chance of exceeding summer 2018 temperatures in the UK The likelihood of exceeding the UK’s record

Climate statistics from 2024 show the UK is heading outside of the 'envelope of historical weather observations'.

2024 was provisionally the fourth warmest year on record for the UK, in a series from 1884. With a mean temperature of 9.78C (0.64C above the 1991-2020 average) it follows 2022, 2023 and 2014 as (provisionally) the fourth warmest year for the UK according to mean temperature. All top 10 warmest

For the first time on record temperatures in the UK have exceeded 40°C.

A provisional temperature of 40.3°C was recorded at Coningsby at 15:12 yesterday (19 July) which, if confirmed, will beat the previous record of 38.7°C set in 2019 by 1.5°C. With temperatures continuing to climb through the afternoon we will have to wait to see what the new record will actually

After three record years for global temperatures, the recent slowdown in average global temperature has ended.

at near record levels throughout, variations in decadal climate in the Pacific led to the slowdown in the rise of Global Mean Surface Temperature. The Pacific Decadal Oscillation (PDO) – a pattern of warm and cool phases in Pacific sea-surface temperature – can persist for a decade or more. Coinciding

1 in 3 chance of a new monthly rainfall record in at least one region each winter.

demonstrated that, even with the current climate, it is likely that there will be one or more monthly regional rainfall record events, in the coming decade. This new use for Met Office computer simulations could also be applied to assess other risks such as heatwaves, droughts, and cold spells and could help

Further information about the UK gridded climate datasets.

Duration Recorded by Campbell–Stokes and Automatic Sensors' (Published as National Climate Information Centre Memorandum no. 27 (2011). National Meteorological Library: Exeter, UK). How are the monthly wind statistics calculated? The standard exposure for wind sensors is at 10 m above ground

  More by Press Office Maximum temperatures and how they’re recorded Is further stormy weather on the way? About this blog This is the official blog of the Met Office news team, intended to provide journalists and bloggers with the latest weather, climate science and business news, and information

A paper published in the Royal Meteorological Society’s journal Weather later today [Thursday 7 November 2019] looks at the drivers of last year’s UK heatwave, which led to the joint warmest summer on record (along with 2006).

temperatures close to the UK - resulted in the extended spell of hot and sunny weather. However, the observed record-breaking temperatures for the summer overall could not be fully explained by these conditions alone, and also needed to factor in additional warming from climate change. Dr Mark McCarthy

July 2022 was the driest July for England since 1935, and the driest July on record for East Anglia, southeast and southern England, according to provisional statistics from the Met Office.

the only place you could find rainfall totals modestly above their long-term averages for a few regions.   Dr Mark McCarthy of the National Climate Information Centre said: “July 2022 has been a significantly dry month for Southern England, only 10.5mm of rain has been provisionally recorded on average