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• This summer will ‘almost certainly’ be warmest on record for the UK

  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

• What are heat domes? And are they getting worse?

  temperature records. But what exactly is a heat dome, how does it develop, and are these events becoming more severe in a warming climate? The heatwave that brought the term into the spotlight The phrase gained widespread attention during the extraordinary western Canada heatwave of 2021. Forecasts

• 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

• Sunny and cool January kicks off the new year

  : Press Office Mon 3 Feb 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. The month had a typical mix of UK winter

• January a month of two halves for UK weather

  daily minimum temperature of the month, with –10.4°C the lowest temperatures got in January.   These contrasts helped to bring the UK mean temperature for January to 4.4°C, just 0.4°C above average. The National Climate Information Centre Manager Dr Mark McCarthy said: “After a record-breaking 2022

• Confirmation that 2019 concludes warmest decade

  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

• Why has spring been so warm and dry so far this year?

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• What were the longest dry spells of Summer 2026 so far?

  for weather prediction and climate projections 10-day trend: Unsettled weather before warmer conditions develop Deep dive: From mountain waves to mammatus Why has it been so humid recently?  Week ahead: Unsettled and fresher weather How 54 million historical weather records are being made globally

• January 2026 weather stats: A regional breakdown

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• Storm Chandra: How the storm unfolded and where the heaviest rain fell

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